--- title: "Drupal" url: "https://michalak.world/tags/drupal/" lastmod: 2026-08-19 kind: "term" count: 43 site: "https://michalak.world/" --- # Drupal ## Pages in this section - [Behind the Scenes of the GEN Platform Update: Making Engagement Seamless](https://michalak.world/posts/behind-the-scenes-of-the-gen-platform-update/) — 2026-02-12 Behind the Scenes of the GEN Platform Update: Making Engagement Seamless - [13+ Years as a Drupal Developer Consultant: Jumping Into Projects and Driving Real Results](https://michalak.world/posts/13-plus-as-a-drupal-developer-consultant/) — 2025-05-01 13+ Years as a Drupal Developer Consultant: Jumping Into Projects and Driving Real Results. - [Best CMS of 2025: A Comparison for Modern Websites](https://michalak.world/posts/best-cms-for-2025/) — 2025-04-30 Best content management systems for 2025. A comparison between: Framer, Drupal, Webflow, Wordpress and Hugo. - [Fractional CTO: The Strategic Bonus of Hiring an Expert Freelance Drupal Developer](https://michalak.world/posts/fractional-cto-the-strategic-bonus-of-hiring-an-expert-freelance-drupal-developer/) — 2025-04-12 An experienced freelance Drupal developer often doubles as a Fractional CTO, providing tech roadmaps, vendor vetting, scalable architecture planning, and team leadership alongside the code. - [How a Freelance Drupal Developer Improves Security and Site Health](https://michalak.world/posts/how-a-freelance-drupal-developer-improves-security-and-site-health/) — 2025-04-10 How a freelance Drupal developer improves security and site health through security audits, proactive patching, hardening, and performance optimization, cutting incidents roughly 70%. - [Why Hosting and DevOps Skills Matter in Your Freelance Drupal Developer](https://michalak.world/posts/why-hosting-and-devops-skills-matter-in-your-freelance-drupal-developer/) — 2025-04-08 Why Hosting and DevOps Skills Matter in Your Freelance Drupal Developer. - [Beyond Content Types: What Real Drupal Backend Expertise Looks Like](https://michalak.world/posts/beyond-content-types-what-real-drupal-backend-expertise-looks-like/) — 2025-04-06 Beyond Content Types: What Real Drupal Backend Expertise Looks Like. - [Why Hiring a Freelance Drupal Developer Could Save Your Business 60%](https://michalak.world/posts/why-hiring-a-freelance-drupal-developer-could-save-your-business-60/) — 2025-04-04 Hiring a freelance Drupal developer instead of a full-time hire typically saves 30-60% while giving you senior-level expertise on demand, reducing technical debt and security incidents. - [The Hidden ROI of a Freelance Drupal Developer](https://michalak.world/posts/the-hidden-roi-of-a-freelance-drupal-developer/) — 2025-04-01 Freelance Drupal developers bring deep expertise, flexible engagement, and long-term ROI — especially when you need to move fast, stay secure, and keep costs predictable. - [Resume](https://michalak.world/resume/) — 2025-03-01 Michael Michalak's resume: 13+ years across AI agent development, Fractional CTO work, and Drupal backend and commerce development, with a BS in Computer Engineering from Purdue University. - [Drupal 10 Experience](https://michalak.world/experience/drupal-10-experience/) — 2024-10-29 Drupal 10 development experience: Drupal 8 and 9 upgrades, custom REST APIs and modules, Drupal Commerce 2.x workflows, GDPR compliance, Apache Solr search, and Pantheon and Acquia hosting. - [Drupal Form API States](https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-form-api-states/) — 2024-10-16 Drupal 9 Patch htaccess with Composer - [Drupal 9 Patch htaccess with Composer](https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-9-patch-htaccess-with-composer/) — 2023-09-21 Drupal 9 Patch htaccess with Composer - [Update UUID in a Drupal Configuration](https://michalak.world/posts/update-uuid-in-a-drupal-configuration/) — 2023-08-03 Update UUID in a Drupal Configuration - [Drupal 8 - Sending Faxes with Twilio](https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-sending-faxes-with-twilio/) — 2020-12-06 Drupal 8 - Sending Faxes with Twilio - [Drupal 9 Experience](https://michalak.world/experience/drupal-9-experience/) — 2019-10-29 Drupal 9 development experience: Drupal 7 and 8 upgrades, custom module and REST API development, Drupal Commerce 2.x workflows, performance tuning, and hosting on Pantheon and Acquia. - [iPhone Screen Sizes and Media Queries ](https://michalak.world/posts/iphone-screen-sizes-and-media-queries/) — 2019-09-29 When styling mobile-friendly pages I have run into issues between the different iPhone X versions.  Also included: iPhone 7 and 8. - [PDF Generation in Drupal](https://michalak.world/posts/pdf-generation-in-drupal/) — 2019-08-21 Cloning a Pantheon Project - [Cloning a Pantheon Project](https://michalak.world/posts/pantheon-cloning-a-project/) — 2019-08-08 Cloning a Pantheon Project - [Compromised Drupal 7 Website Recovery Review](https://michalak.world/posts/compromised-drupal-7-website-recovery-review/) — 2019-08-01 Help recover a website that might have been exploited by hackers - [Drupal 8 Commerce Tax Resolvers](https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-commerce-tax-resolvers/) — 2019-07-31 Drupal Commerce Tax Resolvers - [Drupal 8 Commerce Promotions - Buy X or more of the same product and get % off that order item](https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-commerce-promotions/) — 2019-07-31 Drupal Commerce Promtions - [Drupal 8 - Longer Titles - Entity Title Length/Node Title Length](https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-longer-titles/) — 2019-07-11 Longer Titles - [Drupal 8 Configuration Synchronization](https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-configuration-synchronization/) — 2019-05-29 Drupal 8 Configuration Synchronization - [Drupal 8 Commerce Tax for VAT and Sales Tax](https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-commerce-tax-for-vat-sales-tax/) — 2019-05-10 Commerce Tax for VAT and Sales Tax - [Drupal 8 Commerce - Setting a Default Currency on Product Variations](https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-commerce-setting-a-default-currency-product-variations/) — 2019-05-08 Setting a Default Currency on Product Variation - [Drupal: Pantheon Cookies](https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-pantheon-cookies/) — 2019-05-03 Drupal 8 Performance Tuning - [Drupal Commerce Multi-currency](https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-commerce-multi-currency/) — 2019-04-19 Cloning a Pantheon Project - [Drupal 8 Performance Tuning](https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-performance-tuning/) — 2019-04-17 Drupal 8 Performance Tuning - [Drupal and Cloudflare](https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-and-cloudflare/) — 2019-04-04 Post about Drupal and Cloudflare - [Drupal 7 - Image Styles Not Regenerating](https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-7-image-styles-not-regenerating/) — 2019-03-22 How to apply and manage patches with composer - [Drupal 8: Form API Autocomplete Filtering By Role](https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-form-api-autocomplete-filtering-by-role/) — 2019-03-14 Form API Autocomplete Filtering By Role - [Drupal 8: Form API - Weight Fields](https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-form-api-weighted-fields/) — 2019-03-14 Custom weights on Form API Fields - [Drupal 8: Applying Patches with Composer](https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-applying-patches-with-composer/) — 2019-03-14 How to apply and manage patches with composer - [Video Update! Drupal Backend and Commerce Development](https://michalak.world/posts/video-update-drupal-backend-and-commerce-development/) — 2019-03-02 Video Update, Drupal Backend and Commerce Development - [Drupal: Higher Education - University Experience](https://michalak.world/experience/drupal-higher-education---university-experience/) — 2019-02-22 Drupal higher education experience: university bookstore Commerce projects, news platforms, department multisites with custom Pantheon upstreams, Drupal 7 to 8 migrations, and custom learning platforms. - [Drupal Healthcare Experience](https://michalak.world/experience/drupal-health-care-experience/) — 2019-02-22 Drupal healthcare project experience: healthcare enrollment and application forms, city clinic information platforms with SMS reminders, and accreditation platforms with scoring and Commerce-based fees. - [Drupal 8 Experience](https://michalak.world/experience/drupal-8-experience/) — 2019-02-22 Drupal 8 development experience: Drupal 7 migrations, custom modules and REST APIs, Drupal Commerce 2.x carts and checkout, multi-currency and tax handling, and hosting on Pantheon and Acquia. - [Drupal 7 Experience](https://michalak.world/experience/drupal-7-experience/) — 2019-02-22 Drupal 7 development experience: custom modules and rules, multilingual builds with Transifex, Commerce 1.x and Ubercart, Avalara VAT and sales tax, security remediation, and server optimization. - [Drupal Commerce Experience](https://michalak.world/experience/drupal-commerce-experience/) — 2019-02-02 Drupal Commerce experience across Commerce 1.x and 2.x: custom tax resolvers, promotions, multi-currency with GEOIP detection, EasyPost and FedEx shipping, Stripe and Braintree payment gateways, and PDF invoicing. - [Drupal Vs WordPress](https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-vs-wordpress/) — 2019-02-01 A comparison between Drupal and Wordpress - [Drupal 8 Commerce 2.x Order Messages](https://michalak.world/posts/drupal-8-commerce-2x-order-messages/) — 2019-02-01 A comparison between Drupal and Wordpress - [3 Reasons Drupal Development & Management Is Valuable](https://michalak.world/posts/3-reasons-drupal-development-and-management-is-valuable/) — 2019-02-01 Drupal Development and Management