Active Living Research, a program of the Robert Wood Johnson foundation, needed a refreshed website to promulgate their stellar research into childhood obesity. The build included an upgrade from Drupal 4.x to 6 and the migration of their considerable research database. The site received the 2012 IMA Outstanding Achievement Award in the nonprofit category.
Active Living Research was a 2013 Blue Drop Awards finalist for Best Advocacy Website Built With Drupal.
The original site was built in Drupal 4. This revamp took it up to version 6.
The project required an upgrade from Drupal 4 with the migration of a considerably sized database system. The process of upgrading also included a redesign to improve usability and flow.
Technical specifications
ApacheSolr + ApacheSolrPanels and ApacheSolrSort: The Apache modules allowed for a complex faceted search of research documents with a completely custom look.
Panels: Panels were essential to the organization of data into a limited amount of space.
Memcache: Memcache was a required module to scale for performance under heavy loads.
Zen Theme: Zen is a simple and stripped-down starter theme great for full customization.
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