atlanta drupal users group - october 2015 - success of the gt redesign

Success of the “One Georgia Tech” Redesign

Enabling a web culture of sharing, collaboration, and inclusiveness

welcome!

let’s get started

looking back

mobile?

white space?

featurespace?

all themenus

outdatedquicklinks

dated design

static HTMLtoo.

many.links.

tiny articles

social media?

the redesign

what about everyone else?

One Georgia Tech

Institute Communications

One Georgia Tech


One Georgia Tech

Front PageAdministration &

FinanceTop Level Content


One Georgia Tech



DONE


One Georgia Tech




One Georgia Tech



College of Sciences

College of Engineering

College of Business

College of Architecture

IAC College of Liberal Arts

College of Computing


One Georgia Tech



College of Sciences


College of Business



College of Computing Internal Staff/

Faculty WebsitesGeorgia Tech

Alumni Assoc.New Websites &

Initiatives


One Georgia Tech



College of Sciences


College of Business






Initiatives

Facilities

Auxiliary Services

Student Services

Laboratories & Research Groups

GT Research Institute

Special Events Websites


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Our work isn’t done yet!

how did we fix this mess?!

Standardize & Customize Options#1 Provide a standard system(s), tool set(s), and best practices - as well as plug-and-play features!


Document Everything#2 Assume a high barrier-to-entry, little prior knowledge. Build it like your grandmother would use it.



Keep It Simple & Safe#3 Make scaffolded customization as simple and easy as possible. Leave the expert functionality to experts.




Communicate & Revise#4 Build community - talk to end users. Be prepared to revise, expand, or rebuild based on campus needs.

content mgmt.(simplifying web authorship)


Open Source / Free#1 Drupal, WordPress, etc. Products which are free but rely on community for new features, documentation, etc.


Open Source / Free#1 Drupal, WordPress, etc. Products which are free but rely on community for new features, documentation, etc.

Closed Source / Proprietary#2 Purchased products which the source code cannot be reviewed or edited.

Security Flexibility

Maintainability Age

Learning Curve

Scaffolding

Price

Features

Future Custom Devel.

Security Flexibility

Maintainability Age

Learning Curve

Scaffolding

Price

Features

Future Custom Devel.

Case studies, discussion, and

research!

what we did…

end product(s)

DrupalPrimary CMS for campus usage. Open Source.

Used for front page, most large websites, and many internal tools.

Relatively high barrier-to-entry, built for developers.

end product(s)

DrupalPrimary CMS for campus usage. Open Source.

Used for front page, most large websites, and many internal tools.

Relatively high barrier-to-entry, built for developers.

WordPressSecondary CMS. Open Source.

Used for brochure-ware, simple websites.

Low turn-around time, easy to work with.

end product(s)

tool sets(making websites easy to build)


Content & Structure Hardening#1 Whitelist only certain HTML tags, WYSIWYG features, content options, configuration settings.


Content & Structure Hardening#1 Whitelist only certain HTML tags, WYSIWYG features, content options, configuration settings.

Import/Enable Features#2 Allow for supplemental functionality (i.e. slideshows) to be enabled and configured. Build a feature-suite.

best practices(features as learning experiences)


Show, Don’t Tell#1 Showcase (alongside documentation) how best to build websites. Lead by example, not by decree.


Show, Don’t Tell#1 Showcase (alongside documentation) how best to build websites. Lead by example, not by decree.

Educate on Security & Requirements#2 Provide ‘hows’ and ‘whys’ to 508/accessibility compliance, student record privacy, and content system updates.

Accessibility, Security, Privacy, & Standards

Accessibility, Security, Privacy, & Standards

Office of Disability Services

Office of Information Technology

Office of Dean of Students


Document Everything#2 Assume a high barrier-to-entry, little prior knowledge. Build it like anyone could use it!

best practices(document like a pro)


Leverage Existing Resources#1 Link, quote, and reference existing documentation where appropriate. Give back to the community if yours is better.


Leverage Existing Resources#1 Link, quote, and reference existing documentation where appropriate. Give back to the community if yours is better.

Let Any User Update/Create Docs#2 Give the power to the end-users to expand, adjust, and create articles. Others can clean up content added.

http://drupal.gatech.edu

http://drupal.gatech.edu

http://webmasters.gatech.edu

http://webmasters.gatech.edu

Pages Slideshow(s) GT-specific Configuration

Menus CKEditor & Theme Configuration

GT-specific Modules

Basic & General Usage Functionality



GT-specific Modules


80% of Users



GT-specific Modules


Rules LogicWorkflows, Content

Approval GT Overrides

Custom-Made Modules

Template Overrides

Application Devel. (DAM, PM)

Views & Panels Integrations

Custom-Tailored Design & Theme

Competitions, Programs

Expert-Level Views Usage

Advanced & Large-Scale Functionality

80% of Users



GT-specific Modules




Custom-Made Modules

Template Overrides







80% of Users

20% of Users



GT-specific Modules




Custom-Made Modules

Template Overrides







80% of Users

20% of Users

We cover you!



GT-specific Modules




Custom-Made Modules

Template Overrides







80% of Users

20% of Users

We cover you!

We help you when you get stuck!

Community & Sharing!


Dreadful Silos


Dreadful Silos

How to make this

migration?

Give all of our users an equal voice!

Who We Develop & Target For

IT Folks Web DevelopersFaculty

Members

Graduate Students Students Researchers

GT Drupal Community

Leadership Non-TechnicalManagers

Who We Develop & Target For

Let all of our users see each other!

Generate buy-in from products

developed from feedback!

in review.

questions?

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