The goal of the Illinois Framework is to let people at UIUC rapidly create and deploy an accessible Illinois branded Drupal website that includes a common set of features. The ability to setup and maintain a Drupal website is required to use this framework.
The preferred way to install the Illinois Framework is via Composer. Please refer to our Composer-based project template for instructions.
The Illinois Framework pulls together contributed modules, a custom theme, and custom configuration to build a out-of-the-box functional Drupal website.
The Illinois Framework Theme is designed to be accessible and meet the current UIUC branding standards. If customization is needed, you can create a sub-theme that customizes only the parts needed.
The Illinois Framework Core module defines what contrib modules are included, along with the default content types that come with the framework.
The default set of content types included are:
- Content Page
- News
- Blog
- Spotlight
- Highlighted courses
- Giving Fund/Fund Listing Page
- Award/Award Winner
The framework also makes use of Paragraphs for page layout and customization.
Please refer to the Illinois Framework Core repo for a list of included contrib modules.
The UIUC Drupal community group meets monthly. Please see the WIGG Drupal webpage for more information.
The WIGG Drupal group is welcoming contributions from anyone on campus. Please see the WIGG Drupal webpage for more information.