Drupal originated as a communication platform for fellow University of Antwerp students in 2000 by Dries Buytaert. It has since been expanded to a full-featured, flexible, and robust CMS by over 1200 core and module developers. Drupal and all community contributed modules and themes are licensed under GPL.
Implementing a Drupal website requires no development, as module installation and configuration is enabled via the browser-based point-and-click administation panel. Optionally, extending functionality by developing plugin modules is well supported by Drupal's API system (http://api.drupal.org).
Drupal provides powerful tools to manage:
Due to its flexibility, Drupal has been implemented across a variety of applications:
More information on Drupal may be found at http://drupal.org.
Implementing a Drupal website requires no development, as module installation and configuration is enabled via the browser-based point-and-click administation panel. Optionally, extending functionality by developing plugin modules is well supported by Drupal's API system (http://api.drupal.org).
Figure 1: Drupal's browser-based adminstration panel
Drupal provides powerful tools to manage:
- content (referred to as 'nodes', with the ability to create any number of content types with granular control over each)
- users (with both individual and role based access control)
- presentation (using themes, blocks, and contributed modules such as Panels)
- and functionality
Figure 2: Drupal's abstraction layers (source: http://drupal.org/node/265726)
Due to its flexibility, Drupal has been implemented across a variety of applications:
Blogs (e.g. http://dooce.com)
Media showcasing (e.g. http://musicbox.sonybmg.com)
Design showcasing (e.g. http://adbuzeedu.com)
Academic websites (e.g. http://amherst.edu)
Online news (e.g. http://observer.com)
and Social Networks (e.g. http://teamsugar.com)
More information on Drupal may be found at http://drupal.org.
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