The Backdrop CMS community uses a handful of tools for communication.
Live Chat
Backdrop has an official Zulip chat channel. Drop in and say hi at https://backdrop.zulipchat.com.
Backdrop also has an unofficial Slack channel. Use this link to join.
Backdrop also has an unofficial IRC channel on irc.freenode.net at #backdrop.
Backdrop also has an unofficial Gitter channel at https://gitter.im/backdrop/backdrop-issues.
Backdrop Forum
Discuss with the Backdrop community at the Backdrop CMS Community Forum.
Monthly Newsletter
To get news and updates about Backdrop delivered right to your inbox signup for our monthly newsletter.
Issue Queue: Github
The primary means of communication is the Backdrop Issue Queue, which is where all discussion happens around adding new features or fixing bugs. Backdrop also has a handful of other repositories and queues.
Developer Documentation
The Documentation & API Website contains our list of public functions, hooks, and sub-system documentation. It also contains all the change records documenting differences between Drupal 7 and Backdrop.
Office Hours
We hold Backdrop Office Hours twice a week on Wednesdays.
- 19:00 - 21:00 UTC (12:00pm – 2:00pm America/Los_Angeles).
- 9:30-11:30 UTC (2:30am – 4:30am America/Los_Angeles).
Connect via Zulip, and join us in a meet.jit.si meeting.
- Stop in with any question about Backdrop or Backdrop related topics
- Connect with other Backdrop users, builders, coders.
- Get connected, and work together.
Community Meetings
Backdrop has several recurring meetings on Thursdays/Fridays. These are open meetings that anyone can join; check out the Zulip chat room to get the link to join!
- Core Developer meeting: weekly, at 9pm UTC
- Design/UX meeting: fortnightly, at 8pm UTC
- Community meeting: fortnightly, at 8pm UTC
The Design/UX and Community meetings alternate between each other each week. Use the links above to view the meeting times in your local timezone.
See our Google calendar for the schedule, or follow us on Twitter for links to the meting agendas, and information on how to join in.
We also organize Virtual User Group meetings as often as possible, to discuss topics that are of interest to the community. These do not have a specific schedule, but are announced well ahead of time in the events section.
Video archives: YouTube
All weekly meetings are recorded and published to our YouTube channel. This channel is also home to tutorial videos on contributing to and using Backdrop CMS. Here are a few playlists by category that may be useful:
- Why choose Backdrop CMS
- Instructional videos
- Featured presentations
- Weekly developer meetings
- Fortnightly designer meetings
- Fortnightly community outreach meetings
- Virtual User Group meetings
All of our YouTube videos are automatically synchronised to our Odysee channel, if you prefer following us there instead.
Backdrop has an official Twitter account at @backdropcms.
Backdrop has an official Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/backdropcms.
Backdrop has an official LinkedIn group at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/6930143.
