RSS Feed for drupal-8 https://www.dannyenglander.com en-us dannyenglander311@gmail.com (Danny Englander) Tue, 05 May 2026 01:26:38 GMT Tue, 05 May 2026 01:26:38 GMT I've been building Drupal 8 sites with Layout Builder and one feature that I think is missing is the ability to group specific fields inside a wrapper for enhanced theming; a layout within a layout if you will. Sun, 27 Sep 2020 09:00:00 GMT https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2020-09-19-drupal-8-9-architecture-method-to-group-fields-in-wrapper-layout-builder-ctools-entity-view/ https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2020-09-19-drupal-8-9-architecture-method-to-group-fields-in-wrapper-layout-builder-ctools-entity-view/ Over the past month, I have been working on a large scale Drupal 8 build that is leveraging the Layout Builder module for much of the site's displays. If you have not used Layout Builder yet for a project and have been wanting to jump in, I hope this article will serve as a good overview. Mon, 25 May 2020 09:00:00 GMT https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2020-05-23-layout-builder-with-drupal-8-a-few-tips-tricks-gotchas/ https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2020-05-23-layout-builder-with-drupal-8-a-few-tips-tricks-gotchas/ In this post, I show you how to extend menu link attributes in a custom module Sat, 23 May 2020 09:00:00 GMT https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2020-05-22-drupal-8-architecture-how-to-add-custom-html-data-attributes-to-menus/ https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2020-05-22-drupal-8-architecture-how-to-add-custom-html-data-attributes-to-menus/ In this blog post, I will show you how to theme custom datetime formats using Twig in Drupal 8 Sat, 01 Feb 2020 09:00:00 GMT https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2020-02-01-drupal-8-theming-how-to-render-custom-datetime-formats-with-twig/ https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2020-02-01-drupal-8-theming-how-to-render-custom-datetime-formats-with-twig/ In this screencast video tutorial, I show you how to get up and running with Xdebug and PHPStorm using Docksal. Fri, 16 Aug 2019 09:18:00 GMT https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2019-08-12-drupal-development-how-to-get-started-with-xdebug-using-phpstorm-with-docksal/ https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2019-08-12-drupal-development-how-to-get-started-with-xdebug-using-phpstorm-with-docksal/ A common architectural model in Drupal is for one entity to reference another. For example, when using the Paragraphs module to build structured modular content, imagine that you have a paragraph type that references another paragraph type. Tue, 23 Jul 2019 06:12:00 GMT https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2019-02-23-drupal-8-architecture-how-to-get-a-value-from-a-paragraphs-parent-entity/ https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2019-02-23-drupal-8-architecture-how-to-get-a-value-from-a-paragraphs-parent-entity/ In this screencast, I'm going to walkthrough how I've been designing structured modular content with Entity Construction Kit and Inline Entity Form in Drupal 8. Sun, 18 Sep 2016 16:54:00 GMT https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2016-09-18-drupal-8-architecture-video-tour-designing-structured-modular-content-using-entity-construction/ https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2016-09-18-drupal-8-architecture-video-tour-designing-structured-modular-content-using-entity-construction/ For the past seven months, I've been designing, building, and theming with Drupal 8 for my own side project. Along the way, I've seen huge advancements in these realms versus what was possible with Drupal 7. Thu, 15 Sep 2016 18:06:00 GMT https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2016-09-15-drupal-8-theming-how-define-variables-twig-templates-use-custom-html-classes/ https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2016-09-15-drupal-8-theming-how-define-variables-twig-templates-use-custom-html-classes/ In this blog post, I experiment with importing an existing Drupal 8 site configuration into a new site. Disclaimer: the steps in this tutorial are not recommend for a live site and are experimental! Sat, 20 Aug 2016 17:31:00 GMT https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2016-08-20-drupal-8-development-how-import-existing-site-configuration-new-site/ https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2016-08-20-drupal-8-development-how-import-existing-site-configuration-new-site/ In Drupal 8, there's templates for just about anything and with Drupal 8's new theme hooks, you can really narrow in on crafting a custom template for your specific use case. This makes getting at and altering markup far more accessible than it was in Drupal 6 and 7. Tue, 10 May 2016 07:46:00 GMT https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2016-05-10-drupal-8-theming-tutorial-how-craft-custom-theme-hook-suggestions-and-templates/ https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2016-05-10-drupal-8-theming-tutorial-how-craft-custom-theme-hook-suggestions-and-templates/ My uncle used to say, "You have to use the right tool for the job." This is no different when it comes to Drupal 8 theming and development. Sun, 08 May 2016 08:03:00 GMT https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2016-05-08-drupal-8-development-5-things-add-your-theming-toolbox/ https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2016-05-08-drupal-8-development-5-things-add-your-theming-toolbox/ Now that I'm digging into Drupal 8 theming and its awesomeness, I'm discovering some really useful methods and functions. At the same time, I'm learning a lot and having fun. Sun, 27 Mar 2016 10:27:00 GMT https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2016-03-27-drupal-8-theming-how-set-custom-html-classes-block-region/ https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2016-03-27-drupal-8-theming-how-set-custom-html-classes-block-region/ When Drupal 8 and its innovative architectural changes were first announced several years back, there were a variety of reactions within the community ranging from euphoria and elation to *FUD* and potential abandonment of the platform altogether. Tue, 22 Mar 2016 07:53:00 GMT https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2016-03-22-drupal-8-theming-how-i-got-inspired-drupal-all-over-again/ https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2016-03-22-drupal-8-theming-how-i-got-inspired-drupal-all-over-again/ In this blog post, we learn how to add core and theme scripts in to Drupal 8 using a theme libraries YML or YAML file. Sun, 06 Apr 2014 16:54:00 GMT https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2014-04-06-drupal-8-attaching-core-libraries-and-other-scripts-your-theme/ https://www.dannyenglander.com/blog/2014-04-06-drupal-8-attaching-core-libraries-and-other-scripts-your-theme/