Drupal 9
This is a summary of what's new, what's changed, and what has been removed from the UTM Drupal 9 framework.
What's New
- New Editor View
- The editing interface has a new look, feel and structure
- See Administrative Toolbar for details
- Menu
- <nolink> items can now be used to group a set of menu items
- See Menus for details
- Blocks
- Content can be added to Basic Pages via Blocks
- Block Types
- Custom Block Library
- Blocks can be managed in the Custom Block Library
- See Blocks for details
- Basic Page Layout
- Basic pages now have a default layout: ¾ width, plus an optional ¼ width (which has replaced the previous sidebar region in Drupal 7)
- See Basic Page for details
- Collapsible Items
- Collapsible content blocks (also called 'accordions') are now available
- See Collapsible Item for details
- Call to Action Grid
- This features allows a set of CTAs to display in a grid format and replaces the Image Grid layout in D7
- See Call To Action Grid for details
- Media
- Drupal handles media differently in D9 and the workflow for managing your assets have changed
- Images can now use focal point
- See Media for details
What's Changed
- Regions
- Left sidebar region has been removed
- Right sidebar region has been removed
- Content now spans the full width of the page 'container'
- A default layout for basic pages is available
- See Basic Page Layout for details
- Breadcrumbs
- Breadcrumbs are now based on path alias and not the menu hierarchy
- See URL Alias for details
- CKEditor
- Links
- Links have a different interface
- Anchor Links
- There is a new method for linking to anchors
- See Rich Text Editor > Links for details
- Links
- Images
- Images are now handled by the Media Library with options for pre-defined sizes when adding to a page
- See Media for details
- Call To Action
- CTAs are now a block type
- New recommended size: width of 550px
- See Blocks and Call to Action for details
- Hero Images
- Hero Images are now a block type and use a Hero Image Display
- See Hero Image for details
- News
- Categories
- News can now be categorized
- Blocks
- Grid
- Changed from 2 to 3 column grid by default. Minimum number of items is now 3
- Can now select number of items to display when placing blocks
- Headlines
- Minimum number of items is now 4 and can be placed
- Users can now place blocks on any basic page, although the homepage is recommended
- Grid
- Social Media Sharing
- News articles now have links to share via social media
- Images
- New recommended size: width of 1320px (similar to Drupal 7, large images will be scaled down, and smaller images retain width. Placeholder background will fill in any images that aren't full width)
- See News Content Type for details
- Categories
- Webforms
- There have been significant changes to webforms and the process for creating them
- See Webforms for details
- Faculty & Staff Profiles
- Address field has been consolidated
- See Faculty & Staff Profile for detail
- Social Media (Connect with Us)
- The Connect With Us is now a placeable block
- New location for configuration / managing
- Flickr has been removed as an option
- See Social Media for details
What's Gone
- Subpage Menu
- No longer available as the left sidebar region has been removed
- CKEditor (Text Editor Tool)
- The following tools in the CKEditor are no longer active:
- Spell Check
- Find
- Replace
- Undo
- Redo
- Select All
- The following tools in the CKEditor are no longer active:
- Image Grid
- No longer available in D9
- Existing image grids are supported and will be migrated over but cannot be edited as is; they'll need to be recreated as CTA grids
- See Call to Action Grid for details