We've released a Drupal 7 module to help you determine if your Drupal 7 website can be upgraded (easily) to Backdrop CMS. The module will compile a list of your projects along with the status of Backdrop CMS equivalents.
Testing and feedback wanted.
Too many Drupal 7 sites are moving to Wordpress, Wix, or other platforms and they don't even know that Backdrop is an option.
If we can get the word out, Backdrop LIVE is a chance for them to learn about Backdrop as an alternative.
#Drupal7EOL
It's official, Backdrop 1.9.0 is out!
Thanks to all our diligent feature-requesters, coders-uppers, and testers-outers, and of course to
@quicksketch
and
@serundeputy
for wrangling this release while under pressure (and somewhat under the weather)
#GoTeam
Backdrop CMS 1.23.0 has been released!
This is the 23rd on-time feature release of Backdrop CMS. Our awesome community releases new features every 4 months, just like clockwork.
Give it a try.
Backdrop CMS 1.14.0 is officially available!
* Flexible layouts
* Default editor role in standard install profile
* Core fieldable file entity bundles
* Welcome block on the site dashboard
* Support for trusted host patterns
On our birthday, we'd like to thank all the wonderful people that keep our community strong and make Backdrop such a wonderful tool to work with.
Thanks to everyone that contributes, writes documentation, attends weekly meetings, speaks on our behalf, and donates.
#opensource
It's an exciting day today as we prepare for our 21st feature release later today (1.21.0) and celebrate 7 years helping folks make robust opensource websites.
We plan on being a bit noisier than usual today on Twitter.
Please, help us be noisy with retweets and replies!
We are so happy to announce that Backdrop CMS 1.20 is officially released! This is the 21st feature release and comes with a few nice improvements/features and a variety of bug fixes.
Release notes:
"A huge plus for Backdrop is the ease of maintenance. Much better and easier than it was with Drupal 7. And incomparable to what Drupal 9 asks of a site operator or administrator."
Backdrop 1.22.0 is now officially available.
* New 'Card' content type
* Quick links to current theme or layout
* Ability to disable blocks within a layout
* UI improvements to book module
* New default image style
* Bug fixes and more ...
Wow 4 new contributors in one day! Welcome Skydragonsz and tauschersiemen and QuintenDegraeve and migomlevi! Thank you all for contributing to
#BackdropCMS
together we make it better :)
We're thrilled to announce Backdrop version 1.18.0. This is the 19th new feature release of
#BackdropCMS
.
Thanks, as always, to the fabulous Backdrop community for all the fantastic new features!
Our good friend and colleague
@docwilmot
has done it again. He just released a contrib module that will make it MUCH easier for a beginner to start a sub-theme for Backdrop.
Please, give it a try and let us know what you think.
We're not sure what we can say anymore on this platform without being banned, but in case anyone is looking for us - we can be found on that other social media platform that many people are moving too.
Find us with the
#BackdropCMS
.
#Drupal
We frequently hear from folks who are nervous about using BackdropCMS, because the community "is too small."
Well, we are growing all the time and if you join us, we'll grow that much faster.😄
We have a new contributed theme for BackdropCMS.
B21 is a minimalistic pastel-colored theme with basic Color module support, inspired by the look and feel of the WordPress theme Twenty Twenty-One.
#drupal7alternative
We are also watching this number closely and hoping that
#BackdropCMS
might help keep some of these folks in the "family."
Backdrop is like a better version of
#Drupal
7, with many D8 features, and D7 -> Backdrop upgrade path.
Always love this historical
#Drupal
deployment chart. Worth noting that D7 still makes up 54% of live sites. Jump from D7 -> D8 was huge, and a lot of the community simply didn't / won't make the leap.
#WCM
#CMS
It's our 7th birthday tomorrow. Get ready to help us celebrate on Twitter with screenshots of your Backdrop sites AND plans for upcoming Backdrop projects.
#backdropcms
#drupal
#opensource
"So what is this Backdrop? They blended Drupal with Wordpress. Drupal flexibility mixed with WordPress convenience. They are just at the beginning of the road, but everything has a beginning.
Goodbye Drupal, hello Backdrop."
Announcing preview release for BackdropCMS 1.23.0 Please help test it, do not use on production.
* Add Entity Reference module to core
* Allow admin to hide title on comments
* New "Taxonomy Depth" visibility rule
* New HTML 5 input widget for date field
Did we mention that Entity Reference has been merged into core and will be part of the next minor release on Sept 15th?
Backdrop CMS just keeps getting better and better.
We are proud to announce three new members of the Backdrop CMS Project Management Committee.
•
@docwilmot
•
@StPaulTim
•
@OlafGrabienski
And one new core committer
• Peter Anderson
Backdrop CMS principles:
1) Easier updates: Backwards compatibility is important.
2) Simplicity: Write code for the majority.
3) Focus: Include features for the majority.
4) Extensibility: Ensure Backdrop can be extended.
This is such great news and a very generous and thoughtful contribution from a company that has been such a big supporter of the Backdrop project.
Thanks
@goaltagrade
#BackdropLOVE
#BackdropLIVE
"Backdrop CMS is also nearly 100% backwards compatible with the
#Drupal
7 API and will be for years. For our highly specialized and prolific custom code that spelled refactor not rewrite, and implied massive potential savings."
Participants in
#BackdropLIVE
have been asking about the free coffee and donuts. They are just down the hall and in the kitchen. If you can't find them, help yourself to anything else you find.
Meet you back in the Hallway.
Several members of the Backdrop community plan to work on upgrades of their own over the course of the day, supporting each other, and answering questions from visitors.
We just heard from someone in our chat channel that they are planning to migrate two
#Drupal
8 sites to BackdropCMS.
This is not the first time we've heard this from folks who found Backdrop after migrating Drupal 7 sites to Drupal 8.
Some folks are calling for the
#Drupal
community to provide long term support for Drupal 7
Some folks think that Backdrop CMS already does?
Let's talk about this at Backdrop LIVE.
'Should Backdrop CMS be Drupal Classic?'
July 16th - Everyone Welcome
If you are going to NTEN conference next month, be sure to come talk to us about the opportunities to move your Drupal 7 site to Backdrop CMS.
Backdrop is an open source CMS built for non-profits. Check out our philosophy page.
@NTENorg
#20NTC
#nptech
Backdrop LIVE - our first virtual conference is starting in ONE week! Sept 17-19
Please, register today and help spread the word. We need retweets as well as help reaching other social media platforms.
It's great to see all the updates from
#DrupalConPrague
. We hope our
#Drupal
friends will keep us in mind as they discuss strategies for helping
#Drupal7
sites move forward.
We'll be sprinting on improving the upgrade process at
@BADCamp
in a few weeks.
We're about 10 days from feature freeze for Backdrop CMS version 14.0.0. How about a some encouraging Tweets for our core developers to keep them motivated?
"Having just completed one of my most complex web development projects on Backdrop, I am really excited about what it can do. And I'm delighted to be part of an enthusiastic and committed open source development community again."
Here are just a few of the ways you can contribute to or support Backdrop CMS.
* Donate
* Shop (wear our gear)
* Code
* Design
* Write Content
* Discuss Ideas
* Review Changes
* Report Bugs
* Feature Requests
* Attend Meetings
* Newsletter
We are so excited to host the 3rd edition of Backdrop LIVE starting tomorrow.
It's a virtual event for anyone interested in Backdrop CMS.
A great chance to explore Backdrop CMS as an upgrade option from
#Drupal7
#endoflife
.
Please join us:
Folks have been pushing for a stable release of Organic Groups for Backdrop CMS.
Some heroic contributors have been working to make that happen.
If you are interested, help us cross the finish line.
The top 10 modules for BackdropCMS.
10) Antibot
9) Entity UI
8) Devel
7) Field Group
6) Colorbox
5) Google Analytics
4) Metatag
3) Webform
2) Entity Plus
..
..
..
1) Backup and Migrate
Who want's to P-A-R-T-Y?
Jan 15th, 2015 -- we're setting up a global
#BackdropCMS
Birthday Party where we can celebrate Backdrop's 4th Birthday, as well as it's 13th on-time release!
Look at this! Over 700 contrib projects for
@Backdropcms
on Github.
(About 500 with stable releases).
It's getting hard to keep up with them all. We're sometimes surprised at what we find here.
Tom Grandy, who describes himself as a journalist, a teacher, and a non-coder, helps out with documentation and marketing for
#BackdropCMS
.
@matthewtift
talks with Tom on the latest Hacking Culture podcast:
We're celebrating our birthday on Twitter by asking our friends and colleagues to share screenshots or tell us about what they have accomplished with Backdrop CMS.
We'd love to see how you are using Backdrop or hear what you have done!
#drupal
#opensourcecms
#websitebuilder