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The Platform
A centralized content publishing platform for healthy articles, recipes, and coupons. The content API feeds microsites that can be customized in look and content. The platform also provides a suite of content creation tools including lineups, reporting, workflows, and project tracking.
Originally called LMS, this platform was built in Drupal 7 and has undergone one major migration and rebasing to Drupal 8.
Customizable Base Themes
I designed and built a theming system that allows microsites to be quickly deployed with brand-specific colors, typography, and layouts while sharing a common component library.
Theme Variations
The base theme system, codenamed “Kale,” powered multiple client microsites with distinct visual identities while maintaining consistent functionality.
Quinoa: Next Generation Theme
Building on the success of Kale, we developed “Quinoa” - a more flexible and modern base theme with improved component architecture.
Custom React Integration
For clients requiring more interactive experiences, we built custom themes that imported React components alongside the Drupal theming layer.
Admin Experience
Beyond the public-facing themes, I designed and built custom admin themes to improve the content creation workflow.
Long-term Evolution
This has been a long-standing project where I started with UI design, user research, and theme development. Over time, that responsibility shifted to managing the platform’s theming layer.
We regularly build and deploy microsites using the base themes I created, as well as fully custom sites that leverage our data layer. Content can be packaged and distributed to microsites from a centralized control point.