Mark Conroy Summarises June 2026 LocalGov Drupal Contributions

Sharing his June 2026 LocalGov Drupal contribution report, Mark Conroy has outlined maintenance and feature work across LocalGov Publications Importer, LocalGov Microsites Base, LocalGov Scarfolk, LocalGov Drupal Waste Collection, LocalGov Bus Data, microsite demo content, and Link Checker Per Node. The post, titled My LocalGov Drupal contributions for June 2026, was published on 1 July 2026.

While none of the items represents a major release on its own, the update shows the routine maintenance work behind LocalGov Drupal’s wider project ecosystem. The June contributions span bug fixes, coding standards cleanup, user interface improvements, release preparation, and early development work across multiple community projects.

Mark says LocalGov Publications Importer stopped working for him when using Gemini. He opened an issue and created a proof-of-concept merge request, followed by review feedback from Rupert on an alternative approach. He also worked on coding standards issues in the importer, removed equal-heights JavaScript from LocalGov Microsites Base after a theme setting made configuration possible, and handled smaller items for LocalGov Scarfolk, including tests and PHP coding standards cleanup.

The largest set of changes appears in LocalGov Bus Data. Homepage text became configurable, a second area-selection layout was added, CSS was reviewed for easier implementation with LocalGov Base, bus company names were corrected to show the operator name instead of an operator ID, and release 1.1.2 followed. Mark also added a .gitlab-ci.yml file for coding standards checks and improved bus stop names on routes.

Mark also began work on a microsites demo content module, which he says is still in its early stages. In the wider Drupal section of the update, he notes work on Link Checker Per Node, including a beta release that adds the number of broken links to the node-level tab. The change is intended to make node-specific link checking more visible for site editors and maintainers.