DrupalCon Amsterdam 2014: Spidersnet Infinity: Creating a Site Factory with Drupal & Aegir

This talk focuses on how Spidersnet, part of the Friday Media Group, utilizes Drupal to transition from an aging custom ASP codebase to a modern, code-driven approach, leveraging advanced front-end theming. The speakers discuss the assessment of business requirements and the conversion of these into modules and features that form a Drupal 7 distribution and install profile. They delve into the Aegir-driven infrastructure that facilitates efficient site management and migration and explain how the team distributed knowledge on Drush, local development techniques, and Apache Solr. Different perspectives are offered by team members engaged at various stages of the project, highlighting the significant changes required for a successful rollout and the re-skilling of the internal team.