![]() ![]() This footer really speaks to the site’s strength, its comprehensive. ![]() This is perhaps where hope for a better tomorrow met the hope that a visitor would spend more than a couple seconds looking for a link. William Wordsworth had “The Prelude,” Ezra Pound had “The Cantos,” and in 2009 had this footer. The footer is full of links to the various people in the executive branch, more than 20 issues and, of course, information about the actual White House. from 2009 doesn’t really adhere to a modern approach to UX design, one that values cleanliness and ease of use. Though, on first look of that website, it doesn’t seem revolutionary. Dries Buytaert, the founder of Drupal, claimed at the time that “Drupal is a perfect match for President Barack Obama’s push for an open and transparent government.” Not surprisingly, that community lauded the move. The executive branch trusted the Drupal community to fix bugs and patch security vulnerabilities. moving to Drupal signaled that open source was a safe and stable way to power a government website. This move also indicated trust in open source software, which was growing in popularity in the late 2000s. Overnight, there was an accepted alternative to proprietary CMSs in Washington. Drupal, on the other hand, is free to stand up (though Drupal developers, of course, cost money). Proprietary CMSs, which were expensive, were dominant at the federal level up to this point. ![]() Between 20, the site was powered by Drupal. ( There’s a whole story here about how Howard Dean’s 2004 run for president led to Drupal in the White House, but we’ll save that for a later date.) during the Barack Obama years. As a part of that initiative, within the first year of his presidency, Obama’s team switched the White House’s website from a proprietary CMS to Drupal. In fact, it was one of his first initiatives upon taking office. in Drupal (2009 – 2017)īarack Obama ran for president in 2008 on a platform that included openness and transparency in the federal government. Standing up WordPress could simply signal a preference for that content management system, but if you look at the history of over the last 12 years, there a few things we can learn about the administration using that CMS and the way they communicate. Now, intention can’t necessarily be assumed from a CMS, it’s simply a tool that an administration uses for messaging. Though, the choice that a president’s team makes regarding a content management system can tell us about their priorities and how they’ll communicate those priorities. Polls don’t gauge whether voters prefer four years of WordPress or Drupal. Presidents don’t campaign on what type of content management system they will use. ![]()
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