2. 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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3. 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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4. 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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8. 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
9. 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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10. 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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11. 7. You Want a Multilingual Site
• Drupal supports over 100
languages including some right-to-
left languages such as Hebrew and
Arabic
12. 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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13. 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.
14. 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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15. 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
16. 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)
