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1 Virginia Tech Center for Drug Discovery Website Migration and Redesign
Hugh Gardiner, Reid Thomas, AJ Bousquet, Alex Martin, Jeremiah Harrington CS4624 (Multimedia, Hypertext, and Information Access) Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061 April 27th 2017 Instructor: Edward A. Fox Client: Karen Iannaccone

2 Background Virginia Tech Center for Drug Discovery (VTCDD)
Ensemble CMS Cutting Off Support Client seeking help on site migration Needed to be usable by non-technical individual Hugh Client = Virginia Tech Center for Drug Discovery They look to continue the growth and advancement of the stature of the existing drug discovery and development programs at Virginia Tech Losing support of Old CMS Client wanted to use WordPress but had no idea how

3 Implementation Overview
Determined requirements Site hosting through VT Content migration Finalized design Client feedback User testing Refinements Documentation Hugh First we met with client to discuss her needs Worked with VT Hosting to get our new WordPress Site hosted Migrate Content to new CMS Document how to use new CMS Modernize Styling of the UI Design

4 Tools and Technology Utilized WordPress Premium theme Avada
Fusion Builder Alex

5 Site Map AJ

6 Demo Old home page New home page Donation page About us
Faculty and staff

7 Developer’s Manual 40-page reference for creation
Instructions on Fusion Builder elements How to set up hosting Design schemes RLT

8 Lessons Learned Working with non-technical clients
Utilizing third party systems Testing web applications Documenting technical software RLT

9 Testing GTmetrix Average page load Average clicks Average time to find
Jeremiah

10 Desktop Test Results

11 Future work Dr. Kingston’s personal website
24/7 maintenance and support Upgrading reference materials Jeremiah

12 Questions? Jeremiah


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