4. Drupal is
• full-featured CMS
(Content Management System)
• many claim: CMF
(Content Management Framework)
5. What can it do?
• Community Web Site
• Weblog
• Forums
• Social Network Site
• Wiki/Knowledge Base
• Business Web Application
6. System
Requirement
• PHP
• Apache/IIS
• AppServ is recommended for Windows
• Lighttpd works as well
• MySQL/PostgreSQL
• Oracle support is coming
• IBM is working on DB2 support
8. Drupal History
• Started in 1999 by Dries Buytaert (Belgium)
• Current version is 5.1
• Roadmap
• Drupal 6.0 - 2007
• Drupal 7.0 - 2008
• Open Source - GPLv2
9. Naming
{Dutch}
druppel drop
means
{English}
pronounces
Drupal
{English}
17. Pros
• Most basic CMS features are included
• Highly Customizable
• Plenty of Modules
• Good Architecture and API
• Good Documentation
• Performance
• Good Community
21. Features
• Blog, Forum included
• Searching built-in
• RSS support
• Multi-language
• Statistics, Tracking, Logging, Reporting
• Caching included
source: drupal.org/features
22. (Killer) Features
• Installer with Profiles
• Taxonomy/Category/Tag
• Friendly URLs (Optimized for SEO!!)
• Theme with Color-changable
source: drupal.org/features