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The organization's corporate website ran on Drupal 7. The design worked well and the brand did not want to change it. Pages, however, were not built from blocks: editors had little room to create new layouts. Parker+Parker rebuilt the site on Drupal 11 with the same design, broken down into a block library. The delivery process was adapted to the group's security requirements.

About the project

Results

  • The same design as the Drupal 7 site, now on a maintained Drupal version.
  • A block library drawn from the existing design: banner, mosaics, text and media, FAQ, plan comparison table, carousel.
  • Three editorial roles in the back office.
  • Development delivered in three batches, each approved by the organization before the next.

Goal

Leave Drupal 7, keep the existing design and give editors more freedom, while meeting the group's security rules.

Challenge

  • The design had to look identical to visitors after the rebuild.
  • On Drupal 7, pages were not built from blocks, which limited possible layouts.
  • Every delivery had to meet the group's security rules.

Solution

  1. Design broken into blocks. The existing design was broken down into a library of reusable blocks.
  2. Rebuild on Drupal 11. Content types, article lists, menus and editorial roles.
  3. Delivery in batches. Three batches, each approved by the organization before the next.
  4. Delivery aligned with group security. Parker+Parker prepares each delivery, and the client's IT teams deploy it according to the group's rules.

What editors do without developers

Editors choose blocks, set their order and publish their pages on their own. The block library follows the brand's design: new pages stay consistent with the rest of the site.

Why Drupal was chosen

The site already ran on Drupal, and the teams knew its editorial model. Drupal 7 support ended in January 2025: moving to a maintained version was a security requirement. Drupal 11 keeps the same content concepts and adds block-based page building. Editors assemble their pages from approved blocks, which keeps the brand consistent. Drupal fits into a delivery process run by the client's IT teams, which matters within a large group with strict security rules. As open source software with a published release schedule, Drupal makes version upgrades predictable.

Corporate website rebuilt from Drupal 7 to Drupal 11 with the same design, now built from a block library, delivered in three batches.

Technical Specifications

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Key modules/theme/distribution used:

Why these modules/theme/distribution were chosen

Paragraphs powers the block library built from the existing design.