University of Technology Sydney: Website consolidation with Drupal

The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) needed a major overhaul of their public website user interface. They also needed a new CMS to replace their 10-year-old software infrastructure.

Client: University of Technology Sydney
Industry: Education
Service types: Drupal and Web Development

Context

The original University of Technology Sydney (UTS) website stood as the umbrella for over 150 UTS sub-sites (all built and managed separately).

UTS needed the new site to consolidate all 150 websites into a unified platform with a centralised content management system that the internal UTS team could self-manage.

The major redesign of the UTS public website and visual identity was conducted by DT Digital. We worked on replacing the old content management system, building out the platform and integrating with multiple third-party systems to source staff and course information.

The solutions

We worked closely with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) web management team to build the platform using an Agile methodology, fostering close communication and a collaborative decision-making process.

Most of the major development was completed within six months, with the focus shifting to content migration for the last half of 2012.

By completion, we had replaced the platform, trained more than 100 UTS content editors to use the new CMS, and provided ongoing support.

UTS, who had previously hosted the website internally, successfully transferred their hosting requirements.

The results

The public portal was launched in March 2013 in time for the start of the new academic year.

Future phases of work focused on migrating other UTS sites to the new platform are currently underway.

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