Penn State scales static Drupal to new heights in Higher Ed

Penn State News, Penn State University’s most prominent communication platform, gets millions of annual page views, has over 250 content editors, and 66k articles. It’s a big project.

The PSU News team had an ambitious goal to build a faster and more dynamic site by adopting a modern front end and going headless with Drupal. Not an easy task. Gatsby and Mediacurrent, a leading agency in open source development, partnered up to deliver on the challenge and successfully scale PSU using the latest version of Gatsby on Gatsby Cloud.

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1. ”āłłœŶÖŶāpāƒŭ˿œóÖķĢłėŶŋ pāƒNāĢėĞŶŭĢłNĢėĞāũ1ù kŚƳČŏþČƀ͓˧ƔĬ̩͓ˠ˞ˠ˟ ƀČãƔıőĥ͓ãő͓NőőŚƳãƔıƳČ͓¢ƔŚƀƺƔČŇŇıőĥ͓—ŇãƔĤŚƀŏ͓Śő͓ã͓ iŚĆČƀő̩͓¢ÿãŇãþŇČ͓tŽČő͓¢ŚƜƀÿČ͓AƀãŏČƴŚƀń͓ ͅ
2. ¦ŋùÖƘ̡ŭ ¦āÖĿ `ĢĿpŋŽũŭā
   ƈƈƔ̮͓$ıƀ̮͓ÎČþ͓—ƀŚĆƜÿƔƈ —Čőő͓¢ƔãƔČ͓ mÖũĴœĞũŋťŭĞĢũā ¢ƀ̮͓$ıƀ̮͓ŚĤ͓$ČƳČŇŚŽŏČőƔ iČĆıãÿƜƀƀČőƔ FũÖƘŭŋłNĢóĴŭ ¢Ɣãlj͓¢ŚĤƔƴãƀČ͓*őĥıőČČƀ BãƔƈþƺ
3. ˟̮ iČĆıãÿƜƀƀČőƔ͌ƈ͓AŚÿƜƈ͓Śő͓IıĥĬČƀ͓*Ć ˠ̮ tŽŽŚƀƔƜőıƔıČƈ͓Aãÿıőĥ͓—Čőő͓¢ƔãƔČ͓kČƴƈ ˡ̮ ÎĬãƔ͓kČČĆČĆ͓ƔŚ͓Č͓$ŚőČ ˢ̮ —ƀıŏČĆ͓AŚƀ͓—ƜþŇıƈĬıőĥ͓ ˣ̮ ¯ĬČ͓—Čőő͓¢ƔãƔČ͓—ŇãƔĤŚƀŏ ˤ̮ ™Ώ
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4. Ζ͓ˢ FÖŶŭðƘͬmāùĢÖóŽũũāłŶ !ŋĿðĢłĢłėœŶũāłėŶĞŭ Ζ͓ˢ māùĢÖóŽũũāłŶ Ɣ tŽČő͓ƈŚƜƀÿČ͓ČƹŽČƀıČőÿČ͓ŽãƀƔőČƀ Ɣ AŚÿƜƈČĆ͓Śő͓$ƀƜŽãŇ͓ƈıőÿČ͓ˠ˞˞˥͓ Ɣ ŇıČőƔƈ͓ıőÿŇƜĆČ͓ĬıĥĬČƀ͓ČĆƜÿãƔıŚő̩͓ őŚőŽƀŚnjƔ̩͓ĥŚƳČƀőŏČőƔ̩͓ãőĆ͓ĥŇŚþãŇ͓ þƀãőĆƈ Ɣ
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5. iČĆıãÿƜƀƀČőƔ͌ƈ͓AŚÿƜƈ͓ tő͓IıĥĬČƀ͓*ĆƜÿãƔıŚő
6. Ζ͓ˤ NĢėĞāũ1ù”ÖũŶłāũŭĞĢť Ɣ iČĆıãÿƜƀƀČőƔ͓ıƈ͓ŽãƀƔőČƀČĆ͓ƴıƔĬ͓˥͓ŚƜƔ͓ŚĤ͓ƔĬČ͓ƔŚŽ͓ ˟˞͓¶őıƳČƀƈıƔıČƈ͓ıő͓ƔĬČ͓
   ĆŚŽƔıŚő͓ŚĤ͓$ƀƜŽãŇ Ɣ ˟ˢͳ͓ÔČãƀƈ͓*ƹŽČƀıČőÿČ͓ıő͓IıĥĬČƀ͓*ĆƜÿãƔıŚő Ζ͓ˤ
7. tŽŽŚƀƔƜőıƔıČƈ͓Aãÿıőĥ —Čőő͓¢ƔãƔČ͓kČƴƈ
8. Ζ͓˦ ”āłłœŶÖŶā Ɣ tƳČƀ͓˦˞̩˞˞˞͓ƈƔƜĆČőƔƈ͓ČőƀŚŇŇČĆ Ɣ ¯ŚŽ͓˟˞͓ŇãƀĥČƈƔ͓ŽƜþŇıÿ͓ƜőıƳČƀƈıƔƺ͓ıő͓ ƔĬČ͓ƴŚƀŇĆ Ɣ aČãĆČƀ͓ıő͓ĬıĥĬČƀ͓ČĆƜÿãƔıŚő͓ĤŚƀ͓ŏŚƀČ͓ ƔĬãő͓˟ˣ˞͓ƺČãƀƈ Ɣ iıŇŇıŚőƈ͓ŚĤ͓ŽãĥČƳıČƴƈ͓ãőőƜãŇŇƺ͓ƔŚ͓ —Čőő͓¢ƔãƔČ͓kČƴƈ͓ƈıƔČ
9. Ζ͓˧ ”āłłœŶÖŶāpāƒŭœŶÖŶŭ ˑ˔ˏ ŚőƔƀıþƜƔıőĥ͓ *ĆıƔŚƀƈ ˒ˏ ¶őıſƜČ͓¢ƔŚƀıČƈ͓ —Čƀ͓$ãƺ ˓ˏ NŏãĥČƈ͓ãőĆ͓ ÍıĆČŚ͓—Čƀ͓$ãƺ IıĥĬŇƺ͓ƜƈƔŚŏ͓ $ƀƜŽãŇ͓˥͓ƜıŇĆ ˒˔ iıŇŇıŚő͓NőĆıƳıĆƜãŇ͓ *ŏãıŇƈ͓—Čƀ͓ÔČãƀ ˖ˏ ¢ƺőĆıÿãƔČĆ͓ —ãƀƔőČƀ͓ÎČþƈıƔČƈ Ζ͓˧
10. Ζ͓˟˞ !ŋłŶāłŶNŽð
11. Ζ͓˟˟ mŋũā¦ĞÖł`ŽŭŶÖpāƒŭœĢŶā ŽĢķùĢłė¦ŋėāŶĞāũłāŭŭ
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12. ÎĬãƔ͓kČČĆČĆ͓ ¯Ś͓Č͓$ŚőČ
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    —N͓ĤŚƀ͓
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14. Ζ͓˟ˢ !ũāÖŶĢłėÖœŶŋũƘŶāķķĢłėœƘŭŶāĿ DķāƗĢðķā'āŭĢėł
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    ő͓ıőƔČĥƀãƔıŚő͓ƴıƔĬ͓$ƀƜŽãŇ͓ãőĆ͓BãƔƈþƺ͓ŇŚƜĆ͓ ãŇŇŚƴƈ͓ãƜƔĬŚƀƈ͓ãƔ͓—Čőő͓¢ƔãƔČ͓kČƴƈ͓ƔŚ͓ƈČČ͓ã͓ ŽƀČƳıČƴ͓ŚĤ͓ÿĬãőĥČƈ͓þČĤŚƀČ͓ƔĬČƺ͓ĥŚ͓ŇıƳČ̮ Ζ͓˟˥
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    ŏãDŽŚő̩͓ ŽƀŚƳıĆıőĥ͓ƈČÿƜƀıƔƺ͓ãőĆ͓ĤãƈƔČƀ͓ŽČƀĤŚƀŏãőÿČ̮ Ζ͓˟˦
19. Ζ͓˟˧ FũŋŽťŭÖłù˜ŋķāŭ ÎıƔĬ͓—¢¶͌ƈ͓ŇãƀĥČ͓ČĆıƔŚƀıãŇ͓ƔČãŏ͓ÿãŏČ͓ƔĬČ͓ ÿĬãŇŇČőĥČ͓ƔŚ͓ŏãőãĥČ͓ĬıĥĬ́ƳŚŇƜŏČ͓ƴŚƀńǍŚƴ͓ ƀČſƜıƀČŏČőƔƈ̮͓BƀŚƜŽƈ͓ãőĆ͓ƀŚŇČƈ͓ÿƀČãƔČĆ͓ıő͓ $ƀƜŽãŇ͓ŏãńČ͓ıƔ͓ČãƈıČƀ͓ƔŚ͓ãĆŏıőıƈƔČƀ̮ Ζ͓˟˧
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    ŇČƀƔƈ
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