If you are interested in proposing a solution for this, please apply here.If you are interested in proposing a solution for this, please apply here.
Tracks already in progress
Project Browser
If you are interested in taking the lead on this track, please apply here.
Since Project Browser is a critical part of the builder experience for Drupal CMS, we’re formally adding it as a work track to recognize that and ensure it is aligned with the product strategy and other work tracks. If you’re looking for a way to contribute to Drupal CMS, join the #project-browser channel on Slack for the latest.
Workspaces as content moderation
Each of these work tracks is aligned with the goals of the Starshot strategy, which aims to make Drupal CMS the go-to platform for marketers and content creators.
In user interviews with a number of people in our target persona, they highlighted identity management and single-sign as a pain point with other platforms. Given Drupal’s robust integration options, we feel this is an area where we can differentiate from our competitors, whose offerings may be more limited. But with flexibility comes complexity, and anyone who has tried to set up SSO in Drupal probably knows that it’s not usually plug-and-play.
Telemetry
To achieve this, we could explore areas such as UX improvements to simplify translation workflows, AI-driven translation suggestions, integration with translation memories, notifications when content changes require re-translation, and more. Additionally, we can explore refining approval workflows and optimize the interface for managing multilingual content, making Drupal a more powerful, user-friendly platform for international sites.
More information on this track, including timelines and how to apply, is available in the full brief.
Part of the complexity is the wide range of providers, each with potentially different requirements. The Drupal CMS leadership team is currently undertaking an analysis of key integrations of all kinds, with a focus on user management, to formulate an approach to this that likely will open up one or more work tracks to build or refine the necessary functionality.
New tracks we’re recruiting for
Content import / migration
Part of the complexity is the wide range of providers, each with potentially different requirements. The Drupal CMS leadership team is currently undertaking an analysis of key integrations of all kinds, with a focus on user management, to formulate an approach to this that likely will open up one or more work tracks to build or refine the necessary functionality.
Identity management / SSO
If you are interested in proposing a solution for single-sign on or identity management, please apply here.
Front end design system
The team from Tag1 already had a plan to completely replace content moderation with workspaces, and have now committed to delivering this functionality for inclusion in Drupal CMS. The goal of this track is to provide an experience similar to content moderation, where you can edit a single entity and create a draft, using workspaces but without exposing this to the user. So under the hood, workspaces is providing the draft/forward revision, but the user has no direct interaction with the workspace.
If you are interested in taking the lead on this track, please apply here.
Conclusion
We are seeking strategic partners interested in designing and implementing a comprehensive design system to integrate with Experience Builder for Drupal CMS. The goal for this initiative is to create a modern and versatile design system that provides designers and front-end developers tools to accelerate their adoption of Drupal as their digital platform, by enabling them to easily adapt it to their own brand. This design system will enable content marketers to efficiently build landing pages and campaigns, allowing them to execute cohesive marketing strategies while maintaining the brand integrity.
With the current Drupal CMS work tracks well on the way to delivering for v1, we’re planning ahead to define what’s next on the roadmap. We also have a few tracks that were already in progress for v1, but never formally announced.
Telemetry is a crucial part of modern software development to provide information about how real-world users interact with a software application. Drupal has not integrated a formal telemetry system in the past, but Drupal CMS is a great opportunity both to try a telemetry system, and to take advantage of the insight it provides to rapidly improve the product.
