https://joshuami.com/ Subscribe to our RSS feed to stay up to date with our latest blog posts. en https://joshuami.com/blog/2025/recipe-unpack-blog-no-longer-drupal-cms-and-thats-good-thing With the release of Drupal 11.2, the Recipes feature gets an important new capability. You can now "unpack" recipes after they are run so that your composer.json will have the direct dependencies from the recipe rather than a dependency on the recipe itself. Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:00:00 -0700 joshuami fab7cdd4-2251-4dc7-9df1-35d108b5aceb https://joshuami.com/blog/2025/doj-accessibility-ruling The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Version 2.1, Level AA is now the technical standard for state and local governments’ web content and mobile apps within the United States. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 09:10:00 -0700 joshuami 89352d69-2e6d-41a9-bbe4-845d347fbc65 https://joshuami.com/blog/2025-03/some-thoughts-about-how-ai-could-reshape-cms-platforms Dries post and AI and CMS platforms covers a lot, but I want to take a deeper dive into the two strategic priorities he outlines. Wed, 19 Mar 2025 13:12:40 -0700 joshuami 996d9940-f997-4f33-a393-45914caa83ec https://joshuami.com/blog/2025-02/drupal-cms-modules-we-know-and-love Drupal CMS is filled with modules that are considered best practice for most websites. Thu, 27 Feb 2025 15:13:59 -0800 joshuami 44468209-ac0d-4498-9c4f-fb213df7ad8a https://joshuami.com/blog/2025-02/drupal-cms-modules-i-had-not-used Drupal CMS is packed with surprises. This post will cover a few of those as part of a series of posts on the new release of Drupal that is drastically changing the way we use Drupal to create websites. Wed, 26 Feb 2025 17:01:37 -0800 joshuami df18079f-a9bd-4528-98c8-736333c85958 https://joshuami.com/blog/2025-01/few-thoughts-about-drupal-cms-starshot-after-exploring-release-candidate Given my recent migration of my blog and the planned launch of Drupal CMS on January 15th, I thought it might be a good time to dig in and see what's currently included in this milestone re-packaging of Drupal. Wed, 01 Jan 2025 18:00:00 -0800 joshuami b1ae96f2-ec1c-434a-82ea-f4a7f9d41cc4 https://joshuami.com/blog/2024-12/blog-drupal-cms-starshot-kinda-now Way back in 2015, I moved my blog to a static implementation using Jekyll and Github Pages. While I was very involved in Drupal, I also was very aware of my limited time to keep a Drupal installation up to date. I simply wanted/needed the security a static site ensured. Drupal CMS—and a little extra holiday free time—led me to test a new approach using a Starshot installation while keeping the site static using Tome and Github Pages. Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:01:04 -0800 joshuami 387d478b-8aad-4b77-a172-be2d0e356f7b https://joshuami.com/2023/10/27/access-control-strategies-for-enterprise-drupal-websites When working with large organizations—whether in private enterprise, government, higher education, or non-profits—editorial responsibility is often spread across multiple sub-organizations. Set your editors up for success by choosing an access control strategy that works best for the organizational objectives. Fri, 27 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0700 joshuami 37ef4da4-eb78-44a9-b99d-b09a1057bf18 https://joshuami.com/2023/02/20/ten-translation-best-practices-for-government-websites Governments increasingly want to support community members with limited language proficiency. There are a range of techniques that encourage proper translation for SEO, usability, equity, and accessibility. Mon, 20 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0800 joshuami 54357168-5cbe-4613-ad22-a5f254c4bc7a https://joshuami.com/2021/04/22/agile-development-scrum-terms-and-recommendations When starting work consulting with a new team, we often find the need to establish common language. On simple projects, I usually walk the team through the terms as part of walking through the toolset. Thu, 22 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0700 joshuami a3cf09c9-8932-4009-964d-28af31dd3078 https://joshuami.com/2020/06/30/launching-portlandgov On June 16th at 7:30 a.m., we switched the homepage of PortlandOregon.gov over to Portland.gov and officially moved a platform two years in the making out of beta. Tue, 30 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0700 joshuami cfd44023-10d3-49b1-8413-73bd84473d0f https://joshuami.com/2019/06/28/chasing-core-drupal-8-7-update-difficult Drupal 8.7 was released nearly two months ago and it took me that long to upgrade a complex site. 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