News Roundup

Liip documented the redesign of the Basel-Stadt cantonal website using Drupal, Vue, Nuxt, and an AI chatbot called “Alva.” The project focused on user-oriented navigation, editorial governance, and AI-assisted access to public information across multiple government departments. The accompanying material also describes extensive testing, feedback analysis, and content refinement processes intended to improve the reliability and transparency of chatbot responses.

Sitback has published a case study on two Drupal-based energy savings tools developed for the NSW Government. The tools help households and businesses identify rebate eligibility and estimate annual savings from energy upgrades. The platform combines headless Drupal, React, conditional logic, and large-scale modelling data to support real-time calculations.

Octahedroid has published a case study on migrating a large enterprise website from WordPress to Drupal using Gatsby.js. The project used a phased strategy, custom scripts, and reverse-proxy routing to migrate content while keeping parts of the site on WordPress. The case study says the migration improved performance, content management, and maintainability.

Adaptive has shared a case study on a Drupal-based letter-writing tool created for Mencap. The tool helps users generate Easy Read letters requesting inclusion in the Learning Disability Register. It also supports reusable templates, reporting tools, and administrative controls for future advice and advocacy workflows.