Universal Hub is a daily news site with breaking news and features focusing on neighborhoods in Boston and surrounding towns. Much of the news and many of the photos come from contributors via social media.
Why was Backdrop chosen for this project?
Had been running Drupal since v. 4.7. With the final end of v. 7, I needed a replacement. I started playing with Drupal 10, but found it more complex and resource intensive than I liked (am basically a one-person shop and a reporter by trade, not a coder), so took a look at Backdrop. Was able to easily port some 80,000 articles and 800,000 comments easily. Some meta data to go with that (such as latitude/longitude for maps) took more work, but the site's now live.
