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In some cases, you do not have a PhpMyAdmin, and even if you do, it will always be faster to use the command line to import large databases.As a general rule, I export all databases in compressed format (gzip). This makes them take up less space and I can upload...
Today I had a little problem trying to update a website in Drupal 8. This website has always had a composer in version 1, and I have already updated it several times. But I'm just starting to use docker images for local development with composer v2. Today I got the...
Although the easy setup of WordPress has made a big name for itself, the open-source CMS is still far from perfect. There are cases where open source users prefer Drupal as their CMS of choice because of the advantages it offers. For those who are new to the CMS world...
I have several servers, to facilitate the management and detect incidents I am using dockers and DataDog (in its docker version).For those who don't know, DataDog is a monitoring system for servers. It allows many things. I am only using 2 of them: Infrastructure statistics (CPU usage, RAM, disk space...
Drupal's "clean URLs" rewrite query strings into human-readable text. A query string is a text in a URL preceded by a "?". For example https://example.com/?q=node/44 Query strings get in the way of search engines and are bad SEO practices. Google is not bad at understanding URLs with query strings, but...
Component-based theming is becoming very popular nowadays due to several reasons. The most important ones are reusability and portability of components. Pattern Lab is a front-end framework that uses an atomic design architecture to implement the component-based design. In this article, we will discuss more about Pattern Lab and how...
This year 2021 seems to be the end of "third party cookies". For some time (even years) several browsers have been blocking them, but Chrome was not willing to do so. The reason is simple, third-party cookies are widely used for online advertising, they are an attack on the privacy...
I love Drupal, I have been a Drupal specialist for more than 10 years. In all this time, I have maintained my commitment to Drupal and I know I will continue to do so in the future. Why is that? Below I share with you my 5 TOP reasons to...
What is a multisite, why would I need it and why Drupal combined with Domain Access is the best option? What is a multisite? When I say multisite, I mean a website that consists of a single codebase and database but has the functionality to virtually create multiple websites. A...
What is the Hreflang tag? Introduced by Google in December 2011, the hreflang attribute allows you to show search engines (Google among them) what is the relationship between web pages in alternative languages. That is, it is very useful when you create specific content for a local audience and you...
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