About Website Development

Want to Build a Website?

For units looking to build out their websites internally, there are a number of resources available at Georgia Tech that can help you along the way. These include:

  • Design direction documentation.
  • Site research templates.
  • Web development guidance.
  • Centrally created and supported website themes.
  • Additionally, there are a number of groups at the Institute that regularly share knowledge in this space.

 

Need Drupal training?

LinkedIn Learning courses are available to all Georgia Tech employees, at no additional cost. Login with your GTID:

https://linkedinlearning.gatech.edu

Once logged into LinkedIn Learning, there are several courses available for learning Drupal basics.

  • Basic content managers: sections 1 - 4 (3 hours)
  • Designers, front-end developers: all sections (7 hours)

Bookmark and refer to the campus Drupal tutorials, guides, and videos, and the tutorials on Layout Builder from the Theme site.

 

Need to Hire a Website Vendor?

For those considering hiring a third party for their website work, Georgia Tech has an enterprise-wide contract in place that allows you to quickly get estimates from a group of pre-approved vendors. Learn more: How to Hire a Website Vendor.

 

Not Sure Where to Start?

We recommend checking out our guide: A Non-Web Developer's Guide to a Website Redesign, a step-by-step walkthrough of the process.

Resources for Webmasters

How-to guides, tips, tricks, and other resources for the Georgia Tech web development community.

Content Strategy

Resources to help communicators create meaningful, cohesive, engaging, and sustainable content that attracts our target audiences.

Digital Brand Guidelines

Continuity of the graphical user interface from site to site is an important practice as part of user-friendly design. It also helps to strengthen Georgia Tech's brand visual identity.

Drupal Users Group

This community is focused on helping anyone building a Drupal website or anyone interested in learning more about the Drupal content management system.



Drupal Theme

Tour the expanded layout abilities of the Georgia Tech Drupal theme and the new Layout Builder. See examples of page layouts and instructions for their creation.