It's Launched!

The lesson for today is:

If all else fails, empty cache.

It seems to mostly be going smoothly, thank God.

Homestretch

We're launching on Monday! I'm running updates and switching links from new.ppld.org to ppld.org on the new site. It's going to get crazy around here!

Wish us luck.

Final Countdown

I met with the server admin and the network admin and we've decided to launch on or around September 13. The server admin is going to put IIS and the current website on the same server as the new website running Apache. That way we hope to be able to run both websites simultaneously using the same domain name.

I also met with the Website Team and developed a marketing plan involving me sending lots of emails to staff, a promo and tutorial video, posters, and web ads.

Optimization

I'm starting the Drupal optimization process and have come across a very handy checklist:

http://www.drupal-check.org/

I also installed the Boost module.

I meet with the server and network admins tomorrow to make a launch plan.

Final Push

I've finished Tax Information and Microfilm Collection (375 records) and am about to enter the homestretch of the redesign process.

I'll be working with the server admin and the network admin to prepare for the launch. I'm hoping to launch on Labor Day weekend. Wish me luck!

Microfilm Collection and Tax Information

While I'm waiting for the network administrator to fix the DMZ/server problem I made our Tax Information page and am working on our Microfilm Collection page.

Speedbump

Recommended Websites are chugging along fine. However, our web server is having issues with our network, specifically the DMZ. We can't launch until this is fixed. It's very frustrating because we are pretty much ready otherwise.