Implementation of Online Portal For an organization Focussing On EU Research and Innovation Policy And Programs Using The 4Ps Approach

Foundation Level CMS Setup & Reusable Content Sections

The client, being experienced in Drupal already, wanted to explore the power of the Drupal CMS to the limit. He wanted to be able to create and conjure up elements on the fly through various reusable sections; content types that can be placed on any page; and new pages with new designs could be created. We came up with a concept called sectional data in which we created a set of content types that had a certain set of fields. Each content type allows the selection of a certain number of templates. Finally, nodes of these content were exposed as blocks. The block, when displayed, will pick up the template selected in the node. The blocks were made reusable through the Reusable Blocks module. The end result was a powerful display system giving the client the power to create and design standard pages on the fly.

Yearly Calendar

The client wanted to display all his events in a yearly calendar format. We preferred our usual calendar plugin - Fullcalendar. However, in the Drupal Fullcalendar integration, the full calendar version that was available did not have any yearly calendar view. We found one fork of the fullcalendar, but that version was very different from the one used in drupal integration. Our team wrote a full integration of the new fullcalendar fork and finally enabled the client to have a yearly view. We also enabled the click event details to feature for the events through the fullcalendar API where the events displayed as title, but on clicking it, the details would pop up in a model.

In-depth Invoicing System

The client wanted to have an in-depth invoicing system and preferred his own custom solution as opposed to standard plugins available as it had a lot of constraints. We wrote the invoicing system from the ground up providing all the standard features to raise an invoice, price calculation, reminder, drafts, etc. It covered all the functionalities asked by the client and our team engineered the solution to make it extremely user-friendly and easy to use.

Content Moderation

As a base, we used the awesome workbench moderation module for this. But this was heavily customized through its APIs and through rules integration.