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  • The Future of Drupal 7
  • The Business of Backdrop
  • A Nonprofit Case Study - D7 Upgrade to Backdrop CMS with Paragraphs
  • Should Backdrop CMS be Drupal Classic?
  • Backdrop for Beginners
  • Backdrop Multisite
  • Solr, Lando, and Backdrop
  • An Open Discussion with the Software Freedom Conservancy
  • Recipes - How to use them and how to create them.
  • ¿Cómo empezar con Backdrop? (español)
  • Closing Session
  • Marketing Backdrop CMS for large-scale, complex projects
  • An Introduction to Backdrop CMS
  • Welcome to Backdrop LIVE
  • Growing a healthy contrib community
  • To bee or not to bee?
  • Contrib Lightning Talks
  • Advanced Feeds
  • How to build a farmers market website with Backdrop CMS
  • Intro to Layouts for Backdrop CMS
  • Entity Reference is now in core. What next?
  • Surprise Topic!
  • When upgrades go wrong
  • Sassy Style! Theme and sub-theme development with Sass
  • Upgrading Multiple Sites made easy
  • Upgrading To Backdrop CMS From Drupal 7
  • Join the Herd: A work-in-progress case study
  • After Party - Games and Social Time
  • Social Hour - Game Time
  • Showcase: America's Best Bootfitters
  • CiviCRM and Backdrop
  • Feeds Module
  • Mentoring New Contributors - OpenForce 2022
  • GitHub Actions contrib maintainer round table
  • Drupal 7 to Backdrop CMS upgrades for complex applications
  • Wordpress to Backdrop
  • Bootstrap + Backdrop = Beautiful websites out of the box
  • Backdrop Successes and Frustrations: A nonprofit's journey
  • Contrib Modules or Themes - Lightning Talks
  • Matomo Analytics Server on Shared Hosting
  • Core Development Update
  • ¿Cómo empezar con Backdrop?
  • Porting the Claro and Gin admin themes to Backdrop
  • Content Author-centric UX improvements in core
  • Closing Session
  • Git out of here - a discussion on version management
  • Showcase: Institute of Andean Studies
  • Building and Maintaining Contrib Themes
  • Organic Groups (Past, Present, Future)
  • Using ProboCI For Backdrop Developer and User Testing
  • The Business of Backdrop
  • Writing your first PR for Backdrop CMS
  • Converting a Drupal 7 theme to a Layout
  • Opera Theme - Demo and Discussion
  • Backdrop CMS Recipes
  • Backdrop for the Absolute Beginner
  • Welcome to Backdrop LIVE (plenary)
  • Stanford joins the Backdrop community!
  • An Introduction to Backdrop CMS
  • Backdrop LIVE Orientation
  • Planning Future Events - Backdrop LIVE 2.0?
  • Ready to Wear Initiative
  • Telemetry Initiative
  • Prioritizing future features - Backdrop CMS 1.18.0 and beyond
  • Improving Documentation
  • Data Migrations
  • Evaluating Backdrop CMS for your next project
  • A Demo of Silkscreen CMS - A fork of Backdrop CMS
  • Diversity and Inclusion (in Backdrop CMS and other open source projects)
  • Backdrop CMS and CiviCRM
  • Meet ClassicPress (A Demo)
  • Backdrop CMS & ClassicPress Roundtable
  • Accessibility is a moving target
  • Upgrading a Drupal 7 site to Backdrop CMS
  • Meet the Backdrop CMS Community (plenary)
  • Creating custom themes or sub-themes for Backdrop CMS
  • Getting the most out of the layout system in Backdrop CMS
  • HAX the Backdrop CMS
  • How does Backdrop CMS compare to Drupal
  • Welcome / Introduction (plenary)
  • Welcome to Backdrop LIVE
  • Welcome to Backdrop LIVE!
  • Welcome to Backdrop LIVE!
  • Welcome Session
  • Welcome to Backdrop LIVE
  • Welcome Session
  • Backdrop LIVE Orientation
  • Migrating to DDEV with Randy Fay
  • Documentation - how to make it easier to find?
  • TinyMCE - an alternative rich text editor
  • Show and Tell
  • Office Hours (Getting started with Backdrop CMS, Content Types and Fields)
  • Introduction to Backdrop CMS
  • Let's talk about AI
  • Software Freedom Conservancy
  • Introducing Gin for Backdrop
  • The Future of Paragraphs
  • Drupal 7 Upgrade Demos
  • Software Freedom Conservancy
  • Introduction to Backdrop CMS
  • Welcome Session: What's New in the world of Backdrop CMS?
  • Working with Layouts
  • Building a Forum with Backdrop CMS
  • Backdrop CMS Recipes
  • Developments in Drupal CMS and Backdrop CMS
  • BackstopJS, Open AI, and all that Jazz
  • Custom entities: what, how and why
  • Backdrop for Beginners - Views (dynamic lists of your content)
  • What will happen in Backdrop 2.x?
  • Backdrop CMS for Non-Profits
  • Level up your Backdrop localhost with Dev Container
  • Drupal 7 Soft Landing
  • Module Showcase
  • Collaborating on larger Contrib projects
  • Opensource.com
  • Content Migrations and One-click migrations (combined session)
  • Maps
  • Welcome Session: What's New in the world of Backdrop CMS? Project Update.
  • CampusDrop: BackdropCMS for Education
  • Generating Reports in CiviCRM
  • Recipes, Recipes, Recipes
  • Backdrop for Beginners - Layouts
  • Theming Backdrop
  • How your contrib repo can help to grow Backdrop
  • Backdrop for Beginners - Content Types and Fields
  • Drupal 7 to Backdrop CMS Upgrade Demo
  • Image Optimizations in Backdrop: Responsive Images
  • Backdrop for Beginners - Content Types and Fields
  • Backdrop for Beginners - Content Types and Fields
  • Ubercart
  • How to host Backdrop sites on Pantheon
  • Backdrop for Beginners - Content Types and Fields
  • Drupal 7 to Backdrop CMS Upgrades
  • Backdrop AI
  • AMA about Views
  • Backdrop for Beginners - Themes
  • DrupalForge - features and uses cases
  • Theming Continued
  • Backdrop for Beginners - Views (dynamic lists of your content)
  • Moving from Pantheon to Amezmo
  • Drupal 7 Soft Landing Initiative
  • Backdrop for Beginners - Views (dynamic lists of your content)
  • Backdrop for Beginners - Views (dynamic lists of your content)
  • Zulip - Chat Platform
  • Backdrop for Beginners - Views (dynamic lists of your content)
  • Reference Module in Core
  • Bootstrap 3-4-5: Tools and Plans
  • Building rich (structured) content with Paragraphs
  • Getting Started With Backdrop CMS
  • Contrib Module and Theme Demos
  • AMA about Layouts
  • Contrib Module and Theme Demos
  • Preserving Drupal 7 Contrib
  • Porting modules from Drupal to Backdrop
  • Backdrop for Beginners - Layouts
  • Questions about Amezmo
  • Common Cause -- Coordinating with other projects
  • Backdrop for Beginners - Layouts
  • Backdrop for Beginners - Layouts
  • Managing Support Clients
  • Push me - Pull you? A discussion about development workflows
  • Backdrop for Beginners - Layouts
  • Theme development in Backdrop CMS
  • Tutorial Videos for New Users
  • Backdrop CMS and CiviCRM
  • Coding and creating modules with AI
  • Backdrop Upgrade Status (a Drupal 7 module)
  • DDev for Backdrop CMS
  • Project Showcase - Websites, Modules, or Themes
  • Show off your Backdrop site!
  • Finding and fixing performance issues
  • Core Development Update
  • Planning and Prep for your Next Backdrop Project
  • Caching and Performance
  • CKEditor 5 - Upgrade and Caveats
  • Preparing for CKEditor 5
  • Promoting Backdrop CMS
  • The Layout System in Backdrop CMS
  • Core Development Update
  • Commerce solutions for Backdrop
  • Headless Backdrop
  • Introduction to Backdrop CMS
  • Opera - creating a new contrib theme?
  • Upgrading from Drupal 7 to Backdrop CMS
  • Meet the German-speaking Backdrop community
  • Backdrop Q&A
  • Office Hours - Content Structure
  • Meet the German-speaking Backdrop community
  • Open Q&A
  • Config Management Tools and Workflows
  • Necessities for site owners
  • Privacy and Cookies
  • Office Hours - Layouts
  • How to contribute to Backdrop CMS
  • Getting Your Backdrop Website ADA (American Disabilities Act) Compliant in an Hour
  • Translating Backdrop CMS
  • Domain Access (Cancelled)
  • Office Hours - Theming
  • 10 Tips for a Better Editor Experience in Backdrop CMS
  • Module demo
  • The Future of Gin for Backdrop; new core themes generally
  • Backdrop for Business
  • Case study: Moving six sites (and counting) to Backdrop at Penn State University
  • Business of Backdrop / Consultants Round Table
  • Adding Logic to Your Site with Rules Module
  • Config Recipes for Backdrop CMS
  • Here be dragons! A discussion on how we secure Backdrop sites
  • Writing Tests for Backdrop CMS
  • No-Code Backdrop
  • Content Access modules
  • Bee of good cheer
  • Better Theme Settings
  • Biblio Module
  • Upgrading a Drupal 7/CiviCRM site to Backdrop CMS
  • What can we learn from Modern Drupal Layout system?
  • Email Best Practices
  • Extending Backdrop under the hood: hooks, preprocess functions and more
  • Decoupled Blocks with Drupal, Backdrop, and React
  • Decoupled Blocks with Drupal, Backdrop, and React
  • Mastodon, Activity Pub, and the Fediverse
  • A hive of activity?
  • Membership Management Packages
  • The Telemetry Initiative
  • Making Backdrop CMS Better for Everyone
  • HTMX in Backdrop
  • Backdrop in Higher Ed
  • Backdrop Tutorials
  • Sharpening tools for migrating Drupal 7 sites to Backdrop CMS
  • Configuration Recipes
  • Bee Inspired
  • Backdrop Pipeline Update
  • Local Dev Tools Showcase
  • Managing multiple sites (inc. multisite)
  • Top 10 Module Porting Challenges
  • Building a Farmers Market Site (Tutorials for Backdrop)
  • Porting Drupal 7 Modules (live!)
  • Config Recipes in Core
  • Content Moderation and Content Workflow Modules
  • Backdrop CMS 1.30 Release Roadmap
  • Drupal 7 to Backdrop CMS Migrations
  • Hosting Backdrop sites
  • How to use the Demonstration module for testing
  • Process improvement -- Suggestions for the next Backdrop Live
  • SEO and Backdrop/Drupal
  • AI Tools
  • Contrib Lightning Talks
  • Measuring and Monitoring Site Performance
  • Backdrop for Beginners
  • Closing: The Future of Backdrop CMS and the Backdrop community.
  • Different approaches for ALT text on images
  • Porting modules with Cursor AI
  • Improving Backdrop Contrib documentation
  • AI Modules
  • How to make CSS changes to Core?
  • Configuration Recipes
  • Why Wordpress is better than Backdrop
  • Bee - Introduction and/or Discussion
  • Tools to help move from Drupal to Backdrop
  • How to better recruit, retain, and support contributors
  • Closing Plenary
  • Closing Session
  • Managing Secrets and Passwords
  • Help with Config Management
  • Help with CiviCRM
  • Closing Session
  • Closing Session
  • Using the Backdrop CMS slide decks (with Reveal JS)
  • Drupal 7 Migration Pipeline
  • Closing Session
  • Virtual Board Games
  • Backdrop LIVE Orientation
  • Welcome Session
  • How to tell if a module is ready
  • Paragraphs: what's coming next
  • Backdrop for Beginners
  • Wordpress → Backdrop site transfer
  • Writing tests for Backdrop
  • Working with Layouts
  • Advanced Drupal 7 to Backdrop CMS Migrations
  • Generate Site Backups and Static Sites with WGET and Backdrop
  • Customize Your Site with Existing Themes and Modules
  • Core Development Update
  • You're not trapped: how to migrate out of Backdrop
  • Share your favorite Module
  • Introduction to GitHub
  • Google Analytics
  • Intro to Backdrop on shared hosting
  • Local Dev Environments
  • Treffen der deutschsprachigen Community
  • How to deploy to existing sites
  • Introduction to OBS Studio
  • Commerce in Backdrop: Options and Experiences
  • Freelancer Roundtable
  • Taxonomy Facets, Views Filters and Search
  • Config Recipes
  • Future of Basis / New Core Theme
  • Porting a Drupal 7 Module (live!)
  • Using the Color Module
  • Closing Plenary
  • Social Event - Community Talent Share
  • Closing - Wrap Up

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