The document outlines plans to develop a new Drupal 7 platform to replace the existing Drupal 6 platform at a college. The new platform will provide shared resources like a responsive base theme, standard features, and a common system for publishing changes. It will also include consistent navigation, typography, and audience-oriented content across college sites. A permanent Platform Group of web professionals will collaborate on the new platform and maintain it going forward.

1. Drupal 7 Platform Initiative

2. Replacing Drupal 6
• Security
• Features
• Consistency

3. What is a platform?
• Provides individual sites with shared resources
• A new, responsive base College theme
• A set of standard Features developed for the College
• Standard, simplified system to publish changes
• A common application to train faculty and staff

4. • Featured
Navigation
• Featured
Content with
related links
• Standard
Event and
News panels
• Audience-
oriented
navigation

5. • Consistent
navigation
interface
• Uniform
typography
• Contextually
relevant
resource links

6. Platform Group
• Web professionals within the College collaborating on the
platform.
• Goal: a permanent group to learn and contribute.
Listserv: COA-D7-PLATFORM-DEV@lsv.uky.edu
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Website & Blog:
http://www2.ca.uky.edu/integratedmedia/drupal-platform