Drupal 8 Features You Should Know

Drupal is an open-source CMS that is used by many websites today. Today a large number of businesses are making use of Drupal as their CMS solution. It is written in PHP & distributed under the GNU license. Drupal consists of some great features such as excellent security, reliable performance, and simple content authoring. However, flexibility and modularity are two key points setting Drupal apart. Back in 2015, Drupal 8 was released. Drupal 8 with additional new features, which were available as separate modules in the earlier versions. Without any hassle of other installation, it will deliver better tools for developers and more value for customers.

HTML5

When it comes to writing web markup, HTML is now more or less the design facto standard. The same is present in Drupal 8 that is offering you approach to the input fields like date, phone, e-mail; it is even more suitable with mobile devices.

Web Service

With the change in different devices like tablets and mobile, web services are more crucial than ever. Even though there's responsive design technology to grant HTML demonstrated responsive on various interfaces, there's a limitation of content surplus and over-burden assets for small gadgets. It is now possible to use Drupal 8 itself as a data source & output content as XML or JSON. From the front end, you can also post back to Drupal 8. Drupal 8 enforces Hypertext Application Language & the web services exploitation is made less painful

Theme Engine

With the help of its new back-end interface, Drupal 8 provides more flexibility in customization of themes. It is effective for both developers and users. If there is a complex function, then the non-technical users won't be able to implement it when it can be performed by the users in Drupal with little to no technical knowledge.

Drupal 7 uses PHP template engine, granting embedded PHP code into the HTML. But this won't suit the users who aren't having any PHP skills. And then there's a significant change in Drupal 8. It uses the newest engine 'Twig', a standard offering an easy to use format for non-tech users.

In-built Multilanguage

A third party supports the languages and translation of Drupal 7. And while working with it, we face enormous difficulties. To manage this, there are a lot of resources such as languages separated into clones, increasing nodes, and a long menu.

The great news is that Multilanguage has been in Drupal core. Users can now integrate into any languages with less hassle.

Wysiwyg in core

The best thing about this version is that checkbox for customizing your toolbar has been replaced by a drag and drop facility, which is even more convenient. 

Another improvement is the capability to edit the content directly on the page. Let's say if I want to edit an uploading image; then I don't have to navigate to another tab, page to configure it.

Managing configuration

Configuration management is integrated with Drupal 8 at its file-system level. It allows the continuation of config elements such as content type, fields, etc., from local development to the server which makes it a breeze to work. For keeping records of configuration changes, you can also adopt a version-control system. Apart from the site databases, configuration data are stored in files.

Conclusion

Drupal 8 is the collective work of over 3000 contributors. You can even explore more about Drupal development services and get in touch with us for a free quote.