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03/05/2023

Have you ever wondered how to remove invalid query string parameters passed through to a view? Here's how.

As a Drupal site administrator, you may notice in the website logs that there might be a large number of repeated log messages along the lines of "An illegal choice has been detected. Please contact the site administrator." We recently had this problem on a Drupal site that was upgraded from Drupal....

03/04/2023

Learn how to get a Commerce order to transition to an 'exported' state automatically after it's been paid for:

A common requirement for any website that sells products is to have a mechanism in place that ensures orders placed on the website are 'Exportable' - being made available as a file that can be sent across to a different system, to handle the processing of the order.

26/10/2022

So you've migrated to a shiny new 9 website, but your content is broken? Drupal 9 is more secure by default, so perhaps your editors need to be allowed to use HTML attributes. Read how:

Drupal provides an excellent sanitisation system to filter the HTML content that editors might create. Think of it like a series of traffic cops that filter different vehicles into different lanes. Some content is allowed through to its destination, some has to be transformed along the way, and some...

10/12/2021

Merry Christmas from all of us at ComputerMinds!

27/07/2021

In our latest article, we walk you through the process of migrating Drupal 7 Files into Drupal 8 / 9 Media entities.

This article assumes a basic knowledge of the building of custom modules, the Drupal 8 / 9 Migration system, and the processes behind creating customised migrations from a previous version of Drupal.

01/04/2021

It's a big day for ComputerMinds... we have a special announcement to make: we're diversifying!

The last year has highlighted to us all how important it is for the global community to come together and solve problems. We rate ourselves highly at ComputerMinds, and figure it's time to share and stretch our abilities to the full. So I'm here on this special day to announce that we are branching....

04/06/2020

It's here! Drupal 9 is available now! Our latest article shows you what's new, what's coming and what to expect in terms of future support for Drupal 7 & 8.

It’s here! June 3rd 2020 marks the official release date of the first production ready version of Drupal 9. It feels like Drupal 8 was only released a short while ago but it turns out it’s been 4.5 years already! The release of any new major version of Drupal is an exciting milestone in the proj...

01/06/2020

Meet Verona and Corona, the CM chickens hatching egg-cellent plans for this week's 9 release.

05/05/2020

Contributing isn't always glamorous, but making a difference is worth it. James wrote about his recent work to help multilingual sites with their , including a handy snippet for devs.

We've been busy recently, but that doesn't stop us at ComputerMinds contributing back to the Drupal community! For our latest multilingual website, we needed an XML sitemap with alternate links and hreflang attributes. This site uses separate domains for each language - for example, www.example.se (...

06/04/2020

Looking to make the leap to jQuery 3.x? Then we have the guide for you! We've listed some common gotchas and tips for you to checkout ahead of your migration from 1.x.

I was recently tasked with upgrading jQuery from 1.9 all the way up the latest version of 3.x (3.4). And I seriously thought “There is no way jQuery is on version 3 already!”. How wrong I was. Thankfully I wasn’t the only one thinking this, a few of my colleagues were on my wavelength too! So ...

12/03/2020

We've written a quick update about Coronavirus and how it shouldn't affect ComputerMinds operations, but may affect e-commerce sites. Do check it out

As the coronavirus outbreak continues to affect the UK, we thought it best to give you some guidance on how it may affect your site. ComputerMinds will operate as normal In short, please don't panic 🙂 Should we need to work from home, we have plans and infrastructure in place so that we can conti...

06/03/2020

It is no secret that getting outdoors does wonders for your mental health. We at ComputerMinds make it a priority to put our busy work schedules aside a couple of times a year and head for the hills, literally. Our most recent team away day was a stunning hike up to Broadway Tower.

There are two types of people in this world: those that beam from ear to ear at the idea of a "Team Away Day" and those who put their head in their hands in dread and fear of the future. We at ComputerMinds take our Team Away days very seriously and try to be the former! We value taking time out of....