Forum One

Building an Intuitive Admin: Usability for the Forgotten End-User

Nearly every new project focuses heavily on the flashy design and fancy tools it'll make for its visitors. So much focus is driven into the site user's experience to make it intuitive and pleasant, but in many cases this ignores the users that will visit the site more than anybody else: the content editors. The topic of improving the editorial experience in Drupal has gotten much more attention in recent years through core initiatives and distributions like Lightning and Thunder exploring how to improve the administrative interactions. Making a user-friendly site admin doesn't require dedication at the level of a core initiative or distribution; through the use of existing contrib modules, some best practices, and a bit of consideration all the sites you build or manage can be intuitive and helpful to anyone logging into it with minimal added effort or risk. Level of Knowledge Content editor: Attendees interested in learning how forms could be improved even if unsure how to do so personally are welcome. Site-builder: Attendees should be comfortable with installing modules and site-building configuration throughout Drupal. Topics to be Covered Principles of a good administrative experience Best practices in Drupal forms Contrib modules to improve your admin UX Attendees Will Leave With... Guiding principles to apply to any forms or admin experiences they encounter Resources to reference for common UX best practices A toolbox of modules to improve new and existing sites alike Session recording: http://drupal.tv/external-video/2019-10-05/building-intuitive-admin-usability-forgotten-end-user This session made possible by Forum One.

Did you clear the cache? A Contextual Tour of Rendering Efficiently

Drush cr… drush cr… drush cr!!! We all know the scenario where you’ve made a change to the site, but when you load the page it just doesn’t seem to show. Oftentimes the solution is to clear your cache and move on, but why is that? In this session we’ll explore how that cache is built and used. What determines when a page can be cached, and how does Drupal know when to rebuild it? How does Drupal know when to rebuild parts of a page without rebuilding everything? Drupal 8 introduced a whole new methodology for caching: Cache tags and contexts. Using and maintaining these effectively will make your life easier and your clients love you. We will go over real life examples and show best practices to keep your caches up to date. Level of Knowledge Needed Attendees should be comfortable with back-end development and/or theme-level development using render arrays. Topics to be Discussed Throughout this session we’ll explore: Caching layers in Drupal Existing cache contexts and tags Maintaining cache data throughout rendering Caching during development Session Takeaways Attendees to this session will walk away with: An understanding of how cache tags and contexts are used in Drupal 8 A view into Drupal’s rendering process and how caching data bubbles through the render caches A framework of questions to determine when cache tags or contexts are needed Helpful modules to use to drive your caching efficiency further Session recording: http://drupal.tv/external-video/2019-10-05/did-you-clear-cache-contextual-tour-rendering-efficiently This session made possible by Forum One and Mediacurrent.