DrupalCon Los Angeles 2015: Inside Los Angeles' Move to Drupal
About this talk
This talk covers the City of Los Angeles project aimed at transforming existing government service sites into a streamlined Drupal-based platform. The speaker discusses the project's goals of enhancing internal maintainability, repurposing existing data sources, and minimizing disruption across various departments. Key highlights include the project's background, the agile development process with the internal technology team and development partners, and the creation of a city-wide site platform. Additionally, the session addresses the cataloging of back-end data sources, integration planning, and the development of user-friendly interfaces for non-technical content managers. The talk also emphasizes the importance of training staff as Drupal content managers and ensuring accessibility in both the site and editorial tools.