White House contributes custom code to Drupal

While the White House announced six months ago that it would use Drupal, a major open-source software for web development, for its website, now the Obama administration has some of its own custom code that it contributed to the project.

The White House recently announced in its blog that the administration is releasing custom code for Drupal. This includes two modules to improve website scalability, one module to assist websites with communication and an embed that allows websites to have the appropriate metadata data to make them usable for screen reading software.

CIO of the Executive Office of the President Dave Cole says that the administration is excited to contribute code to the Drupal community.

"We're excited to see how developers across the world put our work to good use in their own applications," says Cole. "This code is available for anyone to review, use or modify. By releasing some of our code, we get the benefit of more people reviewing and improving it. In fact, the majority of the code for WhiteHouse.gov is already open source as part of the Drupal project."

The White House also recently rolled out a mobile version of their website. The mobile White House site makes it easier to navigate when visiting it with a smartphone, according to CNN.