Roadmap

Release Cycle

Varbase is released every 2 to 3 weeks. Minor releases will be tagged when new features are introduced.

Varbase releases are being communicated, coordinated and discussed on Drupal.org project's page at: https://www.drupal.org/project/varbase

Feature Roadmap and Change Log

These epics still need to be further research and refined. Please contact us if you have ideas about realization or contribution.

We have broken down the epics by month to provide a clear and transparent roadmap. Apart from the regular Drupal updates, bug fixes. these are new features to be added.

Month/Year	Version	Epic
August 2024	10.0.1	Highlighted Changes for 10.0.1 Made content creation simpler with new features like fullscreen mode and emojis. Improved styling and enhanced social media sharing, making layout and inline editing smoother and more reliable. Added CKEditor Plug-in Pack module and enable the fullscreen, find and replace, show blocks, and wproof reader plugins. Added CKEditor(5) Emoji module to CKEditor 5 in Varbase Editor and enable it by default Added a Root component as a Base, Contains root CSS3 Bootstrap variables to Vartheme BS5 Added a Callout component to function as a Bootstrap Callout element Added a smart [node:share-image] token with option for a fallback URL for node social media tokens when the media field is empty Added an automatic inline block title feature that hides the title field when the "Display title" option is unchecked Changed the list of styles for heading with display, callout, alert and remove leftover BS3 and BS4 legacy classes and logic in favour of the new logic in Bootstrap 5
July 2024	10.0.0 9.1.4	Highlighted Changes for 10.0.0 Updated Drupal Core to ~10.3.0 and ~11.0.0 with support for recipes in Varbase Profile version requirements Switched from Drimage to Drimage Improved in Varbase Media Added Project Browser module to Varbase Core Added Gin Type Tray module to Varbase Admin and enable it by default Added Hide action to the section actions Added the Layout Builder Advanced Permissions module and enable it by default Highlighted Changes for 9.1.4 Updated Drupal Core to ~10.3.0 and ~11.0.0 with support for recipes in Varbase Profile version requirements Drush Command to Clean up Any Merge Request Patches
June 2024	-
May 2024	10.0.0-rc3 9.1.3	Highlighted Changes for 10.0.0-rc3 Added Varbase Demo module to the list of Varbase Recipes as the Extra Components installation step Added a custom Homepage default demo content when Varbase Demo Added a default Contact Us layout builder landing page Added CKEditor 5 Paste Filter module to Varbase Editor Added CKEditor Media Embed Plugin module to Varbase Added a Bootstrap Alert styling library from the Alert component, to be used with the Sitewide Alert Highlighted Changes for 9.1.3 Changed Varbase Editor to 9.2.x in Varbase profile to support CKEditor 5 and drop support for CKEditor 4 Switched default config for Rich editor and Simple editor from CKEditor 4 to CKEditor 5 Added CKEditor 5 Paste Filter module to Varbase Editor Added an auto config for the maximum cookie services with Drupal scaffolding for the Persistent Login
April 2024	10.0.0-rc2 9.1.2	Highlighted Changes for 10.0.0-rc2 Initialized Varbase AI module with default requirements, and recipes Added Varbase AI module to Varbase and the Extra Components installation step, with a required a mini config form Added the local patch from Drupal Distributions Recipes patch for Drupal core in Varbase Core to have Recipes functionality Added the Gin Admin theme to Varbase Core and deprecated Vartheme Claro theme Issue #3426342: Added Gin Everywhere, Taxonomy Manager module Added new Heroslider component to use Card Hero UI Pattern with Varbase Heroslider Highlighted Changes for 9.1.2 Switched to a local patching system using vardot/varbase-patches and cweagans/composer-patches "~2" within Varbase Restricted Drupal Core to ~10.2.0 NOT to update to an alpha/beta/dev version of Drupal Core 10.3.x Removed swiftmailer from dependencies
March 2024	-
February 2024	-
January 2024	9.0.18 9.1.1	Highlighted Changes for 9.0.18 Opened requirements for Blazy, Slick, Slick Views to ~2 Disabled Layout Builder Block Sanitizer module and uninstalled it, as it is no longer supported Highlighted Changes for 9.1.1 Updated Drupal Core from ~10.1.0 to ~10.2.0 and re-roled/updated/removed committed patches Changed default PHP version to PHP 8.2 for Varbase development and automated testing Allowed to update Anchor Link to the latest version to work with CKEditor 5
December 2023	-
November 2023	10.0.0-rc1	Improved stories for Varbase Components
October 2023	9.0.16 10.0.0-beta2	Highlighted Changes for 10.0.0-beta2 Improved stories and Auto-Docs for Atomic components + integrate with Varbase Figma project Stylesheet Changed auto docs tags for stories in Varbase Components to the main.js storybook file to update Storybook from ~7.0 to ~7.4.0 Added Bootstrap ~5.3.0 Carousel component with Auto-Doc MDX for Storybook Added the Bootstrap Ratio Utilities package and import the Responsive Ratio Utility in the Base Bootstrap SCSS Added a new Dynamic Responsive Image component in Varbase Component library Highlighted Changes for 9.0.16 Paving the way for a smoother upgrade process to Drupal 10
September 2023	9.0.15 10.0.0-beta1	Highlighted Changes for 10.0.0-beta1 Updated Drupal Core from ~10.0 to ~10.1.0 Integrated Varbase Project template with Storybook using Component Libraries: Theme Server for Varbase Components and Vartheme BS5 with and Bootstrap 5.3.0 Integrated Varbase Components with Storybook using Component Libraries: Theme Server and Bootstrap 5.3.0 Integrated Vartheme BS5 with Storybook using Component Libraries: Theme Server for Varbase Components Refactored default config templates for View Modes Inventory to use default SDC Card components with patterns Highlighted Changes for 9.0.15 Paving the way for a smoother upgrade process to Drupal 10 Changed Drupal support to ~9.5.0 || ~10.1.0 for the Varbase Core module Changed the add heading button to redirect to add a Heading Block directly Enhanced the visibility of the blog menu for Blog Categories and Tags terms on mobile browsers Changed the logic for Background Edge to Edge style plugin after change of logic for rendering both Background Color and Background Image or video
August 2023	-
July 2023	-
June 2023	9.0.14, 10.0.0-alpha2	Highlighted Changes for 9.0.14 Updated Drupal Core from ~9.5.0 to ~9.0 || ~10.0 in Varbase Profile to allow for a smooth upgrade process to Drupal 10 Updated minimum Node.js version for Vartheme BS4 to >= 18.0 Highlighted Changes for 10.0.0-alpha2 Updated Varbase Docs for 10.0.x Added starterkit theme generator support for Vartheme BS5
May 2023	9.0.13, 10.0.0-alpha1	Highlighted Changes for 9.0.13 Updated Drupal core to 9.5.9 ( ~9.5.0 ) and removed committed patches Highlighted Changes for 10.0.0-alpha1 Start a 10.0.x branch for Varbase distribution to support Drupal ~10.1.0 Add Varbase Components module and enable it in list of default Varbase components. Switch default theme to Vartheme BS5 with Bootstrap 5 support and ready theme. Switch default text format editors from CKEditor 4 to CKEditor 5 Add The Gin Admin Theme and change all default admin and editorial behaviors to follow on that with Light and Dark modes. Switch from Varbase Total Control Dashboard module to Varbase Dashboards Change Login Functionality and Design with Gin Login and linked Social Authentication buttons. Switch Google Analytics Module from ~3.0 to ~4.0
April 2023	-
March 2023	9.0.12	Updated Drupal Core to 9.5.4 for new builds and new installations
February 2023	-
January 2023	9.0.11	Updated Drupal Core to 9.5.2 for new builds and new installations Add allow plugins for phpcodesniffer-composer-installer Switched from the deprecated Swift Mailer module replaced by Symfony Mailer on the 10.0.x branch, kept the Swift Mailer in the 9.0.x branch, and kept Swift Mailer as the default, But let developers use the Symfony Mailer module and do the switch manually. Using the same style and HTML script for the template Changed the way of using Bootstrap 4 variables
December 2022	9.0.10	Issue #3327421: Updated Drupal Core to ~9.5.0 and removed committed patches Dropped the use of the varbase-robots-additions.txt as its content were committed to drupal-scaffold asset templates in Drupal 9.5.0 #158 Changed Configuring SEO Features: Disallow Oembed Media Links
November 2022	-
October 2022	9.0.9	More support for PHP 8.1 Updated Lando project configs for Vardot/varbase-project template to use PHP 8.1 #154 Updated Platform.sh app configs for Vardot/platformsh-varbase template to use PHP 8.1 #35 Updated Nodejs packages to match with latest Drupal core for compiling and linting
September 2022	-
August 2022	9.0.8	Changed the default drush/drush version from ~10.0 || ~11.0 to ~11.0 in the composer.json file for Varbase Profile and the Varbase Project Template Issue #3302442: Dropped support for Composer ~1.0 in Varbase profile and only support Composer ~2.0 and later versions Updating Varbase to work with Composer 2.0
July 2022	9.0.7	Changed Varbase installation requirement ( notification, not a blocker). Changed Requirements to PHP 7.4 or higher. PHP 8.0 is recommended. Add additional testing packages ( Behat Screenshot Extension ) Switched to use Selenium Server Standalone 3.141.59 to follow with Latest Chrome Browser and Chrome Driver options Removed enabling the Seven admin theme on new installations. After Claro was sat as the default admin theme
June 2022	-
May 2022	-
April 2022	9.0.6	Highlighted Changes for 9.0.5 Changed Requirements. PHP 8.0 is recommended. Support PHP8.1 and MySQL 8 for Varbase ~9.0 and all used components with automated testing Revised Password Policy and Password Confirmation Suggestions message Added and enabled CKEditor Paste Filter module Switched to use the Module Installer Factory with Varbase distribution and all Varbase components Switched from deprecated Node Sass to Dart Sass compiler using Gulp and changed minimum Nodejs version to 16.0 and later in the Varbase distribution Have a default template for merge requests and issues for the Varbase profile project and all Varbase components in Gitlab
March 2022	-
February 2022	9.0.5	Highlighted Changes for 9.0.5 Updated the Update Helper module from ~2.0 to ~3.0 Change Drush from ~10.0 to ~10.0 || ~11.0 for easier support, update, and upgrade process in development and production servers Switched from deprecated class VarbaseEntityDefinitionUpdateManager to EntityDefinitionUpdateManager Added more step definitions for Varbase Layout Builder automated testing for section styling with padding , margin, border style, border width, border color, border radius, background image settings, background video settings
January 2022	9.0.4	Highlighted Changes for 9.0.4 Added composer allow-plugins to composer.json for Varbase and Varbase Project template to work with Composer 2.2.1 and later versions Added Antibot module with config to Varbase Security Added Email Registration module to Varbase Core to allow users to login using Email or username Added new step definitions to Varbase Context to help automate the testing for Varbase Layout Builder Added Automated Testing Gherkin features for the Varbase Landing (Layout Builder) content type Revised Honeypot configurations
December 2021	-
November 2021	9.0.3	Highlighted Changes for 9.0.3 Updated Drupal core to 9.2.10 for new builds. which is a patch (bugfix) release of Drupal 9 and is ready for use on production sites. Updated Bootstrap library from 4.6.0 to 4.6.1 Added "Authored by" filter to admin content views in Varbase Admin Added "Authored by" filter to Media Table and Media Grid views in Varbase Media Added Reroute Email ~2.0 module and enable with default config to Varbase Development module Added Flood Control module to Varbase Security for login attempt limiting Added the Block Library module ( ~1.0 ) with basic config for available block types
October 2021	9.0.2 8.x-8.12	Highlighted Changes for 9.0.2 Added access permission check to "View JSON" operation link Fixed "View API Documentation" link in entity operations Added new permissions to Site Admin user role to access "View JSON" and "View API Docs" entity operations Switched Varbase Entity Definition Update Manager class to extend the vardot/entity-definition-update-manager class library Removed the Quick Edit module from Varbase install Added drush ~10 to require-dev only for development workflow #115 for the default vardot/varbase-project template Added drupal/core-dev ~9 to require-dev only for development workflow #116 for the default vardot/varbase-project template Added lint:yaml and update the package.json for Varbase Installation profile with latest Drupal 9.3.x dev tools Highlighted Changes for 8.x-8.12 Support PHP7.4 for Varbase ~8.0 and all used components with automated testing Fixed Varbase profile requires drupal/core ^8.8.0 || ~9.0.0 with ~8.0 || ~9.0
September 2021	-
August 2021	9.0.1	Highlighted Changes for 9.0.1 Added support for the Varbase Updater ( Auto updater ) to auto update Varbase ~8 sites to Varbase ~9.0 #40 Added support for the Varbase Subprofile Generator to use Varbase 9 to generate Varbase Sub profile Basic template profile #4
July 2021	-
June 2021	8.x-8.11 9.0.0	Highlighted Changes for 8.x-8.x: Updated Drupal Core from 8.9.14 to 8.9.15 ( ~8.9 ) and remove committed patches Highlighted Changes for 9.0.x: Added Vertical and Horizontal alignments to section styling settings for Varbase Layout Builder ~10 Added Boxed options ( Wide, Medium, Narrow, Tiny ) in Varbase Layout Builder ~10 Changed the style for Social Auth login buttons to go with the new standard branding and trust Added Media Bulk Upload module Added an operations link for nodes with Layout Builder enabled Added Bootstrap Display headings sizes to CKEditor styles for the Rich editor in Varbase Editor Added Editor Advanced link module
May 2021	-
April 2021	-
March 2021	8.x-8.10 9.0.0-rc2	Highlighted Changes for 8.x-8.x: Added a tag release-varbase workflow job for the CircleCI automated testing pipelines Fixed Blazy Blurry performance issues of not exist derivative image and enhance the logic of the encoding of base64 image Fixed creating Blazy Blurry derivatives only if necessary, and the creation of Image style or responsive image style derivatives only if necessary Highlighted Changes for 9.0.x: Updated Varbase Layout Builder module from ~9.0 to ~10.0 Started a 10.0.x branch for Varbase Layout Builder to use Bootstrap Styles and Bootstrap Layout Builder Changed default content for the Homepage to match with the Varbase Layout Builder ~10 config structure Switched Blog site section page, Blog post, Blog categories, and Tags to use Varbase Layout Builder ~10 Changed style of Edit Layout page and preview of sections to look like the front end view of the page Changed Varbase Layout Builder default set of breakpoints, layouts, and styles Added a checkbox "Keep gutters between columns" to section layout and Default options for sections Fixed the style of ADD TO LIBRARY and IMPORT FROM LIBRARY for Layout Builder Section Library Made Edge to edge background default checked on Fixed Container type and Gutters layouts rendering
February 2021	8.x-8.9	Highlighted Changes for 8.x-8.x: Added WebP module ~1.0 and enable by default Updated Bootstrap library from 4.5.3 to 4.6.0 Bootstrap v4.6.0 was released Added Preloaded fonts include in Vartheme BS4 Switched to CircleCI as the default automated testing platform
January 2021	-
December 2020	8.x-8.8 9.0.0-rc1	Highlighted Changes for 8.x-8.x: Allowed Varbase to work with Composer ~2.0 Highlighted Changes for 9.0.x: Updated Drupal core from ~9.0 to ~9.1 and change needed patches Allowed Varbase to work with Composer ~2.0
November 2019	9.0.0-beta1	Highlighted Changes for 9.0.x: Changed Automated Functional Acceptance Testing to be Drupal 9 compatible on the Varbase 9.0.x branch Updated Varbase Theme (Bootstrap 4 - SASS) from ~6.0 ( 8.x-6.x-dev ) to ~9.0 ( 9.0.x-dev ) on the Varbase 9.0.x branch and drop legacy support for Bootstrap 3 Added support for dropzonejs widget with Media Library in core Updated Bootstrap library from 4.5.2 to 4.5.3
October 2020	8.x-8.7 9.0.0-alpha1	Highlighted Changes for 8.x-8.x: Themed Layout Builder Modal and Media Library to look like Claro admin theme Added Layout Builder Component Attributes module and support for Layout Builder Component Attributes extension integration with Layout Builder UX Styled the Moderation state control at the layout editing page Converted to use REM and EM instead of PX Upgraded Bootstrap Barrio base theme from ~4.0 to ~5.0 Updated RFS from ~8.0 to ~9.0 for Vartheme BS4 and VARTHEME_BS4_SUBTHEME Highlighted Changes for 9.0.x: Started a 9.0.x branch for Varbase and Varbase Project to integrate with Drupal 9 Upgraded Drupal core from ~8 to ^9 on the 9.0.x branch Updated the patch to allow profiles to define a base/parent profile for Drupal 9
September 2020	-
August 2020	8.x-8.6	Highlighted Changes for 8.x-8.x: Switched to Homepage node with Layout Builder Added Varbase Workflow new module Changed default workflow starter config for Simple and Editorial workflows Changed default entityqueue form display for the Media Hero Slider entity queue Implemented a way to offer default config templates using Varbase’s ConfigBit to unify admin experience Added Varbase Landing Page (Layout builder) in the default Varbase components and moved Varbase Landing Page (Paragraphs) to the Extra components installation step Replaced the current embed media template with the Drupal core Media Library Embed media system Replaced the current CKEditor entity browser embed media button with the new Drupal core Media Library Embed media command button Updated Bootstrap 4 library from 4.5.0 to 4.5.1 Changed hiding the Local Task block and use the moderation sidebar tasks menu in view page for all content
July 2020	-
June 2020	8.x-8.5	Highlighted Changes for 8.x-8.x: Added Vartheme Claro admin theme and use it as the default installation and administration theme Styled Content title field with bigger font size under Claro. Allocate the length indicator inline and to the edge with the bottom of the title field Updated Bootstrap 4 library from 4.4.1 to 4.5.0 Changed drupal/core-recommended to drupal/core and updated Drupal core from 8.8.4 to 8.8.6 ( ~8.8.0 ) and removed committed patches Included a drupal/core requirement for [Varbase] profile compatible with Drupal 9 Required all asset libraries in [Varbase] profiles. As they were moved to suggest in Varbase components Switched RTL default font for Vartheme Claro admin theme from Droid to Tajawal
May 2020	-
April 2020	-
March 2020	8.x-8.4	Highlighted Changes for 8.x-8.x: Updated Drupal core from 8.8.2 to 8.8.4 ( ~8.8.0 ) and Updated Varbase Context for the Automated Functional Acceptance Testing groups. Drupal core - Moderately critical - Third-party libraries - SA-CORE-2020-001 Drupal 9 readiness for Varbase distribution installation profile with Drupal coding standard and practice Integrated with advanced Layout Builder UX behaviours
February 2020	8.x-7.5 8.x-8.2 8.x-8.3	Highlighted Changes for 8.x-7.x: Updated Views Bulk Operations (VBO) module to 8.3.4 in the drupal-org.make file to clear the security flag for Drupal.org packaging. Views Bulk Operations (VBO) - Moderately critical - Access bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2020-003 Highlighted Changes for 8.x-8.x: Added Varbase Layout Builder settings]for options source config to feed Background color styling option Added support for Varbase Layout Builder]colors theme vlb-colors library in Vartheme BS4 and VARTHEME_BS4_SUBTHEME with gulp-csscomb Added a redirect to the layout editing page after creating a new entity with a View mode Layout Builder enabled on the default or full content display mode Added Media and Gallery Block types to be used with the Varbase Landing Page (Layout Builder) content type
January 2020	-
December 2019	8.x-7.4 8.x-8.0 8.x-8.1	Highlighted Changes for 8.x-7.x: Added blurred image effect to Varbase Media]to be loaded for all Blazy enabled images Highlighted Changes for 8.x-8.x: Updated Drupal core from ~8.7.0 to ~8.8.0 Started an 8.x-8.x new branch for Varbase version: 8.x-8.x-dev and extra branch-alias with dev-8.x-8.x to 8.8.x-dev Switched from drupal/core ~8.8.0 to drupal/core-recommended ~8.8.0 in Varbase Core 8.8.0 Switched from drupal-composer/drupal-scaffold ~2.0 to drupal/core-composer-scaffold ^8.8.0 Initialized Varbase Layout Builder with a starter set of layouts and styling options for sections Fixed replace drupal-composer/drupal-scaffold with drupal/core-composer-scaffold and removed post install cmd scripts Vardot/varbase-project template : Fixed replace drupal-composer/drupal-scaffold with drupal/core-composer-scaffold #70 Vardot/varbase-updater : Changed the update config rules for 8.7.* to 8.8.1 and from 8.8.* to 8.8.* latest #24
November 2019	8.x-7.3	Highlighted Changes for 8.x-7.x: Added Google Tag Manager module to Varbase SEO component Added Script Manager module to Varbase SEO - not optional but can be uninstalled Added option (on install) to Enable Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics modules
October 2019	8.x-7.2	Highlighted Changes for 8.x-7.x: Updated Drupal core from 8.7.7 to 8.7.8 (~8.7.0 ) and remove applied patches Switched CSS management for Varbase Media Hero Slider from LESS to SCSS with Gulp as the task manager and make use of the (RFS) Responsive Font Size SCSS library Switched CSS management for Varbase Bootstrap Paragraphs from LESS to SCSS with Gulp as the task manager and make use of the (RFS) Responsive Font Size SCSS library, which comes with Bootstrap 4
September 2019	-
August 2019	8.x-6.13 8.x-7.1	Highlighted Changes for 8.x-6.x: Updated Drupal core from 8.7.4 to 8.7.6 ( ~8.7.0 ) by removing already applied or committed patches in drupal/core Updated Metatag module from 8.1.8 to 8.1.9 Updated Paragraphs module from 8.1.8 to 8.1.9 Highlighted Changes for 8.x-7.x: Updated Drupal core from 8.7.4 to 8.7.6 ( ~8.7.0 ) by removing already applied or committed patches in drupal/core Updated Metatag module from 8.1.8 to 8.1.9 Added Gallery media type
July 2019	8.x-6.12 8.x-7.0	Highlighted Changes for 8.x-6.x: Have Varbase Update Helper module as a dependency with Varbase Core module Enabled Redirect domain module in the Varbase seo module Changed Varbase Dashboard to work with C3 Charts and without warning Highlighted Changes for 8.x-7.x: Added Varbase API module and have it as an (optional component) at the varbase install steps Changed Varbase Dashboard to work with C3 Charts and without warning Enabled Varbase Bootstrap Paragraphs Text and Image in Varbase Landing module Added and enabled Paragraphs edit in Varbase Bootstrap Paragraphs with the hook for styling in the single paragraph edit page Upgraded Views Bulk Operations (VBO) from ~2.0 to ~3.0
June 2019	-
May 2019	8.x-6.9 8.x-6.10	Highlighted Changes for 8.x-6.x: Updated Drupal core from 8.6.15 to 8.6.16 - Drupal core - Moderately critical - Third-party libraries - SA-CORE-2019-007 Changed drupal/core ~8.6 to ~8.6.0 to let composer update to 8.6.16 and more 8.6.x versions and not to update to 8.7.x Have Vartheme BS4 as the default theme for Varbase and disable Vartheme Changed and shifted Varbase Media responsive image styles to work with the mapping of Bootstrap 3 breakpoints into Bootstrap 4 breakpoints.
April 2019	8.x-6.7 8.x-6.8	Highlighted Changes for 8.x-6.x: Switched of using Responsive image styles only to use Blazy loading with responsive image styles for most media view mode sizes of ( Image, Video, Remote Video) media types Added Varbase Update Helper to the List of default varbase components, which they will be installed when we install varbase Added Varbase Email module to the List of default varbase components, which it will be installed when we install varbase. Removed enabling the [smtp] module as we have switched to use swiftmailer ~1.0 and Varbase emailing configs switched to [Varbase Email] module. Implement theme suggestions and JS behaviors in Varbase Media for each video provider to support autoplay for various video providers (YouTube, Vimeo, and Local video) Initialized the Varbase Media Header slider 8.x-7.x branch structure and implement theme suggestions and JS behaviors for each video provider to support autoplay for various video providers (YouTube, Vimeo, and Local video) Implemented theme suggestions and JS behaviours in Varbase Media Header for each video provider to support autoplay for various video providers (YouTube, Vimeo, and Local video) targeted for the media header Added [Length Indicator] module 8.1.0-rc3 Added the checklist for optional updates over the [Length Indicator] configs modules Added targeted modules with #dependency in the checklist item and updated the Updated Helper for optional updates
March 2019	8.x-6.6	Highlighted Changes for 8.x-6.x: Added Vartheme (Bootstrap 4 - SASS) theme (~6.0) Cleaned up all hash commits so that vardot/varbase-project template and the composer.json looks clean.
February 2019	8.x-6.5	Highlighted Changes for 8.x-6.x: Cleaned up number of modules with hash commits Renamed Google+ to Google in the installer Updated Google Analytics Reports module to 8.x-3.0-beta2 Changed Social Auth Google module's Google+ logo to Google accounts as Google shutdown Google+ Changed Varbase Internationalization not to use the Localization client module by disabling it for old sites and not to install it in new Varbase installations. Fixed W3C standards for element div not allowed as child of element h2.
January 2019	8.x-6.4	Highlighted Changes for 8.x-6.x: Changed Varbase Media Hero Slider to have a fixed Image max and min Height Added the Bootstrap 3 spacing library to support a back-ported spacing style borrowed from Bootstrap 4 Have bulk oration options for content, people admin pages and changed the batch size to 50 Added Created from, and Created to date filters media table admin page Added target bundle text and image to landing page components
December 2018	8.x-4.28 8.x-5.5 8.x-6.3	Highlighted Changes for 8.x-4.x: Changed to use Drupal ~8.6 with tilde Version Range (~) for a step preparation for the upgrade to Varbase 8.6.x Highlighted Changes for 8.x-5.x: Changed to use Drupal ~8.6 with tilde Version Range (~) for a step preparation for the upgrade to Varbase 8.6.x Highlighted Changes for 8.x-6.x: Now you can install most Varbase components with any Drupal 8 sites. Even if installed with the Minimal or Standard Drupal profile.
November 2018	8.x-4.27 8.x-5.3 8.x-6.1	Highlighted Changes for 8.x-4.x: Paragraphs Security Update Highlighted Changes for 8.x-5.x: Paragraphs Security Update Highlighted Changes for 8.x-6.x: Paragraphs Security Update
October 2018	8.x-4.26 8.x-5.0 8.x-5.1 8.x-6.0	Highlighted Changes for 8.x-4.x: Drupal core security update SA-CORE-2018-006 patch/fix Highlighted Changes for 8.x-5.x: Drupal core security update SA-CORE-2018-006 patch/fix Highlighted Changes for 8.x-6.x: Switched [Varbase Media] to use [Remote Video] with oEmbed from Drupal 8.6.x core Enabled an OPTIONAL [Layout Builder] configs to use with the [Default] view mode for the [Basic page] content type
September 2018	8.x-4.24 8.x-4.25 8.x-5.0 8.x-5.1	Highlighted Changes for 8.x-4.x: Drupal core and module updates Deprecate/remove Vartheme Material Design Highlighted Changes for 8.x-5.x: Add asset composer repo (asset-packagist.org) Add a paragraph title to landing page paragraph components
August 2018	8.x-4.23 8.x-5.0-alpha5 8.x-6.x-dev	Highlighted Changes for 8.x-4.x: Drupal core security update SA-CORE-2018-005 patch/fix Highlighted Changes for 8.x-5.x: Drupal core security update SA-CORE-2018-005 patch/fix Highlighted Changes for 8.x-6.x: Development branch to plan for 8.x-6.x utilizing Media Library new Drupal 8.6 core features
July 2018	8.x-4.22 8.x-5.0-alpha2 8.x-5.0-alpha3 8.x-5.0-alpha4	Highlighted Changes for 8.x-4.x: Updates and bug fixes Highlighted Changes for 8.x-5.x: Add ability to link embedded media (image) when in CKEditor Remove Panelizer, and instead plan to start using Layout Builder
June 2018	8.x-5.0-alpha1	Highlighted Changes for 8.x-5.x: Change media entities to use Drupal core's media instead of contrib media entity Add Video and Media fields, and change Varbase Blog to use "Main Media" which allows for a video or image instead of only image
May 2018	-
April 2018	8.x-4.19 8.x-4.20 8.x-4.21	Restructure Varbase features/modules/themes. To be required in composer and have their own release cycle/project repo Add Varbase Style Guide for easier theming of atomic approach Drupal core security update SA-CORE-2018-003 patch/fix Drupal core security update SA-CORE-2018-004 patch/fix
March 2018	8.x-4.16 8.x-4.17 8.x-4.18	Add of-the-shelf Varbase Blog feature for ready to use blog Add of-the-shelf Varbase Auth feature for ready to use Social Media authentication Add Vartheme Material Design Add a ready theme components to Vartheme: Upgrade to Drupal 8.5 (still no media in core use) Drupal core security update SA-CORE-2018-002 patch/fix
February 2018	8.x-4.15	Drupal core security update SA-CORE-2018-001 patch/fix
January 2018	8.x-4.14	Nicer and compact login screens (using Better Login module) Simplify the UX of password policy
December 2017	8.x-4.13	Paragraphs UX enhancements
November 2017	8.x-4.11 8.x-4.12	Add "Edge-to-Edge 4:1 responsive image style for full-bleed images/paragraphs Reorder right-side fieldsets in content add/edit pages for consistent experience Drupal security updates and bug fixes
October 2017	8.x-4.10	Upgrade to Drupal 8.4 with media module in core
September 2017	8.x-4.08 8.x-4.09	Add ability to clone entities/nodes Add "Autocomplete deluxe" for nicer tagging Add ability to choose background color in paragraphs Add Schema Metatag for Varbase SEO Add better paragraphs preview Add default content and template theme Add Tours for better onboarding Add VMI (View Modes Inventory) for easier view modes building
August 2017	8.x-4.06 8.x-4.07	Add an admin dashboard for intuitive administration experience Add subprofile template for distributions willing to build on top of Varbase Add ability to embed tweets, and other rich content in WYSIWYG Add ability to send a node/content to an entityqueue from the add/edit form
July 2017	8.x-4.05	Landing pages using Paragraphs Varbase Search feature to provide turnkey search feature Cleanup composer installer to provide project-specific composer file for easier updates