2. Index
● New features in Drupal 8.6
● Important future dates
● Quick run down
● Conclusion
3. On September 5, 2018, Drupal 8.6 was released.
“The Drupal core team releases new (minor) versions every six months. These
contain bug fixes, security patches, or both.”
5. 1. Umami Installation Profile
A demo food magazine website to demonstrate features of Drupal core,
Umami gives you dummy content to explore the CMS.
Lets you add sample content presented in a well-designed theme,
displayed as a food magazine.
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7. 2. Ease of Migration
Two of the important migration challenges addressed.
● Backward compatibility
● ID Conflict with Node translation
8.6 offers a fully supported migration path from Drupal 7.
8. 3. Improved Editorial UI with Media Library
The Media Library provides a views-based browser for previously
uploaded media.
add media to content via a media field, either by selecting from
existing media or by uploading new media (including basic bulk
upload support).
9. 4. Building a Custom Layout
Layouts allow you to build one of the individual fieldable entities
which are completely customizable.
The Layout helps to create one or more page sections and to choose
from predefined options within them.
10. Layouts allow you to build one of the individual fieldable
entities which are completely customizable.
11. 8.7.0 Feature Freeze: Week of March 18, 2019
8.7.0 Release: May 1, 2019
Future Important Dates
12. ● Umami Installation Profile
● Ease of Migration
● Improved Editorial UI with Media Library
● Building a Custom Layout
Quick Run Down