The Fiscal FactCheck website helps voters and policy wonks assess the accuracy of the statistics that those vying for the White House use to make their case. It takes the fiscal statements — those that touch upon the national debt/deficit, taxes, spending and budgets -- and puts them through an analytical wringer so that you can decipher fact from... The site was built using the latest WordPress technologies, along with a unique Drupal integration, on a quick turnaround basis with less than one week from concept to launch.
Client
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
Think Tank, Policy Organization, Nonprofit
Audience & Topics
The Public, Voters and Policy Analysts
Government, Public Policy, Politics, Presidential Campaigns
Launched
November 2015
Roles & Deliverables
Information Architect
Rapid prototype HTML wireframe
User Interface and Experience (UI/UX) Designer
Page layouts
Developer
WordPress CMS based website with custom Drupal blog integration
Technology & Tools
Features
WordPress of the Future
Built using the latest WordPress technologies including Roots Sage and Bedrock to make the site's Twitter Bootstrap framework and Git-based deployment workflow as smooth as silk.
Drupal + WordPress Integration
The client's existing blog was based in Drupal. In order to take advantage of that work, we used the WordPress REST API and some NodeJS magic to automagically publish the same posts on the new website.