Talking Drupal #492 - Pantheon Content Publisher

March 10, 2025

Today we are talking about Pantheon Content Publisher, How it brings Google Docs to Drupal, and why you might want to use it with guests Chris Reynolds & John Money. We’ll also cover QR Code Fields as our module of the week.

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Topics

  • What is Pantheon Content Publisher
  • Why was Pantheon Content Publisher created
  • How does it work with Google docs
    • How do you handle revisions
    • How do you target environments
    • Can you do structured content
    • How do reference existing content
    • How does this use GraphQL
  • What are some of the use cases you are seeing
  • Who should not use Pantheon Content Publisher
  • Can I develop the SDCs locally with Pantheon Content Publisher
  • What is the ingestion layer like
  • AI layer
  • Talking Drupal workflow
  • Do you have a process for bulk publishing
  • How does startup look
  • Is it PCC or PCP
  • Can Pantheon Content Publisher customers push their own non google content
  • Is Pantheon Content Publisher open source
  • Is there a cost
  • Can you translate content

Resources

Module of the Week

QR Code Fields
  • Brief description:
    • Have you ever wanted your Drupal site to generate various kinds of QR codes? There’s a module for that.
  • Module name/project name:
  • Brief history
    • How old: created in Nov 2023 by Sujan Shrestha of Nepal
    • Versions available: 1.1.1 and 2.1.3, the latter of which works with Drupal 10 and 11
  • Maintainership
    • Actively maintained
    • Number of open issues: 4 open issues, none of which are bugs
  • Usage stats:
    • 134 sites
  • Module features and usage
    • This module defines not just one but 9 new fields for generating QR codes, including for URLs, vCards, MeCards, Events, and more
    • Each field QR accepts inputs based on the associated information that should be exposed. So a URL QR Code field only accepts an input for the URL destination, while an Event QR Code has inputs for a summary, description, location, start, and end.
    • The module also provides a custom block plugin for each type of QR code, to make it easier to display your QR codes wherever you need for your specific use case
    • The QR Code Fields module also defines a service for generating QR code images, which could also be useful for more custom implementations.