Drupal 8 Features in 2015

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Why Drupal 8 will positively Impact the
Development in 2015?
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Drupal 7, the open source CMS, simplified the web
content management with its release. It became
more user-friendly, flexible and powerful, with a
more intuitive interface and better module
management capabilities. And above all these it
also got recognized as an ECMS (Enterprise
Content Management System). Drupal 8 is under
development with beta versions being released
the release date of stable version has not been
announced yet. Drupal 8 is expected to provide
over 200 new features and improvements. Special
Focus has been put on in making Drupal Cores
accessibility better, which makes it possible to
fix accessibility issues at the source, passing
on the improvements by default to themes and
modules being used.
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Let us read how Drupal 8 will positively affect
the development in 2015 with its enhanced
capabilities!!
Improved Accessibility
Views
Responsive
HTML5
Symfony2 Framework
Flexible Fast Themes
Improved Multilingual Capabilities
Easier Content Editing
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Improved Accessibility Drupal 8 will be the most
accessible version having a centralized control
for internet applications. The biggest
enhancement is the additional semantics in the
form of HTML5 and WAI-ARIA that will be
beneficial to the users that use assistive
technology. It will now be possible to centrally
leverage ARIA Live to enable screen reader when
updating dynamic content, without reloading a
page. TabManager will restrict tabbing to
inessential elements to provide users, a
functional workflow. CKEditor has also been added
to simplify HTML editing. These features will
improve the accessibility, giving users an
enticing experience.
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Views Views is one of the most powerful and
popular add-on module of Drupal 7, has been
brought into the core CMS with Drupal 8. This
change has made customizations easy and has
ensured an enhanced accessibility for Drupal
administrators and the end users. Views UI has
been made more semantic along with adding
accessibility improvements for table views.
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Responsive Drupal 8 has been made mobile-first
with all the built-in themes being responsive
including the administration pages. This will
ensure an enhanced user experience on various
device screens. All the Drupal apps as well as
add-ons will be responsive by default. Drupal 8
has also come out with screen compatibility
feature to get a preview of how content looks on
various screen sizes.
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HTML5 HTML 5 has been included in Drupal 8 to
make sites fully optimized with smartphone and
tablet screens. HTML 5 will also ensure that
Drupal sites are feature-rich and leaner with all
the power-packed features including built-in
audio and video playback.
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Symfony2 Framework Drupal 8 is backed by the
powerful and flexible Symfony framework, which is
a PHP-based framework that helps build robust
applications. This will make the development
process easier and faster for developers with no
requirement of wasting time on repetitive code,
reduced overhead due to better caching and a
whole lot of useful features. This integration
with Symforny2 will help Drupal developers to
create dynamic and powerful applications.
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Flexible Fast Themes Drupal 8 now includes the
flexible and fast template engine for PHP called
as Twig. Twig separates login and display in a
better way and ensures improved security. It also
enables writing templates in an easy-to-learn
syntax, making learning simpler for developers
new to Drupal. Twig makes designing attractive
and functional Drupal sites user-friendly.
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Improved Multilingual Capabilities Drupal 8
brings enhanced language capabilities and
flexibility, specially for businesses with global
presence. It has made the creation of
multilingual sites easier with improved language
maintenance options and translations including
some easier customization settings. This is going
to help both end-users and developers. Through
built-in UI, users will be able to select their
primary language and also be able to change the
default language at any point.
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Easier Content Editing Drupal 8 has new editor
functionality and uses the WYSIWYG editor (What
You See is What You Get), making it easier to
format and edit content. Drupal 8 allows in-place
editing of content without any requirement of
using the full edit form. There is drag drop
buttons, allowing easy personalization of content
and images with caption.
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These are just a few highlights of Drupal 8
before its stable release. Drupal 8 has
incorporated amazing new and flexible features to
adapt to the modern web development. These
updated features will give power and scalability
to Drupal sites, giving an enticing user
experience. Drupal 8 does have powerful
features, user-friendly simpler UI and an
improved core technology, making it one of the
most sought-out CMS in 2015. Semaphore Software
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