Upgraded Drupal 7 -> Drupal 11

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Launch Date: 1 year 6 months ago

This project involved a major modernization of the long-standing Teamsters Local 464 website, migrating it from a legacy Drupal 7 setup to Drupal 10, and ultimately upgrading it to Drupal 11.

The rebuild focused on stripping away technical debt to deliver a highly optimized platform:

  • Streamlined UI/UX: Overhauled the front-end interface to make essential union resources and updates much easier for members to navigate.
  • Modernized Backend: Simplified the functionality and administrative experience, ensuring long-term stability, security, and performance.

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Launch Date: 1 year 11 months ago
Client: Claris Media
Website: ferniefix.com

This is a Claris Media site.

This project involved a comprehensive rework and modernization of the long-standing Fernie Fix magazine website. With a rich history and a massive library containing thousands of content nodes, the site originally debuted on Drupal 6 and was previously upgraded to Drupal 7.

To bring the platform into the modern digital landscape, the site underwent a massive architecture overhaul:

  • Drupal 10 & 11 Upgrades: The completely rebuilt Drupal 10 version was successfully launched on October 30, 2024, and has since been updated to Drupal 11 to leverage the latest CMS capabilities.
  • Mobile-First Design: The frontend theme was fully overhauled from the ground up to drastically improve mobile friendliness and responsive usability.
  • UX & SEO Optimization: Content design and site functionality were restructured using modern Drupal capabilities, resulting in a cleaner user experience and optimized search engine visibility.
  • Scalable Architecture: Designed with longevity in mind, the new site features a robust framework built to seamlessly accommodate future growth.

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Launch Date: 3 years 3 months ago
Website: hsabc.org

This project involved a massive infrastructure overhaul for hsabc.org, an enterprise-scale website with over 20 years of digital history and a massive library containing thousands of content nodes. Having evolved through multiple generations of the internet, the legacy platform required a complete modernization to clean up decades of technical debt. 

  • Multi-Generational Migration: Successfully stabilized and migrated a sprawling legacy database originally built on Drupal 7, upgrading it through Drupal 9, and fully modernizing it onto Drupal 10. 
  • Complete Core Rebuild: Rebuilt all site functionalities from the ground up using modern Drupal configuration management and architecture best practices, ensuring long-term stability and security. 
  • Custom Frontend Theme: Engineered a brand-new, responsive custom theme to deliver a highly accessible, streamlined, and mobile-friendly user experience for handling complex organizational content.

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Launch Date: 4 years 3 months ago
Client: Filehold
Website: www.filehold.com

The FileHold.com site was originally flat html site that I migrated to a Drupal 7 site. Fairly recently I upgraded the site to Drupal 9. Then updated it to Drupal 10.
Lots of content and lots of work. The new site has utilizes new data structures available in the modern Drupal version. The site has a very substantial knowledge-base that is tightly integrated with their product..

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Launch Date: 4 years 4 months ago
Client: Claris Media
Website: kootenaydirt.com

KootenayDirt.com is a simple, mobile-friendly website designed to showcase the premier mountain biking destinations across the Kootenay Rockies region of British Columbia. Originally built as a single-page site on Drupal 7, the platform has since been upgraded to a modern, responsive Drupal 11 architecture to ensure seamless performance and an optimal user experience across all devices. 

Key Details 

  • Client: Claris Media (developed for Tourism Fernie)
  • Platform/CMS: Drupal 11 (Migrated from Drupal 7)
  • Core Purpose: To highlight and promote regional mountain biking trails, community culture, and local riding events in the Kootenay Rockies.

 Features & Impact

  • Mobile-First Design: Optimized for riders on the go, allowing easy access to trail networks and local community information straight from smartphones.
  • Regional Promotion: Serves as a digital gateway for tourism, helping mountain bikers plan trips, discover over 680+ trails, explore local bike parks, and immerse themselves in the "real mountain culture" of the region.

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Launch Date: 5 years 2 months ago
Client: Saint Bernadine Mission Communications

The masterdatascience.ubc.ca platform is an academic website developed to support and promote the University of British Columbia's (UBC) Master of Data Science programs.

Originally built in early 2016 for Saint Bernadine Mission Communications Inc, the platform has undergone several major architectural overhauls to scale alongside the program's requirements and modern web compliance standards.

Technical Milestones & Core Features

  • Institutional Brand Alignment: Developed using the official UBC Drupal base theme, ensuring strict adherence to the university's Common Look and Feel (CLF) guidelines. 
  • CMS Evolution & Modernization:
    • 2016: Launched initially as a Drupal 7 site.
    • 2021: Completely reworked and rebuilt on Drupal 9 to reflect programmatic changes to the data science tracks and upgrade the backend infrastructure.
    • 2023: Successfully upgraded to Drupal 10 to guarantee modern performance, security patches, and ongoing stability.
    • 2026: Drupal 10 -> Drupal 11 upgrade
  • Accessibility Compliance: The platform recently underwent a comprehensive accessibility audit. Following the assessment, all identified compliance deficiencies were resolved, resulting in a fully accessible and inclusive user experience for all students and prospective applicants.

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Launch Date: 2 years 3 months ago
Client: Fusebox Communications

This is a Fusebox Communications site, designed by Chris Fagan.

This project involved the long-term modernization life cycle of prostatecentre.com, transitioning the critical healthcare platform through multiple generations of web architecture.

  • Drupal 11 Upgrade: Built upon a history of continuous platform evolution—including a major overhaul from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7—the infrastructure has been fully upgraded to Drupal 11.
  • Responsive Theme: Features a custom-built, responsive design across all content nodes to ensure a seamless and accessible user experience on both mobile and desktop device