Drupal Videos

Just the beginning of what I hope to be an endless stream of videos showing small, useful tips or assistance. I want this to be the first place I search when I forget how something is configured, and be able to get the answer within a minute or two. Initially I just wanted to show some of the early AI functionality that is built into Drupal CMS. There is no audio for these videos. They're more for getting in and out without listening to a lot of my commentary.

Adding items to the nav menu

2 ways - when creating the content, add a menu link. Alternatively, add it afterward via Structure > Menus.

Initial basic configuration of Webforms

There is a lot more you can do with webforms. This is just as basic of an initial setup as I could make.

Updating modules and themes

DDev composer update - updates anything that composer.json indicates is available.

Check out composer's semantic versioning docs for more.

Quick and easy DDev Drupal CMS Installation.

If on a Mac, it's as easy as this.

Make sure ddev is the latest version and is at least PHP 8.3 (or whatever is needed for the install). This is configured in the project's .ddev/config.yaml file.

Connecting to OpenAI

First, go to platform.openai.com/api-keys to create a key. You need an account and a payment option for this.

Then, pop on back to Drupal and add it using the Key module. Voila.

Coffee

Stop clicking your mouse so much!

New Trash Bin

No more "oops! I accidentally deleted an important piece of content."

Thank you, https://www.drupal.org/project/trash.

Asking AI for Categorization Suggestions

Sometimes when you're building out a site, why not ask for some assistance coming up with categories?

Drupal CMS + AI + Taxonomy

Once connected to a valid OpenAI account, Drupal CMS allows you to do some typical things such as interacting with the taxonomy system. This is just one of many use cases.