Riverina Eastern Regional Organisation of Councils
The power of an advanced content management system (CMS) crafted to be easy to use.
As a long time collaborator with Eternity Technologies (our Australian partner) we have received the task to come up with a new website design and a new CMS for REROC (Riverina Eastern Regional Organization of Councils).
Drupal was the CMS of choice for this project because:
- It gave us complete control on how the website should look.
- Offered the possibility for custom & easy to use administration interface for site editors.
- Offered the tools to build a customizable private area for the REROC members.
- The SEO (search engine optimizations) features helps REROC with increased search engines visibility.
- Integration (trough a module) with google calendar allowed us to synchronize the site calendar with the main google calendar as well as being able to add new events directly into the site.
Design stage
It all started with the idea - REROC supplied the ideas for the site, the desired functionality, their target market and other specific information we have asked for. Arandil team started drawing out initial sketches and then, based on the feedback form REROC and a few rounds of design revisions the final designs were approved for the site and we were ready to move on with the Drupal implementation.
Drupal Setup
Once the designs were approved, Arandil started the work on the theming files needed for the new Drupal site. After getting approval on this stage, we moved on with the complex configurations for the site - calendar configuration, private area workflow and display, permissions setup, rich text editor setup, etc.
Having the website running on test mode, we provided a test account for REROC. Based on their feedback we tweaked the interface, the rules and the workflow to match their prefferences.
Drupal hosting
The website being approved by REROC, a pleased customer at this stage, we moved the site from the test to the live server - a custom drupal server tweaked and configured by Eternity Technologies. While most of the hosting companies can host a Drupal site, Eternity goes beyond that and offers a highly tweaked and secure hosting environment for Drupal sites - this way, each Drupal hosted on their servers runs smoothly, fast and above all, securely.
