Case Study: KSER keeps streaming with a modern Drupal Canvas rebuild from Freelock

KSER keeps streaming through a decade of Drupal 5 with Freelock

KSER, a community radio station, faced the challenge of maintaining an outdated and end-of-life Drupal 5 website with a very limited budget. Freelock initially kept the legacy site secure and running for over a decade to avoid a costly emergency rebuild, but a new station director later considered moving the entire site to WordPress.

Freelock proposed and built a new site on the then-pre-release Drupal CMS 2 using the Drupal Canvas page builder, providing a modern, editor-friendly experience at an affordable price. Their technical solution used the View Transitions API and HTMX to create a persistent audio player that continues streaming while listeners browse, a critical feature for the station. The result is a platform that allows KSER's editors to build pages independently with a better editing experience, all built on a stable, future-proof foundation.

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