Tompkins Cortland Community College, a small college in rural New York, runs three Drupal websites on Pantheon – a public site for prospective students, an internal student hub, and an employee intranet – developed and maintained in partnership with the digital agency Northern.
The Aspen Institute is a global nonprofit organization. Founded 75 years ago, the Institute is one of the most influential nonprofits in the world, driving change through dialogue, leadership and action programs. The organization relies on its 50 websites to fulfill its mission.
At Cleveland State University (CSU), the website is more than a digital asset – it’s the front door for thousands of students, faculty and alumni. As universities nationwide adapt to new operational challenges, maintaining that central point of connection has become more critical than ever. By 2023, that central point was showing signs of wear.
Recently, I came across an article on the Sucuri blog about a new attack vector for malware on WordPress sites: MU plugins. MU plugins (or must use plugins) are stored separately from normal plugins in the mu-plugins directory of wp-content and run when WordPress initializes.
When you run mission-critical websites, trust isn’t optional – it’s everything. That’s why Pantheon created the Trust Center: a centralized hub that puts our security, privacy, and compliance practices front and center – at your fingertips. The center covers platform architecture, monitoring, data protection, and access controls. We have detailed compliance with SOC 2 Type 2 and GDPR.
Leveraging open source in software development is now the industry norm, including virtually every website project. The advantages of building on top of an open-source CMS significantly outweigh doing anything from scratch. Open source also wins when comparing the costs, risks, and limitations of being boxed in with a proprietary SaaS vendor. But there’s no such thing as a free lunch. Open source comes with long-term maintenance responsibilities.
If you ever consider getting a purebred labrador or a poodle, akc.org is probably the first website you’ll find in your search. Founded in 1884, the American Kennel Club (AKC) is the largest purebred dog registry in the world.