drupal/varbase_admin_base

A recipe to manage default installed modules, configs and permissions for Varbase admin experience.

1.0.x-dev 2026-01-09 00:00 UTC

Requires

• drupal/admin_audit_trail: ~1
• drupal/autosave_form: ~1
• drupal/coffee: ~2
• drupal/config_perms: ~2
• drupal/core: ~11.3.0
• drupal/eca: ~3
• drupal/eca_vbo: ~2
• drupal/entity_clone: ~2
• drupal/gin: ~5
• drupal/gin_everywhere: ~1
• drupal/gin_login: ~2
• drupal/gin_toolbar: ~1
• drupal/gin_type_tray: ~1
• drupal/length_indicator: ~1
• drupal/masquerade: ~2
• drupal/menu_admin_per_menu: ~1
• drupal/navigation_extra_tools: ~1
• drupal/prevent_homepage_deletion: ~3
• drupal/responsive_preview: ~2
• drupal/responsive_preview_navigation: ~1
• drupal/revision_log_default: ~1
• drupal/roleassign: ~2
• drupal/taxonomy_access_fix: ~4
• drupal/taxonomy_manager: ~2
• drupal/trash: ~3
• drupal/userprotect: ~1
• drupal/views_bulk_edit: ~3
• drupal/views_bulk_operations: ~4

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README

A recipe to manage default installed modules, configs and permissions for Varbase admin experience.

This recipe provides a complete admin setup including:

• Admin audit trail modules for comprehensive activity logging
• Masquerade for testing user experiences
• Menu administration per menu
• Responsive preview for testing responsive designs
• Revision log defaults for better content tracking
• Autosave form for preventing content loss
• Entity clone for duplicating content
• Taxonomy manager and taxonomy access fix
• Coffee for quick administration navigation
• Length indicator for fields
• Navigation module with extra tools
• Gin admin theme with toolbar, login, and everywhere integrations
• Trash module for soft delete functionality
• ECA VBO for bulk operations workflows

Features

Admin Experience

• Gin Admin Theme: Modern, accessible admin interface with toolbar, login page, and everywhere integration
• Navigation Module: Enhanced navigation with extra tools, cache flushing, and cron access
• Coffee: Quick administration menu for fast navigation
• Responsive Preview: Test your site's appearance on various devices (iPhone 15, Galaxy S23, iPad Pro, etc.)

Content Management

• Entity Clone: Duplicate nodes, blocks, taxonomy terms, and more
• Autosave Form: Automatic draft saving to prevent content loss
• Revision Log Default: Better revision tracking
• Length Indicator: Visual feedback on field length limits
• Trash: Soft delete functionality with auto-purge options

User Management & Security

• Masquerade: Test the site as different users
• Menu Admin Per Menu: Granular menu permissions
• Admin Audit Trail: Comprehensive activity logging for files, media, users, taxonomy, nodes, menus, and authentication

Taxonomy & Organization

• Taxonomy Manager: Enhanced taxonomy term management
• Taxonomy Access Fix: Proper taxonomy access controls

Automation

• ECA VBO: Event-Condition-Action integration with Views Bulk Operations

Permissions

The recipe configures permissions for the following roles:

• Authenticated: Basic shortcut access and user profile editing
• Editor: Content creation and management permissions
• SEO Admin: SEO-related permissions
• Content Admin: Advanced content management permissions
• Site Admin: Full administrative permissions including masquerading, user management, and menu administration

Add the recipe using composer:

composer require drupal/varbase_admin_base:~1.0.0

Change directory to /web or /docroot

Run the Drupal recipe bash script:

bash core/scripts/drupal recipe recipes/contrib/varbase_admin_base

or

Run the Drush recipe command:

drush recipe recipes/contrib/varbase_admin_base