Subscribe via iCalCary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
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Brief Overview
The Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies is one of the world's leading environmental research organizations.
Their new website increases awareness of environmental issues by reimagining how they presented their work and findings to the general public. The site contains an extensive curriculum library for educators, complete with a faceted search, and a weekly trail report that populates a sizable nature photography collection.
Launch or Publication Date
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Key Modules, Theme, and Distribution Used
The site was developed per standard Drupal best practices and, as such, uses many modules that make it into most sites, including Views, Backup and Migrate, Ctools, Context, Date, Feeds, Features, References, Fieldgroup, File Field Sources, Link, Email, Media, Meta tags, Nodequeue, Webform and XML Sitemap
The site also includes a significant number of academic and scientific articles and uses the Biblio modules for a number of those features.
Why these Modules, Theme, and Distribution were Chosen
Modules were chosen based on standard best practices, user experience and overall needs.
Owner's Name
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Development Company
Gorton Studios
Gorton Studios is an award-winning full-service web design and development company. We build user-friendly, owner-friendly, results-oriented websites based on the Drupal platform. We also offer expert Drupal consulting and training and are based in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul) of Minnesota.
Why Drupal Was Chosen
Cary had previous experience working with Drupal and they liked it's flexibility, ease-of-management and the speed of innovation that comes from it's great community. They also wanted the freedom and low total cost of ownership that comes with using an Open Source project.
The final piece of the decision was finding a good partner in Gorton Studios who was to design and build the site with Drupal.
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Type of Nomination
Website
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