https://hugo.chnm.gmu.edu/tags/sustainability/ Recent content in Sustainability on Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media Hugo en-us Mon, 25 Aug 2025 15:40:25 +0000 https://hugo.chnm.gmu.edu/blog/graduate-student-reflections-sustainability-summer/ Mon, 25 Aug 2025 15:40:25 +0000 https://hugo.chnm.gmu.edu/blog/graduate-student-reflections-sustainability-summer/ <aside>Savannah is a PhD student at George Mason University and a Graduate Research Assistant at RRCHNM.</aside> <p>This past summer I had the opportunity to work on RRCHNM’s sustainability team. Our work focused on flattening <a href="https://sustainabledh.org/blog/scott-static-search/">websites built with content management systems (CMS)</a>, such as Drupal, Omeka, and WordPress. Flattening refers to the process of simplifying dynamic, database-backed websites to static versions built with only HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. This minimizes server space and reduces security risks. However, flattening comes with trade-offs, such as losing dynamic features like a search function. One of my main roles this summer was creating a <a href="https://sustainabledh.org/blog/building-static-search/">static site search</a> for these flattened websites.</p>