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TOP DRUPAL BLOGS FROM
JANUARYMatic Cretnik
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And it is once again time to present you our blogs from the previous month
It's January's turn, so here's what we discovered that month
Besides our blogs there are also the ones which were written by other authors
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Our blogsWe began our tour with the best or let's say top books Drupal 8 has to offerBesides one of the beginners guide and Cookbook, which enjoys the best feedback from the readers, we pointed out one of the books that covers front-end skills, which can be easily applied to Drupal 8We also announced the release date of the SEO Book – now it's already out – and presented you the upcoming book, which will require the most advanced knowledge of Drupal 8We concluded our blog topic with wishes, about which Drupal 8 books still need to be published.
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Next in line was Drupal Global Sprint Weekend, which happened at the end of last weekIt was an event happening all over the worldTherefore, we refreshed your memories about purposes of Sprints and helped you find the right location for your tripMoreover, we pointed out that our sprint also took place in our office in Ljubljana, so the Slovenians also had the options to participate
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Our third blog topic last month was the Importance of Drupal EventsWe got the idea from the SprintsWe presented you our work about Drupal events up to that point and highlighted Drupal events in generalThen we moved to exclusively positive things about attending such eventsWe may have missed some of the pros, but we covered the important ones for sure
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Our last blog topic last month were Drupal Camps that are organized onlineSince not everyone can attend Drupal Camps due to variety of reasons we decided to present the alternatives for such DrupalistasSince virtual world is growing it was an ideal topicIt included past attempts and actual virtual Drupal Camps and all the positive and negative things they offer into today's world
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Drupal blogs from other authors We begin our overview with Danny Sipos, who
wrote Advanced techniques for route access control in Drupal 8
In his article, he looked at an example of a complex access requirementHe used a trick that opened the door to some complex access restriction rules on your routesYou can read the full blog post here
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Our second choice was How to Build Drupal Slideshow Using Views and Slick by Daniel Pickering
The author has made a blog post in a shape of a tutorial
He showed us how to build a slideshow that uses your article content type to make a slideshow with a teaser
You can read the full blog post here
A third spot was reserved for Makan and his blog post Better Accessibility in Drupal 8 is Great News for All Users
The author critically looked at how the accessibility is understood and pointed out that ignoring accessibility is missing an opportunity for all of the users
You can read the full blog post here
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Since we have announced the release of the Drupal SEO book at the time, we must point out the Lullabot's blog post Drupal SEO with Ben Finklea in a shape of a podcast
Authors Mike and Matt sat down with Ben and talked about all kind of things about SEO and Drupal. The book was of course not forgotten
You can see the full blog post here
We continue with Ivan Zugec, quite a regular author on our list, who published How to Build Custom Pages Using Page Manager and Panels in Drupal 8
He used Panels for building custom pages in Drupal 7, but in Drupal 8 he had to deal with Page Manager. Therefore, he showed us how to use both in order to get the best result. You can read the full blog post here
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Our sixth choice is Janez Urevc, who wrote Current status of Media in Drupal 8 Core and next steps
A lot have been said in the past about problems Drupal face in its core, especially when it comes to managing media. The author explained the problems, revealed what was achieved and summarized what still has to be done.
You can read the full blog post here
And we conclude our list with Markie and Tim Dickens who presented us some tips on how to prepare for the Drupal Certification Exams. Well, to be precise, they offered us knowledge on how to prepare for the Acquia certification test.
You can read the full blog post here
