10 Reasons to Use Drupal DECEMBER 9, 2011
Jun 11, 2015
10 Reasons to Use Drupal
DECEMBER 9, 2011
1. You Want to Build a Large Website
Drupal is very flexible and can be used to facilitate:
–Blogging–Forums–Image Galleries–E-commerce–Podcasting–And many more! There are over 9,000 modules to choose from!
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2. You want an Easy-to-Use CMS
• Drupal 7 made notable changes to the content editing screen to make content settings easier to view at a glance and edit.
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3. You Want to Customize the Look and Feel of Your Website
• There are over 1,000 free themes to choose from, and you can customize with some basic CSS and PHP knowledge.
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Drupal Theming Examples
4. You Want a Search-Engine Friendly Site
• Modules to send your sitemap to search engines regularly to help them find new content
• Search Engine friendly URLs, which are critical to a page's search ranking
• Control over the Page Title
5. You Want a Strong Support System
• Drupal has a strong community of passionate developers constantly working on improvements, bugs, keeping Drupal secure, and offering technical support.
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6. You Own the Code & Content
• Open source means no single entity owns the code
• Entire site is portable from one host to another
• There is no Software License Cost to use Drupal
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7. You Want a Multilingual Site
• Drupal supports over 100 languages including some right-to-left languages such as Hebrew and Arabic
8. You Want a Reliable & Secure Site
• Drupal has a team of security professionals testing Drupal’s security and releasing updates whenever vulnerabilities are found
• Administrators are notified of updates when they occur and can update pretty easily.
• Secure enough to use for whitehouse.gov
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9. You Want Dynamic Lists of Content
• Most popular Drupal module is the Views module which offers a way to build dynamic lists of content and RSS feeds.
• Can be used to build calendars, RSS feeds, slideshows, and custom content searches pulling content based on defined filters.
10. You Care About the Future of Your CMS
• Drupal has been around since 2001• It has won many awards• It is supported by a very active and
passionate community• Development for Drupal 8 is
already under way!
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Other Things Drupal Offers
• W3C standards compliance – future-proof your code
• Built-in Search• Support for different types of users
and permissions• Robust taxonomy tools• Custom Content Types
Alternatives to Drupal
• Joomla (free, plug-ins cheap)• Plone (built on Python not PHP,
very steep learning curve, good for intranets)
• Ektron (enterprise-level CMS built in .NET, not open source, pricey)