[ddj] Journo site/CMS build

Mon Jan 11 11:23:25 UTC 2016

Thanks Riccardo,

I appreciate your advice and think that you are right, particularly that
the front-end is where much of the innovation will happen. However, there
are various reasons why we are keen to weigh up options for an entirely new
backend system.

Best,

Matthew Linares
Technical & Publications Coordinator
openDemocracy.net <https://www.openDemocracy.net>
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On 7 January 2016 at 17:20, Riccardo Valletti <riccardo at datatellers.info>
wrote:

> Dear Matthew,
>
> I think you could keep your Drupal core (depending on the version you are
> running, otherwise you could upgrade to a newest one) and concentrate on
> the fronted development of the site. I mean that Drupal is probably the
> best CMS, or one of the best, for large scale production on contents and
> for massive users, and at the same time it gives you all the capabilities
> to run a community both back and front of your newsroom; and you can
> personalize it with ease using tons on modules and plugins that are already
> on the market. This doesn't mean that the work will be effortless, but
> probably the energy you are saving this way on the backend side will allow
> you stronger investments on the frontend site, that is actually what your
> users and readers are going to care about.
>
> Drupal themes went much far in the past two years, and starting from them
> you can develop your own personalizations to make your readers user
> experience unique.
>
> We are a data journalism agency focused on interactive contents, and we
> are not applying to your call, this wanted to be a small advise from
> someone who passed through this. Hope to be helping!
>
> Write me in case you need some advanced content for your audience!
>
> Good luck with your re-style!
>
> Bye
>
> Riccardo
>
>
> 2016-01-07 17:41 GMT+01:00 Matthew Linares <
> matthew.linares at opendemocracy.net>:
>
>> Dear list,
>>
>> We at openDemocracy are looking for a team or agency who can scope,
>> design, build, port (old material) and (ideally) maintain a whole new
>> website for us. We are currently on Drupal and need a complete refresh of
>> our entire site, back and front, archive and future material. We are happy
>> to hear proposals on any framework/technology from Wordpress, to Rails, to
>> white-labelling your own CMS and beyond.
>>
>> This is clearly a large and complex project and I have only found a few
>> serious teams who could take it on, but I'm sure there must be others I'm
>> missing.
>>
>> We are an ambitious media enterprise with hopes for a platform which will
>> incorporate a range of forward-thinking media and community features. We
>> need to find a team who can meet this vision with us!
>>
>> If you know where/who else we can ask to find relevant agencies, that
>> would also be very useful. Related ddj question from Oct 2015
>> <https://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/data-driven-journalism/2015-October/002222.html>
>> .
>>
>> All leads appreciated.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Matthew Linares
>> Technical & Publications Coordinator
>> openDemocracy.net <https://www.openDemocracy.net>
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