the balance between standardization and customization: dartmouth's transition to drupal

The Balance Between Standardization and Customization: Dartmouth's Transition to Drupal

Christina DuludeWeb Architect/Engineer, Dartmouth College

christina.m.dulude@dartmouth.edu@cdulude

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Web redesign?

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Web redesign!

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Brand consistency

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Universal header & footer

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Universal header & footer

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Academic department sites

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Academic department sites

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Consistent Information Architecture

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Administrative sites

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Administrative sites

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Home site

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Home site

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Admissions

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Admissions

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Admissions

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Admissions

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Admissions

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Base theme, sub-theme and sub-sub theme

Dartmouth Wrapper

Academic Department

Biology English

Sociology

Home Site Admissions

Financial Aid

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Migrating Content

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Card sort

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Making Drupal easy(er) for content editors

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Necessary tasks only

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Supply help text

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Share data from central repositories

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Standard academic department homepage

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Standard academic department homepage

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“Evergreen” academic department homepage

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“Evergreen” academic department homepage

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Questions?

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