Archimedes

Archimedes is a Drupal CMS site template built specifically for education providers, including primary schools, secondary schools, and day facilities. Its purpose is to provide a clear and effective platform for keeping parents, teachers, staff, and the wider school community informed about key information and events.

By combining configuration, design components, and carefully selected contributed modules, Archimedes enables educational institutions to launch a professional Drupal website significantly faster than building from scratch.

Features

• Education-Focused Content Types: Preconfigured structures for news and vacancies
• Modern Component-Based Design: Built with the Eureka theme, utilizing Single-directory components (SDC) and Vanilla CSS.
• Visual Page Building: Leverages Drupal Canvas for a flexible and intuitive layout building experience.
• Editorial Workflow: Integrated content moderation and scheduling to manage the publishing lifecycle.
• Admin Excellence: Uses the Gin administrative theme and toolbar for a modern, high-performance backend experience.
• Accessibility & Compliance: Includes tools for cookie consent (Klaro) and SEO-friendly structures (Metatag, Pathauto, Easy Breadcrumb).
• Communication Tools: Built-in support for newsletters and email notifications via Easy Email.

Getting started

Archimedes is distributed as Site Template. It is designed to be applied to a clean Drupal CMS installation.

Installation

1. Require the recipe via Composer:
   1. composer require drupal/archimedes

2. Apply the recipe using the Drupal CLI:

   1. php core/scripts/drupal recipe recipes/archimedes

Note: Adjust the path to the recipe directory if it differs in your project structure.

Customization

Archimedes uses the Eureka theme as its default frontend. Eureka is designed to be tightly coupled to the site template. Visit the project page for more information on customization

Getting help

If you have trouble or questions, please visit the issue queue.