The Drupal Technology is used to build websites. It is one of the most modular open source web content management framework that adds a lot of emphasis on collaboration. The designing of the this technology application is such, that it needs to be customized according to the requirement of the project. But a limitation of its customization is that, these changes are done by overriding or adding new modules to the application. Drupal technology is exclusive and unique, because it separates content management from content presentation.

Drupal Technology website applications are used to build any kind of Internet portal, websites based on e commerce, online stores and even corporate websites. The software is extremely dynamic an can be utilized to create any kind of website, as a matter of fact it has also been used to create online directories and e-learning sites.

The Drupal Technology is secured by thriving security team that responds to every threat in order to keep the software safe. It is backed by a 24X7 online community, site administrator, designers and software developers who work continually to better the technology.

The popular and widely available Drupal modules can add to the value of your content management. In addition to work flow modules and CVS integration, the Drupal modules are good at adding a wide assortment of features, including e-commerce systems such as the Amazon Items module, photo galleries and mailing list management.

Features of Drupal

Taxonomy — The modular structure of CMS works best with Drupal allows to categorize content, organize and manage it more accurately by tagging. Based on the theme of categories are formed and tags are assigned. Few categories may allow user to assign tags as per ones choice; at the same few categories may allow to tag by offering selected, existing tags, completely flexible. Hierarchy of categories is also followed if required. You can also have hierarchical categories, with single or multiple parent categories. The most important point to be considered is advanced taxonomy features allow to target long-tail keywords.

Advanced URL Control — Manipulate the URL structure easily with Drupal. Each item in Drupal is node that can be assigned a custom URL, an alias URL. Construct clean URL with Drupal, all the internal URLs are redirected (301) to custom.

Custom Content Types and Views — Using Content Construction Kit (CCK) and Views Modules new content types can be created and advance custom views can also be created without writing code. N number of content types can be created and can be displayed in n-number of ways. Examples: forum posts, blog posts, classified ads, etc.

Revision Control —Configuring Drupal lets you keep track of older and new versions if needed while editing web pages. User Management — For community based websites Drupal is the best solution that has a functionality that helps control user access. . Different custom user role with varying degree of access levels: like webmaster, admin, moderator, etc. You can customize your website by adding or deleting features like blogs. Page Titles and Meta Tags — It is simple and easy to manage Meta tags elements and HTML elements using specific modules of meta tags control.

Template: Theming in Drupal is easier, it uses PHP Template, Drupal Theme Developer’s Guide is a good resource. Excellent Documentation — Excellent documentation is available with Drupal and I am sure once you install Drupal you can easy go with it. Rich documentation on massive API reference, blogs, handbooks, tutorials, video; also Drupal Dojo community is of great help for developers.

Drupal Cookbooks — If you further want to customize your Drupal solution, you can fulfill your need by using code snippet available with Drupal.org.

Large and Friendly Community — I believe Drupal is the best open source CMS solution for developing search engine friendly websites. The Drupal developers’ community is expanding and you can find lots of community created modules. If get struck up with some problem, you can join Drupal forums and users will try to solve your problem, by providing best possible solution and answers.

Drupal technology of web content management is not only used to create online trading sites, but it can also successfully create, instant messenger, it can also be used to include audio and video facilities in the sites along with photo galleries. This content management system is completely safe and secured.

The fact that Drupal can easily enable the customization of its websites according to the personal requirement of the site projects makes it even more unique and a favourite of the developers.

The Drupal CMS Technology is also a search engine friendly method, which has resulted in easy and effective ranking of the websites constructed by this technology to rank well in the search engines.

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