The Backdrop CMS core committers and Project Management Committee recently met to discuss priorities for core development. As a community, it’s helpful to pause and take a focused look at where to direct our core development energy over the next 6-12 months.. Here is a draft list of possible priorities that we hope to discuss in detail over the next 5 weeks, at which point we hope to narrow our focus on 2-3 of these items.
Backdrop Live is an online global unconference about Backdrop CMS (and related subjects) over 2 days with sessions suitable for all time zones and all skill levels. From several beginner tutorials covering the basics of Backdrop CMS to advanced topics and future plans, there should be something for you. If there isn't yet, perhaps suggest a topic or even offer to facilitate a discussion.
It will run from 2026-04-23 15:00 UTC to 2026-04-25 00:00 UTC
At the recent Stanford WebCamp, Laryn Bakker, developer with Aten Design Group, talked about "Layout Paragraphs: Answering the Same Questions, Differently." This session presented innovative approaches for managing complex content layouts within Backdrop CMS, drawing inspiration from Drupal's Layout Paragraphs module.
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.
The lifespan of Backdrop 1.x has been extended several times as the lifespan of Drupal 7 has been extended. Initially, our goal was for Backdrop 2.x to be released at least 2 years after the end of Drupal 7 support. Our hope was to give Drupal 7 site owners the time they need to both move to Backdrop, and prepare for the first Backdrop major version upgrade.
Our next Backdrop LIVE will be hosted on October 21st-23rd, depending upon your time zone. This time we are trying something new by offering a 3 part "Backdrop for Beginners" track (during block B) with presentations on:
OpenForce 2022 participants should start with this blog post.
It's really been great to see all the OpenForce 2022 participants in our issue queue over the last two weeks. We have three issues that have been committed to Backdrop already, with two more that are already RTBC (ready to be committed), and quite a few that are under review or being worked on.
We have been experimenting with the use of a Mural Board for the upcoming Backdrop LIVE.
MURAL is a digital workspace for visual collaboration, where everyone can do their best work together.
In other words, a Mural Board is a fancy virtual white board that can be used for collaboration and facilitating virtual meetings.
Backdrop LIVE is March 12-13 (or 14th in some places)
We just published a blog post about our goals for experimenting with a Mural Board for our upcoming Backdrop LIVE. This is a companion post on the mechanics of what Mural is and how to use it.
Backdrop CMS is participating in the Grace Hopper Celebration, Open Source Day 2022. This blog post was specially written for the same event in 2020.
Dear Open Source Day participants,
We are so grateful that you are volunteering your time to help us make Backdrop CMS a better product for the 1000's of small businesses and non-profits that rely on it. Over the next couple of years, some 700,000 Drupal 7 sites will be looking for a path forward as Drupal 7 reaches end of life.