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Drupal Development 12 weeks 3 engineers

HLS.HARVARD.EDU

Drupal Front-End Development and Custom Feature Implementation for Harvard Law

2.1M
Monthly Visitors
12
Weeks Delivered
5+
Websites Supported
0
Downtime Minutes

The Challenge

Harvard Law School needed front-end development support for various law school websites running on Drupal. The work involved event calendar integration, faculty directory enhancements, custom Drupal module development, and theme improvements across multiple properties — all delivered on a tight timeline while coordinating with the internal web team.

The Solution

We provided focused front-end development and Drupal customization services. This included integrating event calendar systems, enhancing the faculty directory with improved search and filtering, developing custom Drupal modules for specific functionality needs, and implementing theme updates across multiple law school websites. All work was delivered incrementally with careful coordination to avoid disruption to existing workflows.

Faculty Directory

Enhanced search & filtering

Event Integration

Calendar system integration

Custom Features

Drupal module development

Front-End Dev

Theme & template work

Build Process

Phase 1 2 weeks

Discovery & Planning

Reviewed existing Drupal installations, coordinated with internal team on requirements, and established development workflow for incremental delivery.

Phase 2 4 weeks

Event Integration

Integrated external event calendar systems with Drupal, built custom display templates, and implemented filtering by event type and venue.

Phase 3 4 weeks

Custom Development

Faculty directory enhancements, custom module development for site-specific features, and theme customizations across multiple properties.

Phase 4 2 weeks

Testing & Delivery

Cross-browser testing, accessibility review, staging deployment, and coordinated production launches.

Total: 12 weeks from kickoff to production

Tech Stack

The technologies and services powering HLS.HARVARD.EDU.

Drupal 9
CMS
PHP 8.1
Backend
Elasticsearch
Search
MySQL
Database
Redis
Caching
Varnish
Cache Proxy
AWS
Hosting
Cloudflare
CDN

Results & Impact

Delivered all development work in 12 weeks with zero production downtime

Event calendar integration completed across multiple law school websites

Faculty directory enhanced with improved search and filtering capabilities

Custom Drupal modules delivered for site-specific functionality requirements

Theme updates implemented consistently across multiple properties

All work coordinated smoothly with internal Harvard web team

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