Drupal
Expert knowledge on Drupal: modules, architecture, migration, theming and best practices. 59 articles.
Drupal is not a page builder, it is a framework with a content model at its core. Understanding that is what makes the early decisions right: entity structure, permissions, multisite, migration path. The articles here explain those building blocks one at a time, from picking a module to jumping a major version.
When a question turns into a project, the implementation side lives in Drupal development, and an upcoming version jump belongs in the Drupal upgrade.
Basics 5
Drupal Explained: CMS for Complex Platforms
Drupal is an open-source content management system for organizations that need more than a simple we...
Drupal Glossary: The Most Important Terms
Drupal uses its own terminology that can be unfamiliar to beginners. Nodes, Views, Taxonomies, Block...
Open Source as Strategy: Drupal Without License Costs
Open source means: the source code is open, the software is license-free, and the investment belongs...
Drupal CMS: The Future of Content Management
Drupal CMS is the pre-configured variant of Drupal, born from the Starshot initiative. It combines D...
Drupal 11: The Most Important Innovations
Drupal 11 was released on August 2, 2024, and brings up to 50% better performance under PHP 8.3, Sin...
CMS comparisons 11
WordPress vs. Drupal: When Is Which CMS Worth It?
WordPress is the right CMS for blogs, small corporate websites, and quick projects. Drupal is the ri...
TYPO3 vs. Drupal: The Comprehensive CMS Comparison
TYPO3 is a free CMS framework based on PHP with strong adoption in the DACH region. It excels throug...
Contao vs. Drupal: Which CMS Fits?
Contao is an open-source CMS based on PHP, formerly known as TYPOlight. It is suitable for medium to...
Joomla vs. Drupal: Migration and Comparison
Joomla is an open-source CMS based on PHP with roots in the Swahili language ("Jumla" = totality). I...
Shopify vs. Drupal Commerce: E-Commerce Comparison
Shopify is a hosted e-commerce platform for businesses of all sizes. It excels through user-friendli...
Shopware vs. Drupal: When Which Platform Fits
Shopware is a modular shop system from Germany, developed since 2003 by Shopware AG. It offers drag-...
Ibexa (eZ Platform) vs. Drupal: Enterprise Comparison
Ibexa (formerly eZ Platform) is a commercial enterprise CMS based on Symfony with license costs star...
FirstSpirit vs. Drupal: Proprietary or Open Source?
FirstSpirit is a proprietary enterprise CMS by Crownpeak Technology GmbH with a Java foundation and ...
Storyblok vs. Drupal: Headless CMS or Traditional?
Storyblok is a headless CMS from Austria that delivers content via APIs to any frontend. Drupal deli...
Drupal vs. Contentful: Integrated or Headless?
Contentful is a headless CMS platform with an API-first approach. Drupal is an integrated open-sourc...
Drupal vs. Strapi: Open Source CMS Compared
Drupal and Strapi are open-source CMS with different philosophies. Strapi is headless, based on Node...
Modules & extensions 10
The 10 Most Important Drupal Modules 2026
Drupal offers 56,774 community modules (as of 31 October 2026). Choosing the right modules determine...
Installing Drupal Modules: Practical Guide
Drupal extends its functionality through modules: the core includes over 50, and the community provi...
Developing Drupal Modules: When Custom Code Is Worthwhile
Drupal is modular by design: the core delivers the base functionality; 56,774 community modules (con...
ECA Module: No-Code Automation in Drupal
The ECA module (Event-Condition-Action) enables no-code automation in Drupal. Workflows are defined ...
CKEditor 5 in Drupal: What Editors Need to Know
CKEditor 5 has been the default editor in Drupal since version 10. The plugin-based architecture mak...
Drupal Webforms: Creating Complex Forms
The Drupal Webform module is the most powerful form solution in the CMS market. Multi-step forms, co...
Algolia Search in Drupal: Lightning-Fast Results
Algolia is a hosted search service that delivers search results in under 50 milliseconds, with typo ...
Drupal Views: Display Data Flexibly Without Code
Drupal Views is the most powerful tool for displaying content in Drupal. Lists, grids, tables, RSS f...
Config Split: Configuration Management for Drupal
Config Split is the standard module for environment-specific configuration management in Drupal. It ...
Content Protection in Drupal: Access and Deletion
Drupal offers granular mechanisms to protect content from unauthorized access and accidental deletio...
Frontend & design 8
Drupal Theming: Custom Design Without Core Hacks
A Drupal theme defines the entire appearance of a website: layout, colors, typography, interactions....
Drupal Templates: Frontend Control with Twig
Drupal templates define how content is displayed in the frontend. They separate content from design ...
Gin Theme: The Best Drupal Backend
The Gin Theme is the leading admin theme for Drupal. It brings a modern UI, dark mode, sticky action...
Responsive Design 2026: Mobile-First Is Not Enough
Responsive design, adapting websites to different screen sizes, is no longer a differentiator in 202...
Web Animations with Drupal: Performance First
Animations on the web create motion through rapid playback of individual frames or CSS/JavaScript tr...
Vue.js and Drupal: Frameworks in the CMS Context
Vue.js is a progressive JavaScript framework for user interfaces, developed by Evan You. It can be a...
Semantic HTML: Foundation for GEO and Accessibility
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) has structured web content since the early 1990s. The current versi...
Browser Compatibility: Why It Matters
Browser compatibility means that a website is correctly displayed and functional in all relevant bro...
Performance & infrastructure 7
Drupal Caching: Performance Optimization
Caching is the most important lever for the performance of a Drupal platform. From page cache to OpC...
Varnish Cache: Performance Turbo for Drupal
Varnish is an HTTP reverse proxy that caches web pages in memory and reduces response times by a fac...
Drupal Hosting: What to Watch For
Drupal hosting requires specialization. Standard shared hosting is not sufficient for demanding Drup...
Drupal Monitoring: Proactive Surveillance
Proactive monitoring detects Drupal problems before users notice them. Creeping performance degradat...
Understanding DNS: Domain Configuration Explained
The Domain Name System (DNS) translates readable domain names like arocom.de into IP addresses and m...
Node.js and Drupal: When It Is Worthwhile
Node.js is a server-side JavaScript runtime that has been used for scalable network applications sin...
GitLab for Drupal Teams: CI/CD Explained
GitLab is a web-based DevOps platform for source code management, CI/CD pipelines, and team collabor...
Architecture & platforms 6
Monolithic vs. Composable: Drupal Architecture
Monolithic systems bundle all functions in a shared codebase and database. This simplifies operation...
Drupal Multisite: One Installation, Many Websites
Drupal Multisite enables managing multiple websites from a single installation. Updates, security pa...
Intranet with Drupal: Platforms for Teams
An intranet is a closed network for internal communication and collaboration within an organization....
Portals with Drupal: Building Complex Platforms
Portals are web applications that bundle different web services in a personalizable platform. They s...
Low-Code with Drupal: Without Custom Development
Drupal enables complex websites with almost no custom code. Site building, configuring Drupal throug...
The Right Editorial System: What Matters in 2026
An editorial system separates content from its presentation and enables teams to maintain websites w...
SEO & accessibility 5
Drupal and SEO: How the CMS Boosts Visibility
Drupal is inherently SEO-capable: clean URL structures, semantic HTML, and structured data are part ...
Accessibility with Drupal: The Practical Guide
Accessibility is a core principle in Drupal, not an afterthought. ARIA labels, keyboard navigation, ...
WCAG 2.1: The Accessibility Standard Explained
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are the international standard for accessible web co...
W3C Standards: Standards-Compliant Code Pays Off
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has standardized web technologies since 1994. W3C standards for ...
Web Scraping: Opportunities and Risks Explained
Scrapers are software tools that automatically copy and process content from websites. Used legitima...
Migration & multilingual sites 2
Data Migration in Drupal: CSV, JSON, API
Drupal's Migrate framework transfers content from CSV files, JSON feeds, XML documents, and REST API...
Multilingual Websites with Drupal: The Guide
Drupal is the leading open-source CMS for multilingual websites. Content, menus, URLs, taxonomies, a...
Development & frameworks 5
OOP in Drupal: Object-Oriented Patterns in the CMS
Since Drupal 8, the CMS is based on object-oriented patterns: dependency injection, plugin system, e...
Symfony and Drupal: Why Drupal Is Based on Symfony
Symfony is a PHP framework that forms the technical foundation of Drupal. Since Drupal 8, the CMS us...
Behat Tests: Acceptance Testing for Drupal
Behat is a PHP framework for Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) that formulates tests in natural lang...
Yii vs. Drupal: PHP Frameworks Compared
Yii is an object-oriented, component-based PHP framework for developing web applications. It is lice...
Zend Framework: Classification in the PHP Ecosystem
Zend Framework, continued as the Laminas Project since 2019, was one of the first enterprise PHP fra...