Intermedia Vibe Holdings sought to gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace by updating their existing Vibe.com technology platform from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7, currently the latest release of the popular Open Source Content Management System (CMS).
They needed a vendor they could rely on to design, implement, and deploy the site into the Cloud quickly, while seamlessly cutting the site over from their previous platform, so they turned to Workhabit.
Over time, Workhabit has acquired a niche we're kind of proud of. Clients call us when they want an entire platform for engaging customers, and we've developed expertise to do this for every channel. Vibe was one of those calls, so this project was designed to deliver a system of standardized components that could be used to build out a Drupal-based platform, utilizing best of breed technology and approach that could be used to reduce the overall time and money required to support ongoing operations of Vibe.com. Not only can it serve as the foundation for all of the sites that Intermedia Vibe Holdings would want to use Drupal for, it's also Mobile, Tablet and Native Application ready! The new platform needed to provide a unified architecture for future integration of Vibe’s other web properties and will streamline support and upgrades, simplifying the creation of future Vibe properties.
Workhabit conducted a comprehensive three week technology audit of the existing Vibe.com website in November 2011. The focus of this audit surrounded the following key areas:
After the audit we planned the implementation, including a full set of UX wireframes, customer models, and then executed the site in Drupal 7.
Our goal for all future builds of this new platform was to develop in a modular pattern using Drupal Features so that each site component could be iteratively improved upon and used across multiple sites. This was accomplished by the creation of a master platform of Features and a master Theme which could be extended and customized for each site as needed. All sites would inherit the same global functionality, while more granular customization either in functionality or in design could be isolated to the site in need.
