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Upcoming Georgia Tech Drupal Events
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Thursday November 7 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Georgia Tech Drupal Drop-In Help Sessions (Thursday, November 2024)
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: Online (Microsoft Teams)
The Georgia Tech Drupal Users Group (GTDUG) holds open help desk sessions that you can "bring your Drupal problem" to and get help from your …
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Tuesday November 12 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Drupal Users Group Monthly Meeting - November 2024
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Location: Online
Every month, Drupal users across campus meet up to discuss the latest trends in Drupal development, Georgia Tech-specific issues and …
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Monday November 18 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Georgia Tech Drupal Drop-In Help Sessions (Monday, November 2024)
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: Online (Microsoft Teams)
The Georgia Tech Drupal Users Group (GTDUG) holds open help desk sessions that you can "bring your Drupal problem" to and get help from your …
Georgia Tech Drupal News
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GT Profile roadmap: your input wanted
Per the news story by Fletcher Moore on Institute Communications' website:
The GT Profile is six years old, and aside from the myriad holes and chili stains, it’s a size XXL shirt for everyone. At some point a couple years back we knitted up a variant specifically tailored to IC needs, but that was an XXXL shirt. It’s high time we diversified our wardrobe.
To that end we’re developing a new, multi-option profile. In the distant future we might offer more choices than one of those touchscreen drink dispensers but for now we figured we’d go with the classic: three options. Slim, standard, and full. Bearing in mind that these are the baseline installations (i.e. you can add whatever additional modules you want post-installation), and that the profile prevents users from uninstalling its specified modules, we are aiming to design each of these options to serve the largest number of sites. That said, here are our specific aims for each profile option:
Slim: This is the absolute bare minimum requirement for a public GT-branded site. The slim profile would include the GT theme, GT tools (which we use to facilitate theme changes via update hooks), and CAS. This option will allow for maximum flexibility at the cost of convenience.
Standard: This profile will produce a GT-branded site with a few judiciously selected additions we thought would be useful on almost all sites. How did we come to this determination? Simple!
This is where we expect y’all, the GT Drupal community at large, to provide value we can’t, by looking this list over and telling us to get stuffed.
Full: This profile is an adaptation of the profile we’ve been using to develop sites for IC. It contains everything from the standard profile plus a fairly large range of additional modules we use for development, site building, SEO, and various other purposes. It’s a lot of functionality for very little effort, the tradeoff being that you’re looking at 66 uninstallable modules and themes.
We anticipate launching the new profile around late May, barring the usual unforeseen obstacles. At this stage we would like your feedback. Please take a look at the proposal and let us know if you think any of the options is overloaded or missing something. Email us with your critiques/suggestions!
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Drupal 7 campus modules & themes no longer supported
The Drupal 7 Georgia Tech modules and theme are no longer actively supported by campus, and have reached End of Life. No further updates are expected for these modules. This includes Drupal 7 versions of Mercury Reader (hg_reader), the GT theme (gt_theme), and GT Tools (gt_tools).
Those with websites running on Drupal 7 should upgrade to a supported version of Drupal to be able to run supported versions of the Georgia Tech modules and theme. Additional information is available at ServiceNow article KB0042162.
Have a problem?
If your unit site is:
- Still on Drupal 7
- Broken due to an unmaintained module or theme
- And without a web developer to identify and patch the issue
Then we recommend contracting with an approved web vendor to fix the issue (short-term) and migrate the site away from Drupal 7 (long-term).