James Shields Spotlights Drupal Open University Initiative on Advent Day 22 Day 22 of the Drupal Advent Calendar features two sessions focused on the Drupal Open University Initiative, highlighting efforts to bring Drupal into university classrooms, foster the next generation of developers, and reaffirm the essential role of...

James Shields’ @lostcarpark.bsky.social Day 22 Drupal Advent post highlights the Drupal Open University Initiative—bringing Drupal into universities with open-source courseware. A global push to bridge dev skills and academic learning. https://bit.ly/4slwt5d

#DrupalEducation #DrupalAdvent

Drupal Advent Calendar Day 10: EditTogether Brings Google Docs-Style Collaboration to Drupal On Day 10 of the Drupal Advent Calendar, guest contributor AmyJune Hineline highlights EditTogether, a project introduced by Alex Jones and Ken Rickard at Florida DrupalCamp 2025. Built for real-time collaboration inside Drupal, it allows teams to co...

Day 10 on the #DrupalAdvent Calendar: EditTogether brings Google Docs-style collaboration to Drupal.

It’s open source, private, and works natively with Content Moderation.

Recap by AmyJune Hineline: https://bit.ly/3YiWepa

#Drupal #RealTimeEditing #WebRTC #ContentCollaboration

Freelock Highlights Accessible Time and Motion Controls in Drupal Freelock’s Day 18 entry in the Drupal Advent Calendar underscores the importance of user control over timeouts, auto-playing media, and motion effects. The post outlines how inaccessible defaults like session expirations and moving carousels can disr...

Time limits and auto-motion can break accessibility.

John Locke’s @freelock.com Day 18 #DrupalAdvent post offers real fixes—use Autosave Form, Automated Logout, and respect reduced motion.

Read more: https://bit.ly/48S8zGT

#Drupal #Accessibility #WCAG #InclusiveDesign

Advent Calendar Day 18: Drupal Canvas Templates Are Not Just Themes James Shield's Advent Day 18 post covers Elliott Mower’s talk at DrupalCon Nara, where he explains why modern Drupal templates like Mercury go far beyond traditional themes. With Canvas and no-code tools, even non-developers can build, style, and ext...

Day 18 of the #DrupalAdvent spotlights Drupal Canvas and Mercury templates—it's no longer just about themes. @lostcarpark.bsky.social

Elliott Mower shows how visual tools like Figma, Tailwind, and Storybook empower non-dev creators.

Read: https://bit.ly/4qkD51R

#Drupal #Canvas #NoCode #Theming

Freelock Highlights Captioning and ASL Accessibility in Advent Day 16 Post Freelock’s Advent Day 16 post emphasizes the importance of accessible video content, breaking down captioning standards and advocating for sign language interpretation. It provides clear Drupal implementation guidance and outlines best practices for ...

Day 16 of the #DrupalAdvent tackles video accessibility: captions vs. ASL.

John Locke @Freelock.com breaks down when each applies and how to support both in Drupal with Able Player.

More here: https://bit.ly/4qs36ww

#Drupal #Accessibility #AblePlayer #WCAG

Drupal Advent Day 14: Costa Rica Gears Up for Drupal Camp 2026

📢 Drupal Camp Costa Rica 2026 is set for Feb 26–28 in Guanacaste!

Announced via #DrupalAdvent by Alejandro Madrigal, it’s free, inclusive, and globally welcoming.

Details: https://bit.ly/4sb5uZU

#Drupal #DrupalCamp #CostaRica #OpenSource

Day 12: Exploring Audio Description and Video Accessibility in Drupal Freelock’s Advent Calendar Day 12 takes a deep dive into the often-overlooked world of audio description for video accessibility. Drawing on practical research and firsthand discovery, the post explains when audio description is necessary, how it wor...

Day 12 of the #DrupalAdvent Calendar highlights audio description—a vital tool for video accessibility. @freelock.com explains when narration is needed and how Drupal’s Able Player module supports it.

Learn how to script for inclusion: https://bit.ly/3YLj74x

#Accessibility #InclusiveDesign

Drupal Advent Calendar Day 14 Reflects on Imposter Syndrome in Tech On Day 14 of his Drupal Advent Calendar, James Shields highlighted the talk “Brilliant, But Doubting” by Suchi Garg and Julia Topliss, which explores imposter syndrome and its disproportionate effect on women in the tech industry. Drawing on personal...

Day 14 of @lostcarpark.bsky.social's #DrupalAdvent Calendar reflects on imposter syndrome in tech.

Suchi Garg and Julia Topliss explore its roots in bias, privilege, and systemic gaps at #DrupalCon Nara.

James Shields offers a thoughtful recap: https://bit.ly/3Nb1LeS

#DEI #ImposterSyndrome

Editoria11y Brings Real-Time Accessibility Checks to Drupal Editors On Day 15 of Freelock’s Drupal Advent Calendar, the spotlight turned to Editoria11y, a module that empowers content editors to catch and fix accessibility issues as they work. Designed for non-developers, it delivers instant feedback directly within ...

Editoria11y, featured on Day 15 of the #DrupalAdvent, brings real-time accessibility checks into the editor’s view.

It flags alt text, link labels, and headings as you work—no dev tools needed.

More from @freelock.com: https://bit.ly/48RzvGR

#Drupal #Accessibility #Editoria11y #InclusiveDesign

Day 13 of Drupal Advent Introduces Member Platform for Community Groups Day 13 of the Drupal Advent Calendar features the Member Platform project, spearheaded by JD Leonard. This initiative aims to create a general-purpose Drupal distribution for membership-based organizations, as shared in Leonard’s session at DrupalCon...

JD Leonard’s Member Platform is featured in Day 13 of the #DrupalAdvent Calendar by @lostcarpark.bsky.social.

It’s a Drupal-based MVP for community groups to manage events and member comms.

Get involved via Slack + Zoom: https://bit.ly/4qmfuOv

#Drupal #DrupalCon #OpenSource #CommunityTech

Dropsolid’s LEGO-Based Hiring Session Featured on Day 6 of Drupal Advent Calendar James Shield highlights Day 6 of the Drupal Advent Calendar, featuring Jess Vetsuypers and Eline Van Coillie of Dropsolid. They share unique strategies for hiring and retaining Drupal talent, including a hands-on LEGO challenge to evaluate team colla...

Day 6 of the Drupal Advent Calendar by @lostcarpark.bsky.social highlights Dropsolid’s LEGO-based hiring approach.

Jess Vetsuypers and Eline Van Coillie used hands-on collaboration tasks to evaluate candidates.

🎥 https://bit.ly/49ZR0FQ

#Drupal #Hiring #DrupalAdvent #CommunityCulture

AI and Drupal in Action: Dr. Christoph Breidert’s Dev Days Talk Featured in Advent Series Day 4 of the Drupal Advent Calendar features a session by Dr. Christoph Breidert, introduced by Mike Anello, focusing on practical AI applications in Drupal and their market implications.

Day 4 of the Drupal Advent Calendar by @lostcarpark.bsky.social features @mike-anello.bsky.social ’s recap of Christoph Breidert’s Dev Days talk.

The session covers AI tools in Drupal: authoring, search via RAG, and data control.
🎥 https://bit.ly/44iNR0a

#Drupal #AI #DrupalAdvent #DevDaysLeuven

Alt Text and Accessibility Spotlighted in Shields’ DrupalCon Vienna Recap James Shields' Day 3 post in the Drupal Advent Calendar recaps a DrupalCon Vienna session on using alt text effectively for accessible images. Presenters AmyJune Hineline and Chris Vickery shared real-world examples using music album covers to highli...

🎧 “Beyond 99 Red Balloons” — a standout session at @DrupalCon.bsky.social Vienna

James Shields @lostcarpark.bsky.social recaps the talk on writing alt text that truly supports accessibility.

Slides + video now available.

https://bit.ly/44iAehw

#Drupal #Accessibility #AltText #DrupalAdvent

Call for Nominations: Celebrate the People of Drupal in the 2025 Advent Calendar

Call for nominations: The 2025 Drupal Advent Calendar will spotlight unsung community contributors—not code.

Submit someone who deserves recognition this December.

Full details via @lostcarpark.bsky.social : https://bit.ly/48ozDfs

#DrupalCommunity #DrupalAdvent #OpenSource #Recognition