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The Balance Between Standardization and Customization: Dartmouth's Transition to Drupal Christina Dulude Web Architect/Engineer, Dartmouth College [email protected] @cdulude Friday, September 12, 14

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Presentation at Design for Drupal Boston 2014 on Dartmouth College's transition to Drupal.

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Page 1: 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

[email protected]@cdulude

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Web redesign?

Photo: Flickr user Tambako The Jaguar

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Photo: Flickr user DukeUnivLibraries

Web redesign!

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Brand consistency

Photo: Flickr user Z

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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

Photo: Flickr user Colleen Morgan

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Card sort

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Making Drupal easy(er) for content editors

Photo: Flickr user David Galindo

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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?

Photo: Flickr user Evil Sivan

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