1. Virginia Tech Center for Drug Discovery Website Migration and Redesign
Hugh Gardiner, Reid Thomas, AJ Bousquet, Alex Martin, Jeremiah Harrington
CS4624 (Multimedia, Hypertext, and Information Access) Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
April 27th 2017
Instructor: Edward A. Fox
Client: Karen Iannaccone

2. Background Virginia Tech Center for Drug Discovery (VTCDD)
Ensemble CMS Cutting Off Support
Client seeking help on site migration
Needed to be usable by non-technical individual
Hugh
Client = Virginia Tech Center for Drug Discovery
They look to continue the growth and advancement of the stature of the existing drug discovery and development programs at Virginia Tech
Losing support of Old CMS
Client wanted to use WordPress but had no idea how

3. Implementation Overview
Determined requirements
Site hosting through VT
Content migration
Finalized design
Client feedback
User testing
Refinements
Documentation
Hugh
First we met with client to discuss her needs
Worked with VT Hosting to get our new WordPress Site hosted
Migrate Content to new CMS
Document how to use new CMS
Modernize Styling of the UI
Design

4. Tools and Technology Utilized WordPress Premium theme Avada
Fusion Builder
Alex

5. Site Map AJ

6. Demo Old home page New home page Donation page About us
Faculty and staff

7. Developer’s Manual 40-page reference for creation
Instructions on Fusion Builder elements
How to set up hosting
Design schemes
RLT

8. Lessons Learned Working with non-technical clients
Utilizing third party systems
Testing web applications
Documenting technical software
RLT

9. Testing GTmetrix Average page load Average clicks Average time to find
Jeremiah

10. Desktop Test Results

11. Future work Dr. Kingston’s personal website
24/7 maintenance and support
Upgrading reference materials
Jeremiah

12. Questions?
Jeremiah