One brand
Shared headers & footers
A modular design system gives every site a consistent header, footer, and component library, while leaving room for each program's individuality.
A unified web presence
The HRI network, brought together
HRI's web presence spans more than a dozen sites across two content management systems, with a patchwork of editor access. This concept maps every site to one brand, one CMS, and a single dashboard, with each site reachable as an extension of harteresearch.org.
Today vs. the concept
The eleven HRI-aligned sites
Site addresses below are the Institute's real public domains. The proposed unified path shows how each could live under harteresearch.org while existing URLs continue to redirect, so no inbound links break.
Note for reviewers: The current CMS column reflects HRI's stated environment (Drupal and Decap, hosted on cloud platforms). Page counts are illustrative placeholders for the content-audit phase; exact counts would be confirmed during discovery.
| Site | Current address | Current CMS | Proposed unified path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harte Research Institute | harteresearch.org | Drupal | harteresearch.org |
| Center for Sportfish Science | sportfishcenter.org | Drupal | harteresearch.org/sportfishcenter |
| GulfBase | gulfbase.org | Drupal | harteresearch.org/gulfbase |
| BlueValue | bluevalue.org | Drupal | harteresearch.org/bluevalue |
| GeoRED | geored.org | Decap | harteresearch.org/geored |
| GRIIDC | griidc.org | Drupal | harteresearch.org/griidc |
| Texas Oyster Training | txoystertraining.org | Decap | harteresearch.org/oystertraining |
| Texas Coast Report Card | texascoastreportcard.org | Drupal | harteresearch.org/reportcard |
| Freshwater Inflow | freshwaterinflow.org | Static | harteresearch.org/freshwaterinflow |
| Texas OneGulf | texasonegulf.org | Static | harteresearch.org/texasonegulf |
| Bird Islands | birdislands.org | Decap | harteresearch.org/birdislands |
How it comes together
Four moves toward one cohesive presence
One CMS
Drupal as the single platform
Consolidating Drupal and Decap sites onto one CMS simplifies updates, security, and training for editors across HRI.
One dashboard
Single sign-on for editors
Each editor signs in once and sees only the content they manage; administrators get full rights across every site from one place.
No broken links
Redirects that preserve history
Existing domains keep resolving and redirect to the new unified paths, so citations, bookmarks, and search rankings carry over.
Try it
One search across the whole network
Because every site shares one content model, a visitor can search research, people, programs, sites, and news in a single place. See the working demo.