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AI Access Restrictions Put Model Routing on Drupal’s Infrastructure Agenda

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Acquia Guide Compares Drupal Site Templates Marketplace Options

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Drupal CMS 2.1 Adds Site Templates to Speed Website Setup

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Dries Buytaert Highlights Drupal CMS as a Shift in Drupal’s Usability Strategy

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Dominique De Cooman Proposes Athena Milestone for Drupal AI Initiative

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CKEditor has released a security update SA- Core-2021-011 that impacts Drupal. The issue, dated November 17, 2021, is classified as a moderately critical cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. ...more

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Backport of the Drupal 8 security fix though not required in Drupal 7 it would mitigate the issue when using vulnerable codes or libraries. ...more

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Simple XML Sitemap 4.0.0 has released the first stable branch and the old 3x version will be deprecated. ...more

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List of the latest Drupal module releases as per The Weeklydrop Issue 514 of December 2, 2021. ...more

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Drupal Frontend Developer/ Designer At University of Arizona

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