Sector(s)
Team Members
Project Team
Trent Boeschen, Technology Systems Coordinator, County of Marin, Health & Human Services
Peter Ross, Senior UI/UX Designer, Promet Source
Lori Nicolanti, Project Manager, Promet Source
Early in 2020, as COVID-19 began to seize headlines, counties throughout California were on the front lines as “hotspots,” and citizens of Marin County were paying close attention.
Understanding the critical importance of conveying alerts and daily updates in a visually powerful format that could be quickly grasped without scrolling through tables or performing calculations, Marin County Health and Human Services did a search for best-in-class solutions, and reached out to Promet Source. Promet had recently received positive coverage for designing COVID-19 sites for counties in other parts of the county.
An essential objective for the project: speed. The rate of new cases was rising every day and with close to one fourth of the population over the age of 65, accurate information was viewed as a critical strategy in containing the spread and saving lives.
About the project
An essential objective for the project: speed. The rate of new cases was rising every day and with close to one fourth of the population over the age of 65, accurate information was viewed as a critical strategy in containing the spread and saving lives.
Within a very tight timeframe, Promet partnered with Marin County Health & Human Services to redesign the Marin County Coronavirus Information website, creating a compelling new visual experience that provided critical daily stats on the homepage.
The Drupal Switch Page Theme Module enables an iterative rollout of the site on a page-by-page basis, while the Drupal DraggableViews Module helped in organizing the FAQs page and reordering as necessary via Drag and Drop functionality.
Following the skillful launch of the coronavirus site, Marin County Health & Human Services reached back out to Promet for help ensuring strong visibility for other high-stakes websites.
Why Drupal was chosen
The existing site was already on Drupal, and the client has a strong preference for Drupal due to its stability, security, and scalability.
Technical Specifications
Drupal version:
Key modules/theme/distribution used:
- The Drupal Paragraphs module provides non-technical content editors with powerful capabilities for easily making updates and revisions to pages.
- The Drupal Switch Page Theme Module enables an iterative rollout of the site on a page-by-page basis.
- The Drupal DraggableViews Module helped in organizing the FAQs page and reordering as necessary via Drag and Drop functionality.
- Drupal Search API provides the intelligence that informed the most effective ordering of the FAQs page.
- Emulsify accelerated the pace of development by enabling developers to reuse and leverage design components rather than theming each page from scratch.
- The selection of Pantheon as the hosting partner resulted in significant cost efficiencies resulting from Pantheon’s support for the public health mission of the site.
