Drupal CMS: Celebrating The New Era of Content Management System at Innoraft
The launch of Drupal CMS marks a revolutionary moment for the Drupal Community. To celebrate this, we at Innoraft hosted an exciting week of events, which included:
- Exciting sessions by our experts providing unique perspectives into various aspects of Drupal
- A comprehensive overview and demo of the newly launched platform.
- Dedicated contribution sessions to enrich the Drupal Ecosystem,
- Good food, great fun, and amazing vibes with the global Drupal community.

Session 1 - Tracing the Roots: The Evolution of Drupal by Shuva Mallick
The session took us on a dynamic year-by-year exploration of Drupal's evolution—from its humble beginnings as a simple message board named Drop to its emergence as the world's leading open-source content management platform. Shuva Mallick highlighted the vibrant ecosystem and passionate open-source community that propelled its success and how Drupal continues to shape the content management landscape, defining its remarkable legacy.

Session 2 - Unveiling Drupal CMS 1.0: A Deep Dive into the New Features with Diwakar Sah
During the Drupal CMS launch celebration, Diwakar Sah led an in-depth session on the platform, exploring its features, market impact, and business advantages. Key highlights included Drupal’s user empowerment, design flexibility, no-code website building, and open-source architecture. The platform’s standout features include AI integration, enhanced search, privacy compliance, simplified analytics, and a visual experience builder. Diwakar also demonstrated the Project Browser and Drupal recipes, providing a comprehensive overview for users to explore the platform’s potential.

Session 3 - Bridging Drupal and ReactJS: Modern Web Development with Drupal and ReactJS by Yash Bharadwaj
In this dynamic session led by Yash Bharadwaj, we explored the synergy between Drupal and React.JS. The discussion highlighted Drupal's contemporary challenges and React.JS's philosophy, showcasing their integration to enhance user experience. Yash also discussed a practical setup guide for integrating Drupal and React.JS in a partially decoupled system, equipping them with valuable strategies for optimizing their web development project.

Session 4 - AI and Drupal CMS 1.0: The Future is AI-Driven by Vivek Panicker
As part of our week-long celebration, our senior developer, Vivek Panicker, presented an insightful session on integrating AI in Drupal. The session provided an overview of Artificial Intelligence and detailed the installation of the AI module for both Drupal CMS and Drupal 11. Vivek showcased key AI features, including AI search, AI assistant, and AI agents, emphasizing their functionality, user benefits, and configuration. This session underscored how Drupal is changing the CMS landscape by leveraging the power of AI.

Session 5 - Building with Precision: SDC and Atomic Design: Designing with Single Directory Components (SDCs) by Sourojeet Paul
In this session, Sourojeet Paul provided an overview of Single Directory Components (SDCs) and their challenges, along with a hands-on demonstration of creating SDC components within a project. The discussion included insights on atomic design methodology and the integration of Storybook, equipping participants with practical strategies to streamline development processes, enhance consistency, and improve component-driven design.

Giving Back to the Drupal Community
Throughout the celebration, we were proud to contribute to the Drupal community. During the dedicated contribution sessions, our associates Rohan Singh, Ajay Mallah, and Vishal Prasad released a new module—the Views Advanced Date Filter Module—that enhances date filtering capabilities in Drupal Views. This user-friendly module is perfect for reports, dashboards, and time-sensitive content. This release celebrates our commitment to helping the community grow and thrive.

Good Food and Amazing Company: A Celebration to Remember
No celebration is complete without some fun! That’s why, along with insight-driven sessions by our experts, we also had a beautiful cake and a pizza party, celebrating the fantastic bond with the Drupal community.

Celebrating the Drupal Community
Drupal’s success lies in the heart of its community.
Collaboration between core contributors and users makes Drupal CMS 1.0 a true success story. Together, we build, innovate, and push boundaries, making Drupal the CMS of choice for ambitious creators.
Cheers to Drupal CMS and the Exciting Future Ahead!
Drupal CMS has opened the door to limitless opportunities in content management. Together, let’s continue to innovate, create, and shape an inspiring future that empowers us all. The journey is just beginning—let’s build something exceptional!