The U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) was created to help Federal agencies build websites that are fast, accessible, and easy to use. It offers a toolkit of code and resources to create websites that work well on mobile devices and follow accessibility guidelines. More than 25 Federal agencies, including NASA, the IRS, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, use this system to provide important information to the public.
Lone Rock Point’s Stacy Holtz and Gary Kovar were guests on the 100th episode of the Gutenberg Changelog podcast, where they discussed NASA’s migration from Drupal 7 to WordPress and the block editor. Moving NASA’s content was a huge task, especially since some parts didn’t fit with the new design system. Andrew Norcross led the migration, which involved reorganizing content and dealing with outdated or duplicate information.
To say NASA has a lot of web content would be quite the understatement. Being one of the first government websites to come online, they’ve amassed almost 20 years worth of content. This also meant 20 years of different content management systems (CMS), image managers, re-platformings, fixes, and conversions. Even a complete and full migration…
Last Thursday night, on September 28, Lone Rock Point reached the latest and most critical milestone to date in supporting NASA’s Web Modernization program by launching a new version of NASA’s Flagship website, www.nasa.gov. This is the climax of 18 months of active web development, data migration, and content building. Eighteen months that followed a…
Earlier this week, Lone Rock Point helped NASA reach a major milestone in its Web Modernization program by launching a public beta of the NASA Flagship website with a modernized UX operating on WordPress. We’re so happy to share this with the world for the first time and its been delightful to watch the reaction…
The world of product management is constantly evolving, with methodologies and frameworks emerging to address the unique challenges of developing and delivering successful products. Gaining significant popularity in recent years, one such methodology is known as Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Our company recently became much more familiar with this framework and have embraced the benefits…