A CMS is how staff publish at midnight without opening a development ticket. Intrepid Network builds those systems primarily in Drupal, with a custom front end and the features an organization actually uses:
- Completely custom look
- Mobile-first, responsive layout
- Edits 24/7 with no programming required
- Unlimited pages
- Searchable content
- Multiple administrative roles
- Customer-management tools
- Subscription or members-only content
- Password-protected sections
- Messages you can broadcast to visitors
- A search-engine-friendly framework
- Core and module updates
- Performance and speed as part of the build
Drupal is the open-source system behind sites for institutions that cannot afford a fragile brochure: government, research, media, large nonprofits. It is built for creating, organizing, and publishing at a steady pace. A CMS raises the cost of a design project because you are buying a publishing platform, not a stack of static files. That cost matters if anyone other than the first developer will ever touch the site.
Drupal as the design framework
Drupal’s strengths for this work are multi-user administration, community features, and the ability to grow a content library without a redesign every season. It has a long public record as an open-source CMS. Intrepid Network supports the Drupal Association as a member organization.
The platform is modular. Thousands of contributed modules cover most requirements; when they don’t, we build what the project needs. Scheduling can take pages live and retire them, so expired offers don’t sit on the site unnoticed. Maintenance is cheaper over time when the system was chosen for that, not bolted on.
Accessibility
We follow the Drupal community’s accessibility goals and design to WCAG practice (2.0 AA as the widely adopted bar; current work tracks the same discipline). The aim is a site more people can use—including staff who publish. We use testing tools such as WAVE to check the work, not as a substitute for building it correctly.
Why it is worth the framework
Open source keeps the license from owning you. SEO can be built in from the first templates. The organization can keep publishing when the first project manager has moved on.
2nd Place/Silver Readers' Choice Award
Peninsula Beacon - San Diego Community News Group
2nd Place/Gold Readers' Choice Award for Website Design & Development. Awarded by the Peninsula Beacon - San Diego Community News Group.
1st Place/Gold Readers' Choice Award
Peninsula Beacon - San Diego Community News Group
1st Place/Gold Readers' Choice Award for Website Design & Development. Awarded by the Peninsula Beacon - San Diego Community News Group.
Intrepid Network Honored by Clutch for Position Among Top Performing Agencies in California
Clutch (Firms that Deliver)
Clutch has recently released rankings of the top B2B companies in all 50 states, and Intrepid Network is included in the California creative and design category. We are incredibly proud to be featured on their list of the best creative agencies and web designers in California!
U.S House of Representatives Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition
Scott Peters, Member of Congress, 52nd District, California
Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition for our tireless dedication and leadership on behalf of Ocean Beach.
California Legislature Assembly Certificate of Recognition
Todd Gloria, California State Assembly, 78th District
Ocean Beach MainStreet Association Special Service Awarded for our hard work and our tireless effort to promote Ocean Beach and for our invaluable service to the community.
State of California Senate Certificate of Recognition
Honor issuer Senator Toni G. Atkins, 39th District
Certificate of Recognition and congratulations for outstanding service and commitment to Ocean Beach, helping to make OB a great place to live, work, and play.
The City of San Diego, State of California, Certificate of Recognition
Kevin L. Faulconer, Mayor, San Diego, California
Certificate of Recognition for our dedicated service and promotion of Ocean Beach.