Highlights from the Backdrop Summit at BADCamp 2024
This post is was created on Dec 1, 2024 but it took a while to publish it.
BADCamp 2024: Celebrating Community, Simplicity, and Innovation
Here you'll find posts about both the software and the Backdrop community.
The Legend of Drop the Dragon
A fictional story of the origin of Drop the dragon.
In the spirit of celebrating 10 years of Backdrop since the first release in 2015 one idea suggested was to invite people to write about the origin of Drop the Dragon with full mythological license. Here is my submission.
How did Drop the Dragon become the mascot of Backdrop CMS?
BackdropCMS at FloridaCamp: Back(drop) to the Future
This year BackdropCMS had a big presence at FloridaCamp. Bronze sponsorship , in-person meetings, and big presentation
10 Tips for a Better Editor Experience in Backdrop CMS
One of the things that we’ve worked hard to create in Backdrop CMS is an improved Editor experience. As a fork of Drupal 7, we inherited the power and flexibility of custom content types, fields, and views from Drupal. But, we also inherited some confusing user interfaces that sometimes frustrate and discourage site editors. While Backdrop CMS has implemented a number of changes that we think improve the editor experience, there is still a great deal of room for improvement.
Backdrop CMS drops support for PHP versions prior to 7.1
As of May 15th, 2025, with the release of Backdrop CMS version 1.31.0, Backdrop CMS will require PHP version 7.1 or greater.
Currently, the listed requirement for Backdrop CMS is PHP 5.6 or greater, a version of PHP that has long since reached the end of its official life.
Backdrop CMS at Florida Drupal Camp: sponsor and presenter
Backdrop CMS is excited to announce that we are a Bronze level sponsor for Florida Drupal Camp this coming Feb 21-23 in Orlando, Florida. The Backdrop CMS community has been participating in Florida Drupal Camp for over five years, offering sessions, training workshops and BOF sessions. We very much appreciate the community support that we’ve experienced attending this well organized camp that draws participants from across the country and around the world.
Backdrop 1.30 released!
The Backdrop community is proud to announce the release of version 1.30 of Backdrop CMS! This is our 30th feature release in the course of the past 10 years.
As part of our commitment to deliver the most usable product, new "minor" releases come out three times a year, on a regular schedule. This allows site maintainers to know when to expect updates, and they can plan accordingly. See https://backdropcms.org/releases for more information on our release cycle.
A PMC Update
The Backdrop CMS Project Management Committee is responsible for guiding the direction of the Backdrop project. Three most recent updates from PMC are: Backdrop CMS was a sponsor of Badcamp in October 2024, Joseph Flatt has recently been added to our team of core committers, Irina Zaks has recently been added to our PMC team.
How to fork a PR in the Issue Queue
Occassionally, I find a PR in the core issue queue that is near completion, but the origional author of the PR is unavailable at the time. I just need a copy of their PR that I can work on.
Backdrop 1.29 released!
The Backdrop community is proud to announce the release of version 1.29 of Backdrop CMS!
As part of our commitment to deliver the most usable product, "minor" releases come out three times a year, on a regular schedule. This allows site maintainers to know when to expect updates, and they can plan accordingly. (See https://backdropcms.org/releases for more information on this)
Version 1.29 includes the following new features and enhancements: