Build Websites Easily With Drupal (Tim Andersson)
Dec 13, 2009
Drupal, a free open source software, was created in 2000 by Dries Buytaert and Hans Snijder, two students at the University of Antwerp. Its name is derived from the English pronunciation of the word "druppel," which in Dutch means "drop." Drupal is coded in PHP.
This software is a very sophisticated Content Management System (CMS) and can be used to construct a variety of online applications such as websites, blogs and social networking sites. There is virtually no limit to what you can use Drupal for, but most importantly, Drupal is free.
With Drupal you don't need to understand any programming languages. All you need to know is some basic technical knowledge such as basic web browsing and word processing. You don't need to have any advanced programming skills or know how to use HTML. This award-winning Content Management System uses a web installer that's easy to use and makes the installation process very simple. After the software is installed you choose your website design and the types of contents you will have on your website.
Drupal is a content management system that offers multiple benefits. It's SEO-friendly, and it provides you with better control over the structure of your website's URLs. It can customize the content of your website and help your site obtain better search engine rankings. Drupal also offers a Content Construction Kit that helps you to easily develop various types of website content.
Drupal users can take advantage of its great online community, which features members who are able and willing to help and work constantly to improve the technology. The Internet is full of information about Drupal and how to achieve a variety of things with it.
Learning Drupal is easy, but you should learn the right way to use it. Private lessons are by far the best, but they can be much too expensive for most people. An alternative is to just play around with the software and pick it up as you go. But if you are serious about using Drupal as your CMS, you should probably look at some of the Drupal Tutorials that are available. Many are available on the Internet, but the most popular are gathered together on the Drupal Tutorials website.
Drupal is not just used for creating websites; because the software's configuration offers great flexibility you can also use it to to build e-commerce systems that have strong branding. You might have a few problems while you learn how to do this, but your questions can be easily answered through Drupal's strong community support system.
Just take a glance at the online market. You'll find that Drupal was used to construct many corporate and social websites, including TheOnion, PopSugar, MTV, BBC, NASA and others. Even Barack Obama's website at whitehouse.cov is built on Drupal.
Drupal is extremely powerful and can be a solution for building websites large and small. It has great API and many learning sources, including a large library of tutorials. Right now, Drupal jobs are some of the most wanted jobs on the market. So don't hesitate. Join Drupal and walk along with its progress.
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