Drupal Development Services
Custom Drupal builds for organizations that need real governance, structure, and scale. We're a Drupal Certified Bronze Partner.
Drupal at scale, for institutions that depend on it.
George Brown College. Berklee College of Music. University of Toronto. Young Americans Center. For Berklee, we helped deliver the Drupal 7-to-8 transition, including theme implementation and backend development.
When to hire us for this
Everything that ships with every engagement.
No surprise add-ons. No phase two for the basics. The list below is the floor, not the ceiling.
Drupal 10 and 11 builds
Modern editor experience with Layout Builder, Claro admin, and a content model your team can actually navigate. Built on the current core, not the one we know best.
Multi-site and multi-language
Multi-site, multi-faculty, and multi-language platforms with shared design systems and isolated governance. One install, many audiences, sane operations.
Drupal 7 to 10/11 migration
Drupal 7 hit end-of-life. We migrate content, taxonomies, users, and custom modules to Drupal 10 or 11 with mappings documented and tested before cutover.
AODA and WCAG 2.2 AA at scale
Accessibility is built into the design system, theme, and editorial guardrails. Audited with assistive tech, not just automated tools, before launch.
Layout Builder, Paragraphs, Webform
We pick the right authoring pattern per content type and build custom modules where contrib stops short. Editors get power, not chaos.
Acquia, Pantheon, Platform.sh
Hosting expertise across the major Drupal platforms. CI/CD, environments, BLT/DDEV workflows, and security updates handled by the same team that built the site.
Six steps, one conversation.
Linear enough to plan around, flexible enough to do good work.
Discover
Audit current Drupal install, modules, content model, and editorial workflow. Identify what to keep, refactor, or retire.
Strategize
Content architecture (entities, bundles, taxonomies), module strategy, hosting, and a migration plan if applicable.
Design
UI design that maps to Layout Builder and Paragraph patterns. Editors see the same flexibility we do.
Develop
Custom theme, custom modules, Composer-managed dependencies, and CI on Acquia, Pantheon, or Platform.sh.
Launch
Staging QA, accessibility audit, redirects, performance tuning, and a coordinated cutover with rollback plan.
Support
Optional retainer for security updates, module maintenance, content support, and feature work.
Have a Drupal question that needs a real answer?
Tools we reach for, picked for fit (not fashion).
Drupal work we are proud of.
A few recent engagements where governance, structured content, and accessibility came together.
Four ways in, one quality bar.
Pick the engagement that fits today. We will tell you honestly if a different tier is a better fit.
You have a clear brief. We design and ship the Drupal site.
- Drupal 10 build with custom theme
- Up to 10 content types with Paragraphs
- Standard contrib module stack
- Acquia or Pantheon environment setup
Strategy, custom modules, and complex content models.
- Custom modules and integrations
- Layout Builder design system
- AODA and WCAG 2.2 AA compliance
- Editorial training and documentation
Ongoing Drupal partner, on retainer.
- Security updates and module maintenance
- Backlog of feature and content tickets
- Performance and accessibility monitoring
- Priority response within one business day
Drupal 7 to 10/11 replatform or multi-site rollout.
- Drupal 7 end-of-life migration
- Multi-site, multi-language platform
- Custom design system and component library
- Launch plan, training, and 90-day support
The things we get asked most.
Quantified proof
Drupal delivery, by the numbers
| Metric | Result | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Drupal projects shipped (2019–2026) | 85+ | Across higher-ed, government, aerospace, and nonprofit verticals. |
| Drupal 7 / 9 → Drupal 10/11 migrations | 32 | Zero unplanned content loss; full URL parity in every migration. |
| Average Lighthouse performance at launch | 96 / 100 | Measured on the homepage and one templated content page, mobile profile. |
| Accessibility standard met on launch | WCAG 2.2 AA | Documented audit trail; Section 508, AODA, and EN 301 549 on request. |
| On-time, on-scope delivery rate | 94% | Project closed on or before the SOW milestone date with no out-of-scope billing. |
| Partner tier | Bronze | Drupal Association Certified Partner and Acquia Community Partner — both earned, not paid. |
| Average quote turnaround after discovery | <48 hrs | Fixed-fee, milestone-based — no time-and-materials estimates. |
Source: DoodleWeb internal delivery records, 2019–2026. Trailing-twelve-month averages refreshed quarterly. Partner-tier claims verified against the respective partner directories.
Real results from real engagements.
A snapshot of the drupal development engagements where DoodleWeb owned strategy, design, and engineering end-to-end.
Berklee College of Music
DoodleWeb helped Berklee College of Music transition from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8. The engagement combined theme work and backend development so the institution could move to Drupal 8 as one coordinated transition rather than treating the public-facing experience and the underlying platform as separate projects.
George Brown College
George Brown College engaged DoodleWeb for a full AODA and WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility audit and remediation across their Drupal 10 platform serving 30,000+ students, 100+ editors, and 8 faculties. Combined automated scans (axe-core, Pa11y, Lighthouse CI) with manual expert testing (NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, keyboard-only) surfaced 412 unique WCAG failures across 47 templates. In 24 weeks, DoodleWeb closed 100 percent of Level A and AA issues, shipped an AODA-conformant component library, delivered a VPAT 2.5 (WCAG 2.2 AA and AODA), lifted the average Lighthouse accessibility score from 74 to 98, and trained 100+ editors on accessible content practices. The college now publishes across faculties without reintroducing barriers, backed by weekly automated regression scans in CI.
Trinity Western University
Trinity Western University hired DoodleWeb for a WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility audit and remediation across their Drupal recruitment platform. A video-heavy, animation-rich site had accumulated barriers: autoplaying hero video without controls, insufficient contrast on brand overlays, missing captions on 60+ program videos, keyboard-inaccessible mega menu, and quicklinks without discernible labels. Over 18 weeks DoodleWeb ran a full manual and automated audit (axe-core, Pa11y, NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, keyboard-only), closed 287 unique WCAG 2.2 AA failures, added prefers-reduced-motion support across every animation, captioned 60+ program videos, delivered a VPAT 2.5 and a public accessibility statement, and lifted the Lighthouse accessibility score from 71 to 97. The site now competes visually with top global universities without excluding prospective students who rely on assistive technology.
Young Americans Center
Young Americans Center for Financial Education runs the only bank in the world for kids alongside a set of hands-on programs, AmeriTowne, International Towne, Money Matters, YouthBiz, and summer camp, that teach financial literacy to youth. Two audiences, two brands, one mission, and previously two disconnected websites. DoodleWeb ran a brand and experience repositioning, then rebuilt the platform on WordPress at WP Engine: a sub-brand system that lets Young Americans Center, Young Americans Bank, and each program keep its own color world while sharing one component library, program pages that lead with a plain-language promise instead of nonprofit jargon, and an editorial model that keeps mission content and regulated bank content cleanly separated. Shipped in 18 weeks. WCAG 2.2 AA conformant.
Got a drupal development project in motion?
Tell us where you are and where you'd like to be. A senior strategist replies — not a sales BDR — usually within a business day.
- Reply within one business day
- Senior team only — no juniors, no offshoring
- Fixed-fee proposals, no change-order surprises