Breakout Room 1

Entity Reference module was merged into core just this week leading up to Backdrop LIVE! What's next for making references a fully integrated part of Backdrop core?

References are one of the key features of a structured content management system, and having Entity Reference in core will enable tighter integration with Views, Layouts, the Entity system, and other parts of Backdrop.

Join us for a suprize!

A practical workflow/method to make Upgrading Multiple Sites easy and reliable.

I will have some slides to show my Workflow, then open it up for comments.

I am particularly interested to hear your methods.

We've set aside two blocks of time during Backdrop LIVE for a little social interaction and online gaming. Please, post a note in the comments if you are interested in attending and what games you would like to play (feel free to share new ideas in the comments). 

Here are a few ideas to get us started:

We've set aside two blocks of time during Backdrop LIVE for a little social interaction and online gaming. Please, post a note in the comments if you are interested in attending and what games you would like to play (feel free to share new ideas in the comments). 

Here are a few ideas to get us started:

• Dominion - https://dominion.games/
• SpyFall - https://www.spyfall.app/
• Skribbl - https://skribbl.io/

This presentation will discuss the Drupal 7 to Backdrop CMS upgrade process for two Stanford University web applications: Stanford On & Off-Campus Learning opportunities (solo.stanford.edu) and Stanford Seed Funding (seedfunding.stanford.edu). The presentation will cover the decision making process that led the product and developer teams to choose a Backdrop CMS upgrade over rebuild options, and will broadly outline the process for estimating and performing the ~550 hour upgrade.

How one nonprofit landed on Backdrop after several false starts (including a few with Backdrop), from specifications to launch. This session is for anyone who is still debating whether to use Drupal, Backdrop, or some other CMS, or for those new to Backdrop who want to know more about how to avoid the mistakes and frustrations we made getting to launch.

Who would like to share a 5-10 minute presentation on their favorite Backdrop CMS contrib project?

Please, post a note in the comments if you would like to participate or share a project. 

Matomo Analytics provides an opensource self-hosted alternative to Google Analytics. Matomo has some great integrations for Backdrop CMS and some active contributors to the Backdrop community are using Matomo on their personal and client sites. 

Wilbur recently set up a Matomo server on shared hosting for himself and Triplo/Simplo. We'll talk about how the process went and how it is working for us. We'd love to hear from others that are using Matomo on how it's working for them. 

Nate Lampton was the original founder of the Backdrop project and remains a core committer. Nate chairs our weekly developer meetings and will use this session to share some thoughts and facilitate a discussion on core development priorities for the next release and beyond.