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Varbase is an enhanced Drupal distribution packed with adaptive functionalities and essential modules, that speed up your development, and provides you with standardized configurations, making your life easier.
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Varbase follows the Drupal 9/10/11 release cycle. Therefore, a version of Varbase is named 10.0.x uses the same major version of Drupal 10.
Varbase supports one major version. That is the most recent one using the most recent Drupal 9/10 major version (e.g. 9.0.x , 10.0.x, 11.0.x )
Upgrade paths will always be provided to guarantee a smooth move between supported Varbase versions.
See the below image for an illustration of supported versions and major release cycle:
Varbase 9.1.x will continue to be supported for Drupal 10 and later on Varbase 9.2.x will be supported for Drupal 11
Many new methods from Drupal Core and contributed modules
Varbase ~10.0.0 uses Drupal 10, , CKEditor 5, , - also using
Varbase ~9.1.0 uses Drupal 10, Bootstrap 4, CKEditor 4/5, Default Drupal Responsive Image Styles. Smoothing up upgrades to Drupal 10/11
No upgrade path from Varbase 9 to Varbase 10
Recommended to start new projects with latest version of Varbase ~10.0.0
Varbase is developed by a core team of experienced Drupal developments and is funded and supported by Vardot, a leading Drupal agency with offices in the USA, Egypt, and Jordan.
Varbase is available as an Open Source and FREE software for developers and development teams to install, host, and run it yourself.
Open Source software is free and promotes the collaboration and sharing of ideas. Varbase was built on top of Drupal, which is Open Source and is completely free. Everyone should contribute something, sometimes simply reporting and maybe fixing a minor bug can make a difference. The Drupal community and the marketplace make money supporting Drupal. If you need a feature or support you should contact the Varbase .
Varbase provides a great deal of functionality out of the box, which makes it possible for you to prototype your knowledge base, and try out and experiment with all the available features.
However, if you need professional support for implementation, customization, training, or hosted management, please contact Vardot at
You may also contact for professional and enterprise support of Varbase by sending an email to:
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
These epics still need to be further research and refined. Please 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.
Brings new features like media editing in a modal and accessibility improvements. It also includes updates for smoother dependency management and essential bug fixes, making it ready for production use.
September 2024
Improves security, updates key modules, and fixes admin styling and update helper errors for smoother performance.
August 2024
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
July 2024
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
June 2024
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May 2024
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
April 2024
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
March 2024
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February 2024
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January 2024
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
December 2023
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November 2023
Improved stories for Varbase Components
October 2023
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
September 2023
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
August 2023
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July 2023
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June 2023
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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
May 2023
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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
April 2023
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March 2023
Updated Drupal Core to 9.5.4 for new builds and new installations
February 2023
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January 2023
Updated Drupal Core to 9.5.2 for new builds and new installations
Add allow plugins for phpcodesniffer-composer-installer
Switched from the deprecated
December 2022
Issue : Updated Drupal Core to ~9.5.0 and removed committed patches
Changed
November 2022
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October 2022
More support for PHP 8.1
Updated Lando project configs for template to use PHP 8.1
September 2022
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August 2022
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
July 2022
Changed Varbase installation requirement ( notification, not a blocker). Changed to PHP 7.4 or higher. PHP 8.0 is recommended.
Switched to use Selenium Server Standalone 3.141.59
June 2022
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May 2022
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April 2022
Highlighted Changes for 9.0.5
Changed. PHP 8.0 is recommended.
Support PHP8.1 and MySQL 8 for Varbase ~9.0 and all used components with automated testing
March 2022
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February 2022
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
January 2022
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
December 2021
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November 2021
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
October 2021
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
September 2021
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August 2021
Highlighted Changes for 9.0.1
Added support for the Varbase Updater ( Auto updater ) to auto update Varbase ~8 sites to Varbase ~9.0
Added support for the Varbase Subprofile Generator to use Varbase 9 to generate Varbase Sub profile Basic template profile
July 2021
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June 2021
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
May 2021
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April 2021
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March 2021
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
February 2021
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
January 2021
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December 2020
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
November 2019
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
October 2020
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
September 2020
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August 2020
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
July 2020
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June 2020
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
May 2020
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April 2020
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March 2020
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
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
January 2020
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December 2019
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
November 2019
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
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
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August 2019
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
July 2019
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
June 2019
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May 2019
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
April 2019
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.
March 2019
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
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
January 2019
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
December 2018
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:
November 2018
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:
October 2018
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:
September 2018
Highlighted Changes for 8.x-4.x:
Drupal core and module updates
Deprecate/remove Vartheme Material Design
Highlighted Changes for 8.x-5.x:
August 2018
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:
July 2018
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
June 2018
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
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April 2018
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
March 2018
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
February 2018
Drupal core security update SA-CORE-2018-001 patch/fix
January 2018
Nicer and compact login screens (using Better Login module)
Simplify the UX of password policy
December 2017
Paragraphs UX enhancements
November 2017
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
Upgrade to Drupal 8.4 with media module in core
September 2017
Add ability to clone entities/nodes
Add "Autocomplete deluxe" for nicer tagging
Add ability to choose background color in paragraphs
August 2017
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
July 2017
Landing pages using Paragraphs
Varbase Search feature to provide turnkey search feature
Cleanup composer installer to provide project-specific composer file for easier updates
Month/Year
Version
Epic
January 2025
Highlighted Changes for 10.0.3
Enhanced media handling and mobile responsiveness with smoother updates, improved performance, and more accessible web solutions.
Updated Drupal Core from ~10.3.0 to ~10.4.0
Highlighted Changes for 9.1.8 Ensures stability and smoother updates for Varbase ~9.1 to Drupal Core ~10.4, and pave the way to upgrade to Drupal 11.
December 2024
Updates modules, improves testing for Drupal 10.3.8, and fixes admin toolbar and layout builder issues.
November 2024
Updates key modules for smoother performance and fixes testing scenarios and email validation issues after Drupal 10.3.3.
October 2024
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
>= 18.0Highlighted Changes for 10.0.0-alpha2
Updated Varbase Docs for 10.0.x
Added starterkit theme generator support for Vartheme BS5
10.0.xAdd 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
10.0.x9.0.xChanged the way of using Bootstrap 4 variables
Updated Nodejs packages to match with latest Drupal core for compiling and linting
~1.0Removed enabling the Seven admin theme on new installations. After Claro was sat as the default admin theme
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
class VarbaseEntityDefinitionUpdateManagerEntityDefinitionUpdateManagerAdded 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
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
"Authored by"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
"View API Docs"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
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
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
Switched to CircleCI as the default automated testing platform
Updated Bootstrap library from 4.5.2 to 4.5.3
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Changed and shifted Varbase Media responsive image styles to work with the mapping of Bootstrap 3 breakpoints into Bootstrap 4 breakpoints.
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
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.
Added Created from, and Created to date filters media table admin page
Added target bundle text and image to landing page components
Now you can install most Varbase components with any Drupal 8 sites. Even if installed with the Minimal or Standard Drupal profile.
Paragraphs Security Update
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
Add a paragraph title to landing page paragraph components
Development branch to plan for 8.x-6.x utilizing Media Library new Drupal 8.6 core features
Upgrade to Drupal 8.5 (still no media in core use)
Drupal core security update SA-CORE-2018-002 patch/fix
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
