http://london2011.drupal.org/taxonomy/term/3679/0 en http://london2011.drupal.org/conference/sessions/chorion-migrating-and-consolidating-localised-branded-web-sites-drupal <div class="field field-type-userreference field-field-presenters"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/users/dredshaw" class="user-name">David Redshaw</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Chorion is the owner of a number of major brands which it develops globally through the production of family entertainment. Historically Chorion has developed rich flash-based web sites for each of its brands, sometimes for multiple territories.</p> <p>In 2010 Chorion recognized a number of issues with this approach including:</p> <ul> <li>Inability to quickly update sites and dependence upon flash development resources and organisations</li> <li>Inability to interact with social media networks</li> <li>Relatively high cost</li> <li>Inability to localize content easily</li> </ul> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-audience"> <div class="field-label">Intended Audience:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Business and technology managers concerned with the practical mechanics and commercial &amp; organisational considerations in migrating multiple web sites to a single Drupal platform </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-answered"> <div class="field-label">Questions answered by this session:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Where to start and how to plan the project </div> <div class="field-item even"> Who to involve and how people will be impacted by the change </div> <div class="field-item odd"> Will you save money </div> <div class="field-item even"> How to deal with varying requirements across the migrated sites </div> <div class="field-item odd"> How to deal with localisation requirements </div> </div> </div> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-schedule"><legend>Schedule info</legend><div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-session-slot"> <div class="field-label">Time slot:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/timeslot/23-august-1700-1800">23 August 17:00 - 18:00</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-session-room"> <div class="field-label">Room:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/room/room-313314">Room 313/314</a> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="http://london2011.drupal.org/conference/sessions/chorion-migrating-and-consolidating-localised-branded-web-sites-drupal" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://london2011.drupal.org/conference/sessions/chorion-migrating-and-consolidating-localised-branded-web-sites-drupal#comments Business Day chorion consolidation cost-savings internationalisation localisation multi-brand organisational considerations Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:07:49 +0000 dredshaw 3939 at http://london2011.drupal.org