Mechanic lying under a car How to upgrade a Drupal 8 website to Drupal 9 when you're not a developer It’s called the easiest major Drupal upgrade in a decade. But for me, as a Drupal designer/site builder who doesn't know how to code, it was pretty damn hard. In this blog post I will outline the steps I took to upgrade a Drupal 8 website to Drupal 9. Published 19 September 2021
Artist Kees Verwey painting a picture Design tips for Drupal developers As a Drupal developer you don’t always have the time or resources to spend on designing the things you build. In this blog post I will share a few easy to follow guidelines that will make your work instantly look better. Published 15 September 2021
Man hanging photo's for an exposition How to reuse the same image for a thumbnail, hero and social sharing with Drupal Combining the media module, image crop and metatag module you can create the perfect image management system for your Drupal content. You only have to upload one image which then can be used for multiple purposes. Published 13 September 2021
Blind telephone operator typing a message on a braille machine Creating a more accessible Drupal website Making your Drupal website more accessible doesn’t have to be hard. With a few tweaks you can make your website better for everybody. Published 8 September 2021
Telephone operator plugging phone calls circa 1947 50 Drupal modules every Drupal professional should know about Modules are what make Drupal great. For almost any problem there is a module that solves it. In this blog post I will share 50 modules that I frequently use. Published 1 September 2021
Photo's of different views How to display a view in another view with Drupal Displaying a view in another view sounds complicated, but can be very useful. In this blog post I will use a real life example to explain how to achieve this. Published 26 August 2021
Clouds Why I, as Drupal web designer, choose Cloudways to host my Drupal websites Cloudways offers the ideal hosting experience for Drupal web designers and site builders. I've been using it for more than 2 years and share my experience in this blog post. Published 7 August 2021
Flags of the UN in front of the Eifel tower Tips for setting up your multilingual Drupal website As of Drupal version 8 multilingual support is baked in. Still, it can be frustrating to let Drupal play nice with more than one language. In this blog I’ll help you with some annoying quirks. Published 5 August 2021
A split in the road When to choose Drupal as a web designer or web developer You are a web designer or developer, just like me, and you have to decide on what CMS to pick for your next project. Here I will tell you why you should choose Drupal. Published 31 July 2021
Woman holding a huge letter from a sign How to host your Google Fonts locally with Drupal Google fonts are a great way to give your Drupal website a unique look. But it’s even better to host those Google fonts locally. In this tutorial I will show you how. Published 22 July 2021
Man hitchhiking below a road sign Drupal 9 Beginners guide for web designers Are you a web designer looking into learning Drupal? Maybe you’ve been working with Wordpress for a while and are looking for a CMS that can build more than a simple website with a few pages. Then I got you covered, because in this blogpost I will outline all the different aspects and terminology involved with Drupal. Published 21 July 2021
A row of trees How to design and build a sustainable climate friendly Drupal website In this blogpost I will share how you can design and build an eco friendly Drupal website. Published 16 July 2021
Building a bridge over the Oude Maas 3 cool websites or web apps I've created with Drupal with low code or no code I'm a web designer with no knowledge of programming languages such as PHP. Still, I've been able to create complex websites thanks to Drupal. In this blog post I will showcase some of the cool things you can built with Drupal with low code / no code. Published 7 July 2021
Mensen maken een web als protest Helpful tools for Drupal web designers and site builders In this post I share the tools I use to design and build Drupal websites. Ranging from design applications such as Figma to Chrome extensions which help you test your Drupal site. Published 4 June 2021
Form to request vaccination of a dog at the police station How to prefill a webform field based on the node/URL being viewed in Drupal 8 or Drupal 9 In this simple tutorial I will show you how you can fill a webform field with a value based on the node the visitor is viewing. Published 2 June 2021
Z. Ruijtenburg-Witte family with four twins Drupal multisite: Everything you need to know What is a multisite, why would you need it and why is Drupal combined with Domain Access the best fit? Published 27 May 2021
Landscape in Indonesia How to create a text paragraph with a background image in Drupal 8 or 9 In this tutorial I will show you how you can create a reusable text paragraph type which can use any image as background. Published 30 April 2021