Issue 665 - January, 16th 2025

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Headlines

Security Public Service Announcements: Drupal 7 End of Life - PSA-2025-01-06

Dries: A New Chapter in My Role at Acquia

From Our Sponsor

Core

Added a content_top Section to the Navigation for Programmatic Additions

Fix for Title Resolution with _Raw_variables and _Title_arguments

New "Clear Cache" Block Added

StatementPrefetchIterator::fetchColumn Is Deprecated.

Static Entity Caches Are Now Automatially Invalidated During POST Web Requests in Tests

Articles

AI Chatbots Can't Fix a Bad Website

Drupal CMS: A New Way to Drupal

Evolving Web: Why Content Editors & Marketers Will Love Drupal CMS

2025: Time to Renew and Revive

Professional development is a great way to stimulate and build team confidence, and DrupalEasy has the formula to make it work! Upcoming sessions of two long form training programs focus on foundational or advanced Drupal skills, fit into the work week, are super engaging, and are offered at special rates to teams. Drupal Career Online begins in February, and Professional Module Development kicks off at the end of January.

Freelock Blog: Ask Freelock: ECA vs Rules

Freelock Blog: Creating Product Bundles in Drupal Commerce

Freelock Blog: What Website Owners Need to Know About Privacy

joshics.in: Sustaining Drupal 7 Post-EOL: In-Depth Strategies for Collaboration & Ecosystem Updates

Tag1 Consulting: Performance Testing Leads to Major Improvements for Drupal CMS — And All of Drupal

The Drop Times: Accessibility Always a Focus in Drupal!

The Drop Times: Drupal CMS Launch: Highlights of Enthusiastic Reactions from Organizers

Tutorials

ComputerMinds.co.uk: Block Spam by Alphabet

Enterprise Platform Migrations Beyond the Handoff

Sign up for our webinar on January 30th and hear from amazee.io Solutions Architects Bree Benesh and Bryan Gruneberg as they share two compelling migration stories that showcase how we don't just move systems—we architect bespoke solutions tailored to your unique needs. Join us and get your blueprint for migration success!

How to Create a Multi Step Form in Drupal? - Droptica

Releases

Address 2.0.3

automatic_updates 3.1.7

Coder 8.3.27

email_tfa 2.0.3

Lando v3.23.24

Roleassign 2.0.3

Scheduler 2.2.0

Tour 2.0.8

user_expire 2.1.0

Podcasts

Talking Drupal #484 - Drupal CMS