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Droplet Creation

Aug 26, 20:01 UTC
Resolved - Our Engineering team has confirmed full resolution of the issue impacting Droplet creation in all regions. Users can now create Droplets without any issues.

We appreciate your patience while we worked to fix this issue. If you continue to experience any problems, please open a ticket from your account for further investigation.

Aug 26, 19:33 UTC
Monitoring - Our Engineering team has identified the reason behind the failed Droplet creates and implemented a fix to resolve the issue. Users should now be able to create Droplets.

We are actively monitoring the situation and will post an update as soon as the issue is fully resolved.

Aug 26, 18:30 UTC
Investigating - Our Engineering team is currently investigating an issue with Droplet creation in multiple regions. This is only affecting new accounts at this time. Existing users are not impacted.

Users with new accounts may experience an elevated failure rate when attempting to create Droplets during this time.

We apologize for the inconvenience and will share an update once we have more information.

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The dirty truth behind the e-waste recycling industry

In the dead of a cold December night in 2023, at a dump near Delhi, hundreds of men huddled around small bonfires, clutching paper cups of tea. They tossed plastic...

© Photographs by Chinky Shukla for Rest of World

Workers dismantle discarded electronic items at e-waste informal market in north-east Delhi.
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How Africa’s e-commerce giant is fighting off Shein and Temu

Competition has been steep for Jumia, Africa’s largest e-commerce platform, especially from major Chinese companies like Temu and Shein.  Jumia is now using the same playbook its Chinese rivals have...

© Christopher Pike/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Francis Dufay, chief executive officer of Jumia Technologies AG.
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Duplicating a D7 site's front page layout in D11, DXPR theme

Many years ago I set up a D7 site using the since-discontinued MAYO theme, and created a custom region, plus some renamed regions, in order to get the layout desired. It was not responsive, and for the specific audience at that time that wasn't important. Now I am struggling to understand how to get a similar layout (at desktop screen sizes) in D11. I chose to try the DXPR theme for this attempt, but having trouble understanding how to use it.

If I needed to modify regions in that older D7 theme to have the block positions needed, will I have to do the same now, in the DXPR .info.yml file? Or can this now be done with DXPR settings or with DXPR Builder (which I don't yet understand)?

So far I find the documentation on DXPR to be very unclear, at least for my level. If you know of good explainers or tutorials, I will appreciate the links.

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Drupal 11 Multisite

Did anyone do or runs a D11 multisite? I want to use a domain domainname.com as homepage and have different categories which will have subdomains sub1.domainname.com, sub2.domainname.com, etc. - my plan is to set up a multisite, all the sites should or can have their own database and want to share userlogin over all sites so that users login in one time and are logged in on all sites - is this possible?

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EvolveDigital Summits NYC

Hi Fellow Drupalists,

We’re organizing EvolveDigital NYC on November 21 (event link), and there will be a dedicated EvolveDrupal Drupal track alongside the following tracks: EvolveWordPress, Marketing & Comms Strategy, Digital Craftsmanship & AI and Design & Creative .

We’d love to hear from the Drupal community:

  • What topics would you be most excited to see covered?
  • Are there pain points, emerging tools, or case studies you’d like to learn from?

We’re also accepting session proposals right now — so if you (or someone you know) has something to share, this could be a great opportunity.

I look forward to hearing your ideas.

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Facebook Developer Account

Hey everyone,

My place of work has requested looking into bringing Instagram feed into our drupal site. Further looking into this I noted the need for a developer accout.. However both attempts I tried at making an account were first suspended then went through the appeal ultimately being disabled.. These were attempts at brand new accounts..

Anyone ever run into this? what did you do to correct it, if you did?

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The quadrupal challenge!

The quadrupal challenge!

I've been using Drupal for over 15 years and one of the things people have often told me when I let them know I'm into Drupal is that it's slow.

Well, in the wrong hands a formula one car isn't fast either.

Since Drupal 11 came out I feel like there are huge performance gains (probably because a lot of the advagg functionalities are now in Drupal core).

Enter the Quadrupal challenge!

Get a Drupal site to score 100 in Google Page Speed Insights (https://pagespeed.web.dev/). I've never seen it before so I wasn't even sure if it was something doable.

After a lot of trial and error, reading, learning a lot I've finally completed the challenge!

Is anyone up for the challenge? Let me know how it goes!

Desktop score

Desktop score for fonsvandamme.com

Mobile score

Mobile score for fonsvandamme.com

The website is running on a Hetzner shared webhosting (so not on a overdimensioned powerhouse server)

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Agricultura y turismo: el camino hacia la autosostenibilidad de la Comarca Ngäbe Buglé

En Panamá, solemos hablar de la pobreza como si fuera un destino inevitable. Sin embargo, la verdadera pobreza no es solo la falta de ingresos, sino la ausencia de oportunidades para generarlos. La Comarca Ngäbe Buglé, una de las regiones más desfavorecidas del país, posee un potencial enorme para transformar su realidad si se enfocan nuestros esfuerzos en dos sectores estratégicos: la agricultura y el turismo.

La agricultura es, por naturaleza, una actividad que fortalece la seguridad alimentaria y permite generar ingresos de manera directa. No se trata únicamente de repartir semillas y esperar resultados, sino de implementar programas integrales que incluyan asistencia técnica, manejo sostenible de suelos y recursos, sistemas de riego, acceso a insumos y apoyo en la comercialización. Es necesario que las familias aprendan no solo a sembrar, sino también a vender con valor agregado y con visión de mercado.

Uno de los cultivos con mayor potencial es el café. Las tierras altas de la Comarca tienen las condiciones perfectas para producir un café de calidad, incluso orgánico, que podría posicionarse en los mercados internacionales como un producto único: “Café Ngäbe Buglé – cultivado de forma sostenible y cosechado a mano por comunidades indígenas de Panamá”.

Para maximizar este potencial, se podría instalar un beneficio de café en San Félix, junto a la carretera Panamericana. Desde allí, el producto podría procesarse, empacarse y exportarse directamente, generando ingresos constantes para las comunidades y empleo local en la cadena de producción. Hoy en día, palabras como “orgánico” y “sostenible” no solo agregan valor, sino que abren puertas a consumidores dispuestos a pagar más por un producto que cuida el medio ambiente y apoya a las comunidades.

El turismo cultural y ecológico es otra gran oportunidad. Capacitar a la población en atención al visitante, hospedaje, gastronomía local, guianza turística y venta de artesanías inspiradas en su herencia cultural puede abrir fuentes de ingresos constantes. Imaginemos rutas de senderismo por paisajes vírgenes, talleres donde los turistas aprendan a elaborar vestimenta tradicional o experiencias de convivencia donde los visitantes compartan un día entero con una familia Ngäbe. Este tipo de turismo, bien gestionado, es sostenible y genera ingresos sin destruir el entorno.

Esto no es un sueño. Es una realidad que la Fundación Nuestra Señora del Camino viene trabajando desde hace décadas, con escasos recursos, pero con un compromiso inquebrantable con la capacitación, la dotación de herramientas, la mejora de sistemas de producción, el apoyo en la comercialización y la formación humana cristiana. Panamá debería apoyar, ampliar y replicar este modelo, que ya ha demostrado resultados concretos.

Los Ngäbe Buglé son tan panameños como cualquier otro ciudadano de este país. Merecen ser incluidos en los sectores productivos y tener la oportunidad de contribuir al desarrollo nacional. No pueden ni deben ser vistos solo como receptores de subsidios y ayudas. Es justo que aprendan a ser autosuficientes, a producir para el país y a ser protagonistas de su propio progreso.

La Doctrina Social de la Iglesia Católica nos recuerda que el trabajo no es solo un medio de subsistencia, sino un deber y una forma de dignificar la vida humana. Dios nos llama a producir con nuestras manos, a transformar la tierra y los talentos que se nos han confiado para sostenernos y servir a los demás. Ayudar a la Comarca Ngäbe Buglé a ser productiva no es un acto de caridad pasajera, sino de justicia social.

La meta debe ser clara: que las comunidades sean autosostenibles, que produzcan sus propios alimentos, que generen ingresos con su trabajo y que sean parte activa de la economía panameña. La pobreza no se combate con asistencialismo eterno, sino con herramientas, capacitación y oportunidades para que cada persona pueda decir con orgullo: “Esto lo logré con mi esfuerzo”.

Panamá tiene la obligación moral, social y económica de acompañar a la Comarca Ngäbe Buglé en este camino. Si lo hacemos bien, no solo estaremos mejorando su calidad de vida, sino construyendo un país más justo, más próspero y más unido. #TodosSomosUno

El autor es empresario.

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SFO2 Power Maintenance

Aug 22, 04:54 UTC
Completed - Our Engineering team has confirmed that the issue caused by the unexpected power event has been fully resolved. Droplet connectivity in SFO2 should now be completely restored, and events like powering on/off should work as expected.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused. If you continue to experience any issues, please open a support ticket from within your account.

Aug 22, 01:25 UTC
Update - Our Engineering team has mitigated the issue with the unexpected power event and will continue to monitor this closely. Droplet connectivity in SFO2 should be restored, and events, such as powering on/off, should complete successfully now.

We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused. We will post updates if any further unexpected issues arise, and once this maintenance is fully completed. Thank you for your patience.

Aug 22, 00:35 UTC
Update - Our Engineering team is still working on the issue with some nodes in SFO2 going offline. Some users may still experience connectivity and event processing issues in SFO2.

We apologize for the inconvenience. We will post an update once we've confirmed that this issue is resolved.

Aug 21, 23:29 UTC
Update - During this maintenance, an unexpected power issue has occurred, which has caused multiple nodes to go down. Some customers with Droplets in SFO2 may notice that their Droplets are experiencing connectivity and event processing issues.

Our Engineering team is working to resolve this immediately, we will post an update here once we have more information.

Aug 21, 21:00 UTC
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.

Aug 21, 20:50 UTC
Scheduled - We are initiating an emergency power maintenance in one of our data center cages. This maintenance is critical and must be performed immediately to ensure infrastructure stability.

Expected Impact:

All devices run on redundant power. We do not expect any customer impact during this maintenance. If the redundant power feed experienced an issue during the course of the maintenance (which is unlikely), customers could see impact to existing resources housed in the affected cages, including Droplets, rDNS, and Object Storage. We will post updates if any unexpected outage occurs.

To help ensure a safe operation, we've temporarily reduced Droplet capacity in our SFO2 region. Customers who deploy Droplets in SFO2 may see some sizes unavailable or run into capacity errors for large deployments. This is temporary, so if you do encounter an error, we encourage you to try to deploy once more once the maintenance is complete.

Our engineering and operations teams are onsite and will be monitoring affected systems closely throughout the maintenance. Emergency notifications will be sent promptly if any critical impacts arise.

We appreciate your understanding as we work to resolve this situation as quickly and safely as possible.

If you have any questions related to this maintenance please send us a ticket from your cloud support page. https://cloudsupport.digitalocean.com/s/createticket

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How to build data entry journeys that are nice / eye pleasing to use?

Hi,

let's assume, we have content types like 'my profile' for a community.
Or 'my preferences' for a customer preference center.
Or 'my claims' for an insurance website.
Or 'publish an event' for an event website.

The content type is quite clear - name, multiple fields in the appropriate data types.
However, displaying those content type forms is rather 'ugly'.

I'd like to have a multi page or multi step form. The form should save directly without clicking on save and reload. The inputs should be switches instead of checkboxes, etc.

What I've tried is,

  • to use field groups in order to structure the form layout to some extend.
  • using field permissions to hide the fields that are being calculated in the background.
  • using Conditional Fields where reasonable
  • there is a module 'Form Mode Control' which I'm using to show only parts of the form
  • using webform to build nice forms and then ECA or Webform Content Creator to create / populate nodes / entities

Are there any better approaches? (no custom development / front-end development)
Are there any good modules that will make data entry for longer forms more bearable?

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Is there a visually basic but eye pleasing Drupal theme out there yet?

I've been Drupaling since v6, now running multiple D10 and D11 sites and i'm still waiting for a visually pleasing yet basic looking Drupal theme I can do the absolute minimum on to just get a site going.

Worked on Omega, Bootstrap, Zen and many others over the years they all start as a barebones site but still need a lot doing to really get looking good.

I've just spent another few hours looking through all the theme options for D11 as I haven't looked in a year and nothing is popping up still.

There has to be something I can literally just change the font styles used and have a super minimal look and feel and I can just work on the features and content of the site.

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