Over 15000 courses and almost 100 different providers - Developing and maintaining a custom Course M

This talk focuses on the challenges of gathering and maintaining educational information across nearly 1000 providers in Ireland for the National Further Education Portal. The speaker explains how they streamlined the editorial process using Drupal, detailing the custom workflows implemented to handle high volumes of content efficiently. Key topics include leveraging Drupal's Workflows and Search API modules to enhance editorial control, managing content contributions from various external providers, and utilizing Drupal's JSONAPI for flexible data distribution. Attendees will gain insights into the limitations of standard Drupal editorial flows and discover how advanced configurations can significantly improve both the search experience and backend processes. The session aims to address common difficulties in catering to diverse audience needs while maintaining content consistency.