Purpose
The Europa Web Publishing Platform is the Drupal-based corporate content management system for European Commission websites hosted on Europa.
The platform has been designed to reduce development costs and time by providing the most commonly needed features for Commission websites.
Guidelines
- Standardized sites:
- The use of the Europa Web Publishing Platform is in general mandatory for new projects
- For already existing projects the situation will be analysed on a case by case scenario during the transition to the new version of the Europa Web Publishing Platform
- Harmonised sites
- Usage of the Europa Web Publishing Platform is recommended for all content based websites (excluding Web information systems)
Exceptions can be granted and DG Communication Europa Web Communication (COMM B3) unit will help to identify of the most appropriate corporate tool or service to meet the needs of the requestor.
Versions
A version based on Drupal 7 is currently used in production and active maintenance, though with minimal development. A version based on Drupal 8 is under active development and has been in production since 29 April 2019.
For information on the transition from the old platform version to the new version, please refer to the D8 transition project section.
Platform management
The Europa Web Publishing Platform is owned by DG Communication (business owner) and developed by DG Informatics (service provider).
Costs related to the use of the platform
To make use of the Europa Web Publishing Platform and its related services, you must pay an annual service fee per website.
The details of the costs and services associated with each website are laid down in a Memorandum of Understanding between the three parties concerned:
- the DG owning the website as service requestor
- DG Communication as business owner of the Europa Web Publishing Platform
- DG Informatics as service provider
For more details, please see the cost model for the hosting services and the service level agreement.
Read more on the Europa Web Publishing Platform.
Contact and support
If you require further assistance, please contact:
European Commission
DG Communication
Unit B.3
Europa Web Communication