Drupal Maintenance · Durham
Drupal Maintenance in Durham
Maintaining Drupal sites for Durham organisations, where updates are dependency management rather than clicking a button. Core and contributed modules are managed through Composer with a dependency tree beneath them, so an update is resolved against everything else installed — and one module pinning an old version can hold back the whole site.
Why this comes up
The problem
A core update cannot be applied because one contributed module requires a version of a shared dependency that conflicts.
What you get
What we deliver
- Updates applied through the dependency manager rather than by replacing files
- The dependency tree examined when an update is blocked, to find what is pinning it
- Contributed modules reviewed for maintenance status and continued need
- Patches managed properly, so they survive updates rather than being reapplied
- Updates tested on a matching environment before reaching production
- A cadence agreed, since deferred updates compound into a project
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Working in Durham
North East
Durham's economy is dominated by its university and cathedral, so the commercial base is small and much of the local demand comes from spinouts and suppliers attached to the institutions rather than from independent industry.
Research spinout software and visitor systems, usually on institutional procurement timelines rather than commercial ones.
Sectors we work with in Durham
- Higher Education
- Tourism & Heritage
- Public Sector
- Retail
- Research
What we work with
Technologies and platforms
- Drupal
- Composer
- Drush
- Git
Who we work with
Industries we serve
- Public sector
- Education
- Healthcare
- Charities
- Media companies
Why us
Why Durham businesses choose Asionis
- Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
- No long-term contracts required
- All team members UK-based
- Dedicated account manager and development team
- Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
- Scalable from startup to enterprise
How we work
- Step 1
Free consultation
A 30-minute call to understand the problem. You keep the written summary either way.
- Step 2
Proposal
Scope, timeline and a fixed price, in writing, before anything starts.
- Step 3
Build
Short cycles with regular check-ins, so you see progress rather than hear about it.
- Step 4
Launch and support
We handle the go-live and stay available afterwards.
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Drupal Maintenance in Durham — common questions
- Why do updates get blocked?
- Because modules share dependencies with version constraints. One module requiring an older version of a library prevents anything needing a newer one from installing, and resolving it means either updating that module, patching it, or removing what it provides.
- What about custom patches?
- They need managing rather than reapplying. Patches applied by hand are lost at every update; declared in the dependency configuration they are reapplied automatically — and the ones that stop applying tell you the upstream code has changed underneath them.
- Should unused modules be removed?
- Yes, and it is frequently deferred. Every installed module is code to update, a potential blocker in the dependency tree and a security surface — and sites accumulate ones enabled for a project years ago that nothing now uses.
- How often should we update?
- Monthly for routine releases and immediately for security ones. The effort is not linear: a site kept current takes an hour or two a month, and one left for a year presents a set of interacting version conflicts that takes considerably longer to unpick.
- Do you work with businesses across County Durham?
- Yes. We are based in Leicester, United Kingdom and work with clients throughout North East, including Durham and the surrounding County Durham area. Most collaboration happens remotely, and we travel for kick-offs and key milestones.
- What kind of Durham businesses do you usually work with?
- Research spinout software and visitor systems, usually on institutional procurement timelines rather than commercial ones. Beyond that we work across Higher Education, Tourism & Heritage, Public Sector, Retail and Research.
- Do you cover the areas around Durham?
- Yes — we work throughout North East, including Newcastle, Sunderland, York. Durham is an urban area of roughly 70,000+, and we take on work across the wider County Durham region rather than the city boundary alone.
Talk to us about Drupal Maintenance in Durham
A 30-minute call with someone who would actually work on it. No sales script, no obligation.
- Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
- No long-term contracts required
- All team members UK-based
- Dedicated account manager and development team
- Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
- Scalable from startup to enterprise