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3 Tips for Incorporating Colour Psychology in Website Design

Colour choices can influence how people experience a website, but assumptions about emotion and culture need testing. Kanopi Studios' Anne Stefanyk shares three practical ways to make colour decisions more consistent, evidence-led and accessible.

Tutorials

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What Drupal's AI Contribution Policy Requires from Contributors

Drupal.org accepts AI-assisted work only from contributors who have checked it, can explain every change and say when a tool wrote a significant share.

Event

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Southwestern Ontario Drupal Camp 2026 Tackles AI Trust and Drupal 12 Readiness

Discover Drupal

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Bringing Drupal Learning Closer to Home: Southwestern Ontario Drupal Camp 2026

Tutorials

7 min read

Drupal 12 Upgrade Guide: Release Date, Requirements and Removed Modules

Event

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DrupalCamp Italy 2026 Speakers Preview AI Migrations, Civic Platforms and Enterprise Security

Artificial Intelligence: News & Updates

Drupal AI 1.5.0 Moves Five Submodules Into Standalone Projects

16 October 2026
Two Drupal Contributors to Speak on AI Governance and Provenance at AI Week 2026

14 October 2026
Drupal AI Release Digest: Gemini Embeddings, Mautic Tools and Views Agent Fixes

30 September 2026
Drupal.org Blog Links Content Governance to AI Agent Readiness

03 September 2026
Drupal-Code-Query Adds Tools for Patch-Heavy Drupal Upgrades

03 September 2026
Drupal AI 1.4.7 and 1.3.12 Fix Agent Memory and Automator Defects

01 September 2026

Drupal CMS: News and Updates

Cheppers Pairs Custom Drupal Design Systems with AI Page Generation

18 August 2026
Drupal CMS Strategy 2.0 Prioritises Agencies and Professional Developers

17 July 2026
Acquia Guide Compares Drupal Site Templates Marketplace Options

10 July 2026
Drupal CMS 2.1 Adds Site Templates to Speed Website Setup

09 June 2026
Dries Buytaert Highlights Drupal CMS as a Shift in Drupal’s Usability Strategy

25 May 2026
Dominique De Cooman Proposes Athena Milestone for Drupal AI Initiative

13 May 2026

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The Drop Times event graphic titled "Your Voice Can Shape the Conversation" featuring illustrated participants connected by speech bubbles to represent an open discussion. The text invites people to join the TDT Open Townhall on 28 October to share ideas, feedback and perspectives.

The DropTimes to Hold October Open Townhall on 28 October 2026

ImageX Named to Inc.'s 2026 Power Partners List

The Drop Times weekly events calendar for 26 October to 1 November 2026, featuring five Drupal, AI and accessibility events from 28 to 31 October on a world map background.

Drupal Events This Week: 26 October–1 November 2026

Discover Drupal graphic titled "Before You Close the Update Ticket" featuring code panels and Composer and Symfony references. Highlights Drupal core maintenance fixes and a PHP configuration setting requiring attention.

Drupal Releases Three Core Patches With PHP Configuration Updates

Carlos Ospina Releases Agent Skills to Set Up Drupal Backends for Next.js

Discover Drupal graphic titled "When Disclosure Leaves the Page" about the EU AI Act. A video player and filmstrip illustrate how Drupal tools can label both video players and files to preserve AI disclosure when content is shared.

Drupal AI Disclosure Beta Adds Spoken Audio Notices and Video Labels

Interviews

Content Sync’s DrupalCon 2025 Debrief What Developers Really Think of Content Cloud (1)

Content Sync’s DrupalCon 2025 Debrief: What Developers Really Think of Content Cloud

Interview graphic featuring Henadzi Koltun smiling in a blue blazer alongside a small portrait of author Kazima Abbas. Text reads "Building Drupal for the Long Term" and "The real test of sustainable growth is knowing what must never be sacrificed for short-term success."

“Drupal Isn’t About Quick Wins”: Henadzi Koltun on Sustainable Growth

Frederick Wouters

Frederik Wouters: Predicting and Pioneering Drupal-AI Interplay

Interview graphic titled "One Canvas, Different Rules" featuring a gray haired man wearing glasses and speaking at a microphone beside the LakeDrops and workflow orchestration logos. The text reads "Jürgen Haas examines how Drupal can bring different workflow systems together without erasing what makes each engine distinct." The graphic credits "By Allen Jason, Junior Sub-Editor TheDropTimes" and includes "Join DrupalSlack" and "#thedroptimes" alongside The Drop Times branding and website.

On the Limits of Drupal Orchestration and Shared Infrastructure

DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026 interview graphic featuring Gina Plat and Teun van der Vorm, focused on digital sovereignty, dependency mapping, procurement and open source in government.

Gina Plat and Teun van der Vorm: Map Dependencies Before Pursuing Digital Sovereignty

Italo Mairo

Drupal Best Integrates WebGIS with CMS: Italo Mairo

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Latest Drupal Tutorials

Two Guides Address Drupal Security and Decoupled CMS Reliability

08 October 2026
Drupal AI Initiative Names DrupalEasy's AIDE Official Training Program

29 September 2026
Drupal Training Publishes Drupal 11 and 12 Curriculum Outline

14 August 2026
Jadu Migration Extends Migrate Plus for LocalGov Drupal

14 August 2026
Marcus Johansson Tests AI Workflow for Drupal Tutorial Video Production

06 August 2026
DrupalBridge Guide Covers HubSpot Webform Mapping

06 August 2026

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The DropTimes to Hold October Open Townhall on 28 October 2026

26 October 2026
Drupal Events This Week: 26 October–1 November 2026

26 October 2026
Carlos Ospina Releases Agent Skills to Set Up Drupal Backends for Next.js

23 October 2026
Drupal AI Disclosure Beta Adds Spoken Audio Notices and Video Labels

23 October 2026
FlowDrop 2.7 Adds In-Editor Workflow Testing and Execution Fixes

23 October 2026
Drupal Association Audits Drupal.org After PHP2Shell Fixes

23 October 2026

Blog Syndication

Tag1 Guide Explains Human-Controlled AI Code Reviews

13 October 2026
Dixon Headless Drupal Rebuild Leads Americaneagle.com to Expand Multidev Workflow

30 September 2026
Compass Tracing Identifies Components Behind Uncacheable Drupal Pages

21 September 2026
Jürgen Haas Proposes One UI for Drupal Orchestration

18 September 2026
Drupal Rebuild Separates Data Objects From Editorial Pages

18 September 2026
Reusable Tender Clauses Address Council Collaboration in Procurement

18 September 2026

Discover Drupal

Drupal Releases Three Core Patches With PHP Configuration Updates

26 October 2026
Carlos Ospina Releases Agent Skills to Set Up Drupal Backends for Next.js

23 October 2026
Drupal AI Disclosure Beta Adds Spoken Audio Notices and Video Labels

23 October 2026
FlowDrop 2.7 Adds In-Editor Workflow Testing and Execution Fixes

23 October 2026

Organization News

ImageX Named to Inc.'s 2026 Power Partners List

26 October 2026
Pantheon P1 Brings AI Agents to Web Building Without Replacing Drupal

19 October 2026
Acquia DAM 1.1.19 Adds Standalone Asset Picker and Site Studio Asset-Usage Detector

19 October 2026
CKEditor 5 v49.0.0 Adds Shadow DOM and Trusted Types Support

19 October 2026

Drupal Community

Drupal Security Team Confirms Four Full-Member Promotions

09 October 2026
Drupal Advocacy Program Brings Public Outreach Into Contribution Credit

07 October 2026
DrupalCon Rotterdam Jobs Board Pairs Vacancies With Community Recommendations

05 October 2026
Fifteen of 28 Drupal Core Maintainer Vacancies From 2025 Remain Unassigned

22 September 2026

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Event

Drupal Events This Week: 19–25 October 2026

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Drupal community members have several opportunities to learn and connect this week. Three events offer different ways to participate. ...more

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PNW Drupal Summit Speakers Take on Live Chat, Accessibility and HTMX

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Shared components and live conversations pose challenges beyond the code. Vancouver speakers explain what they plan to demonstrate and test. ...more

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PHP

PHP 8.6 RC3 Released as Drupal Compatibility Work Continues

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Drupal’s PHP 8.6 testing has exposed upstream library deprecations. What remains before the next PHP version reaches production? ...more

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Security

Drupal Fixes Two Critical Remote Code Execution Flaws and Three XSS Vulnerabilities

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Updating Drupal core is only part of the response. Two contributed projects also require separate security fixes. ...more

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Security

DruBOM Beta2 Adds Dependency Mapping to Drupal Security Inventory

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A vulnerable package may be easy to spot but harder to trace. DruBOM beta2 adds a way to examine where a dependency came from. ...more

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Accessibility

Accessibility Climbs State CIO Agenda as Operational Gaps Persist

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An accessible platform can still pick up new barriers with the next content edit. State data shows why everyday publishing now matters as much as remediation. ...more

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Security

Drupal Security Team Sets Critical Core Release for 14 October

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The vulnerability remains undisclosed ahead of Wednesday’s fix. A previous core release showed how quickly working exploits can follow. ...more

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Policy & Governance

European Digital Sovereignty Push Faces Open-Source Governance Gaps

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Open-source adoption offers an alternative to vendor dependence, but maintaining control requires more. New European research identifies the organisational challenges behind that ambition. ...more

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