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2. contents
• w is Drupal?
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• where did it com from
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• w does it all m
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• w uses Drupal?
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• w to get som
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3. w is Drupal?
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an open source modular fram ork and
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Content Managem System (CMS) w
ent ritten
in the program ing language PHP
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it allow the system adm
s inistrator to create and
organize content, custom the presentation,
ize
autom adm
ate inistrative tasks, and m anage site
visitors and contributors
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4. w is Drupal?
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som etim described as a Content
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M anagem Fram ork, its capabilities
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extend from content m anagem to enabling a
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although Drupal offers a sophisticated
program ing interface, basic w site
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installation and adm inistration can be
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5. w is Drupal?
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Drupal runs in m any environments, including
W indow M OS X, Linux, Free BSD, Open
s, ac
BSD, Solaris 10, Open Solaris and any platform
that supports either the Apache (version 1.3+), or
IIS (version IIS5+) W server and the PHP
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language (version 4.3.5+). Drupal requires a
database such as M ySQL or PostgreSQL to
store content and settings
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6. where did it com from
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originally written by Drie s Buytae rt as a bulletin board
system Drupal becam an open source project in
, e
2001
Drupal is an English rendering of the Dutch word
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druppel,” hich m
w eans “drop,” in droplet
as
from M 2007 to April 2008, Drupal w dow
ay as nloaded
from the Drupal.org website m than 1.4 m
ore illion
tim an increase of approxim
es, ately 125% from the
previous year
as of August 2008, Drupal 6.4 is the latest release.
Drupal is a winner of several Packt Open Source
CM Aw
S ards
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7. w does it all m
hat ean?
Drupal Co re - the official release, know as n
"Drupal c o re ", contains basic features
com on to m CM these include the
m ost Ss.
ability to register and m aintain individual
user accounts, adm inistration m enus, RSS-
feeds, custom izable layout, flexible account
privileges, logging, a blogging system an ,
Internet forum and options to create a
,
classic“ brochurew are“ (static, rarely updated)
W site or an interactive com unity W
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site
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8. w does it all m
hat ean?
W site content can be contributed by
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registered or anonymous users
Drupal core also includes a hierarchical
taxonom system w
y hich allow content to be
s
categorized or tagged w keyw
ith ords for
easier access
Drupal m aintains a detailed changelog of core
feature updates by version
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9. w does it all m
hat ean?
core modules-The core Drupal distribution
provides a num of features including:
ber
access statistics and logging
advanced search functions
caching and feature throttling for im proved
perform ance under load
com ents, forum and polls
m s,
descriptive URLs (for example,“ ww.facebook.com/quan”
w )
m ulti-level menu system
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10. w does it all m
hat ean?
core modules (continued)-The core Drupal distribution
provides a num of features including:
ber
RSS Feed and Feed aggregator
security/newrelease update notification
user profiles
various access control restrictions (user roles, IP
addresses, email)
workflowtools
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11. w does it all m
hat ean?
core themes-
The Drupal core includes several "c o re the me s ",
w hich custom the aesthetic look-and-feel of the
ize
site. these them can be chosen by the
es
adm inistrator via a special menu
The Co lo r Mo dule , w hich w introduced in Drupal
as
core 5.0, allow adm
s inistrators to change the color
schem of certain them via a W
e es eb-brow ser
interface. this feature w added to allowa higher
as
level of custom ization for the average non-coder
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12. w does it all m
hat ean?
core translation-
as of February 2008, translations for Drupal's
interface w available in 44 languages plus
ere
English (the default). Drupal 6 provides im proved
support for content and content adm inistration
in m ultiple languages
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13. w does it all m
hat ean?
extending Drupal core-
designed to be m odular w a system of "hooks"
ith
and "callbacks", w hich are accessed internally
via an API. this design allow third-party
s
"contributed" (often abbreviated to "contrib")
m odules and them to extend or override
es
Drupal's default behaviors w ithout changing
its’core's code
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14. w does it all m
hat ean?
extending Drupal core (continued)-
Drupal's m odular design, w hich isolates its
core's files from contributed m odule and
them increases flexibility and security and
es,
allow Drupal adm
s inistrators to cleanly
upgrade to newreleases of Drupal core
w ithout potentially overw riting their site's
custom izations
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15. w does it all m
hat ean?
to som using Drupal is a challenge
e,
lack of object orientation-Drupal exclusively uses procedural
program ing, not object-oriented program ing (OOP). results are
m m
less efficient code reuse since object inheritance is "weak" and
polym orphism is only approxim ated in the rendering layer
poor usability- aspects of Drupal's administration interface can be
confusing and intimidating, particularly for newadm inistrators. some
say Drupal lacks an intuitive, easy adm inistration user interface
steep learning curve-Drupal may be powerful, but it is also complex.
The key is overcom its steep initial learning curve. m casual
ing ost
users are w illing to sacrifice features for ease of use making Drupal
less popular than m user-friendly CM despite its enhanced
ore S's
functionality
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16. w uses Drupal?
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image galleries
(them and w
es ebsites)
http://drupal.org/screenshots
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17. w to get som
ant e?
hello@momentumdesignlab.com
1.866.542.7124
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