Pulse

Pulse is a Drupal CMS site template (recipe) designed to quickly bootstrap
modern, content-driven websites such as healthcare platforms, knowledge portals,
research hubs, and digital publishing sites.

Built on Drupal CMS 2.x, Pulse provides a curated starter foundation with
pre-configured content structures, design-system-driven UI components, Canvas-powered
layout templates, and essential Drupal CMS feature modules.

The template bundles configuration, layout components, and recommended modules into a
reusable site starter that can be installed into any Drupal CMS project. Pulse helps
teams accelerate site setup, maintain design consistency, and adopt component-driven
development using the SPACE Design System and Canvas.

Key Features

Design System Driven

Pulse uses the SPACE Design System (space_ds) to provide reusable UI
components such as:

• Accordions
• Buttons
• Containers
• Hero banners
• Contact cards
• CTA banners
• Content detail layouts
• Image cards

This ensures consistent UI patterns across pages and supports a scalable,
component-driven approach to site building.

Canvas Layout Components

Pulse integrates Drupal Canvas to build flexible page layouts using
composable components. Included Canvas blocks and components support:

• Navigation
• Branding
• Breadcrumbs
• Menu blocks
• Webform blocks
• Content listing blocks

Canvas also enables component-driven page composition, giving editors greater flexibility
when creating and managing layouts.

Content Listing Blocks

Pulse ships with multiple predefined listing blocks powered by Views, including:

• Article listings
• Research listings
• Video listings
• Resource listings
• Recent content
• Recent pages
• Draft and scheduled content views

These blocks allow teams to quickly create dynamic content sections across pages.

Included Drupal CMS Recipes

Pulse extends the following Drupal CMS base recipes:

• Drupal CMS Admin UI
• Drupal CMS Anti Spam
• Drupal CMS Authentication
• Drupal CMS Content Type Base
• Drupal CMS Forms
• Drupal CMS Media
• Drupal CMS Privacy Basic
• Drupal CMS Search
• Drupal CMS SEO Basic
• Drupal CMS SEO Tools

Contributed Modules Used

Pulse installs and requires a set of contributed modules that provide a strong foundation
for modern Drupal CMS sites:

• Cookies – Cookie consent management
• Easy Email Express – Email delivery configuration
• SPACE Design System (space_ds) – Component-based UI system
• Drupal CMS Admin UI – Enhanced editorial interface
• Drupal CMS Media – Media management
• Drupal CMS Forms – Form management
• Drupal CMS SEO Tools – SEO configuration

Canvas Components Included

Navigation

• Main navigation
• Footer navigation
• Social media menu
• Account menu
• Utility menu

System Components

• Breadcrumbs
• Branding block
• Messages block
• Login block

Content Blocks

• Article listings
• Research listings
• Video listings
• Resource listings
• Recent content
• Publishing workflow views

Use Cases

Pulse can be used to quickly build:

• Healthcare websites
• Research portals
• Digital publishing platforms
• Knowledge hubs
• Corporate content sites
• Community platforms
• Media portals

Requirements

• Drupal CMS 2.x or higher
• PHP 8.1 or higher
• Composer-based Drupal installation

Installation

Pulse is a Drupal CMS recipe and must be installed into an existing Drupal CMS installation.

1. Require the recipe
   

   composer require drupal/pulse

2. Install the recipe
   

   drush si recipes/pulse

   Adjust the path depending on your installation location.

Configuration

After installation, it is recommended to:

• Configure navigation menus
• Update the homepage layout using Canvas
• Add content using predefined content types
• Configure cookie consent settings
• Configure email delivery through Easy Email Express

Recommended Workflow

Pulse works best with the following development workflow:

• Component-driven development
• Canvas layout builder
• SPACE Design System components
• Composer-based Drupal projects

Maintainers

Pulse is maintained by the community. Contributions and improvements are welcome.

Contributing

You can contribute to Pulse by:

• Improving Canvas components
• Adding new SPACE DS components
• Enhancing default layouts
• Reporting bugs
• Submitting feature requests

Please use the issue queue for discussions, bug reports, and improvement suggestions.