HolyMoly! Celebrity gossip site gets Drupal makeover
Tuesday, 26th May 2009HolyMoly! Celebrity gossip site gets Drupal makeover
Thanks to a recommendation from our friendly local mobile app design experts Ribot, it's been a busy couple of months here at Purkiss HQ re-launching celebrity gossip site HolyMoly.com using our favourite web app platform Drupal.
Our brief for this first phase of development was to move the site over to the Drupal platform, paying special attention to the speed of the site and making sure that all existing URLs are correctly carried over to the new site.
We created a number of custom modules to deal with business-specific issues, including automatically cropping the image depending on the filename, and moving over existing user details along with their encrypted passwords.
In charge of development for this project was Chris Nesbitt-Smith. After eight years of freelancing, this is the first project where I haven't personally done everything!
I have wanted to expand my business for a long time, hence my moving to Brighton because I knew there's a concentration of talent was here and I could meet prospective partners 'in the flesh'. Luckily I was introduced to Chris by a mutual friend and he has done an amazing job on the build - thanks Chris, you're a Star!
We've now at last some time to work on our own site, so will post a more in-depth case study once that's up. In the mean time, do of course get in touch if you want our Drupal expertise for your project ;)