Media & News

At the end of June, we as the Thunder Core Team, decided that we want to have a select2 widget as a drop-in replacement for Drupal's Autocomplete widget in Thunder. Furthermore, since we are currently working on a search integration, we also wanted to have a select2 widget that could be used as a facet. We started to look for Drupal 8 select2 implementations and found two existing modules.

Daniel Bosen has shaped Thunder since the very first minute of its existence. He was the first developer who Ingo Rübe (Thunder's initiator) took on 1st June 2015 and is Lead Developer in the Thunder Core Team. Anyone wishing to know about Daniel’s current mood ought to take a look at his choice of T-shirt. Because it tells us more or less everything.

Anyone involved in professional online publishing knows that the way to the internet is connected with fast-paced technical progress. While looking for solutions to current problems, you will also discover topics for the future which you might have no idea how to classify at present. The Thunder Coalition around the Thunder Core Team has developed a CMS which recognizes and covers the needs of professional publishing. But that is not all. Thunder also recognizes problem scenarios and the concerns of media professionals, and knows which technical developments need to be integrated into our strategies. Thanks to the large network of the Thunder Coalition, we have been able to get experts on relevant topics.

The Thunder Day is an international community event organized by the Thunder Core Team. It is the second of its kind and therefore marks the beginning of an annual open media summit. With the Thunder Day, the Thunder Core Team aims at bringing together publishers and IT experts, decision-makers and potential customers, managers and interested people.

DrupalEurope took place in Darmstadt between 10th and 14th September this year and was an outstanding conference like no other. The feeling of being part of the community and working towards common objectives is indescribable and very motivating. The event ran seamlessly and provided value to all participants thanks to the highly driven and competent organizers.