We just helped Washington CeaseFire launch a new, Drupal-based web site! From the site: “Washington CeaseFire is a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing gun violence in Washington state through education, research, and advocacy.”

The site is a relatively simple Drupal installation, with a handful of user-contributed modules. We helped WCF consolidate multiple legacy membership databases into the new site database. The new site will provide a platform for WCF to track membership, facilitate donations, and send newsletters.

On the graphic design side, there were a few challenges developing the Drupal theme from the mock-ups provided by their initial designer. In the end, we were able to stick to our coding “best practices” (semantic and mostly valid markup; reasonable Search Engine Optimization), and provide a flexible, adaptable user experience for both site visitors and site editors, while still matching the original mocks.

We had a great time working with the WCF folks and as always, we’re excited to help clients/friends get up to speed with this powerful tool. Drupal allows them almost complete control over the content of the site and their membership database, with an easy to use administrative interface.

Check out the new washingtonceasefire.org.