Introduction to CMS, What is Drupal, Salient features of Drupal CMS, Advantages and Disadvantages, Comparison to other CMS, Libraries using Drupal,

1. Information And Communication Technology
Applications in LIS. (Code – M=104)
DRUPAL
(Content Management System)
Submitted by:
Gaurav Boudh
Department of Library and Information Science
University of Delhi

2. Welcome to DRUPAL
LIBRARY WEB SITES
MADE EASY
PRESENTED BY: KUNCHOK TRINLEY(MLIS)
KUNCHOKTIBET8@GMAIL.COM

3. TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction to CMS
What is Drupal
Salient features of Drupal CMS
Advantages and Disadvantages
Comparison to other CMS
Libraries using Drupal
Conclusion
Reference

4. Introduction to CMS

5. Content
words Image
Video Files
content
Content

6. Content
Editing Modification
Removal Addition
content
Management

7. Webpage
Publishhing
Software
System

8. INTRODUCTION TO CMS
•A piece of software tool
that generates webpages
CMS
• Make it easy to grow and
maintain your webpage
CMS

9. Popular CMS’S
Released in 2003
Designed to be a Blog
Designed for non-technical users
Low skill requirement
Released in 2001
Designed to be a CMS
Used by ACADEMIC, GOVERNMENT, ENTERPRISE
High skill requirement
Released in 2005
Designed to be a CMS
Similar advantages as Drupal
Medium skill requirement

11. Dries Buytaert is an open-source
software programmer notable as
founder and lead developer of the
Drupal CMS.
Born: 19 November 1978
(age 39 years), Antwerp, Belgium
Education: Ghent
University, University of Antwerp
Organizations
founded: Acquia, Drupal Association

12. What is Drupal

13. Full featured CMS (Cotent
management system)
Many claims: CMF(Content
management framework)

14. What is Drupal
 Drupal is content management software. It’s used to make many of the websites and
applications you use every day. Drupal has great standard features, like easy content
authoring, reliable performance, and excellent security. But what sets it apart is its
flexibility; modularity is one of its core principles. Its tools help you build the versatile,
structured content that dynamic web experiences need.
 It’s also a great choice for creating integrated digital frameworks. You can extend it with
any one, or many, of thousands of add-ons. Modules expand Drupal’s functionality.
Themes let you customize your content’s presentation. Distributions are packaged Drupal
bundles you can use as starter-kits. Mix and match these components to enhance Drupal’s
core abilities. Or, integrate Drupal with external services and other applications in your
infrastructure. No other content management software is this powerful and scalable.
 The Drupal project is open source software. Anyone can download, use, work on,
and share it with others. It’s built on principles like collaboration, globalism, and
innovation. It’s distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License(GPL).
There are no licensing fees, ever.
 Drupal will always be free.

15. History of Drupal from Drop to Drupal 8.0
Drupal 1.0 released on 15th jan, 2001
Wikipedia also launched on same date.
Began with 18 core modules and each was PHP
File.
Drupa 2.0 was released on 15th march
2001,just after 2 months with 22 core
modules
Drupal 3.0 was released on 15th sep
2001with 26 core modules
In feb 2002, the famous news site
kerneltrap.org was launched with help of
drupal 3.0.2
Drupal 4.0 was released on 15th june 2002
Beome international open source project
Reached to 31 modules
Drupal 5.0 released on 15th
jan,2007
Drupal 6.0 was released on 13 feb,2008
Reached to 34 modules
Drupal 7.0 was released on 5th jan,2011
Drupal 8.0 released on 19th nov, 2016
More than 60 core modules
Come up with concept “building something
amazing”

16. Drupal CMS – A Dynamic Website Platform To Manage Content

17. Salient Features Of Drupal CMS
 Easy to Install, Use and Update: Drupal installation is very easy for any user. You can
conveniently update your own website when you want – where you want – without any
hassle. There is no need to get specialized in web design, you can create it easily. The web
developers can their web development work in a very short time and he will be able to focus
more on the content.
 Unmatched Flexibility: As a user you can not only install it on either Apache or Microsoft
IIS, it is also possible to run this CMS on Linux, BSD, Solaris, Windows, and Mac OSX
platforms.
 Easy to Manage Your Content: Over this platform, you would love to manage the content
of your site with an easy-to-use web interface. The great flexibility of this platform will
allow you to handle countless content types including blog, text, video, podcasts, and polls
with robust user management, menu handling, real-time statistics as well as optional
revision control.
 Design & Display: The available presentation layer at this platform allows web designers
to create highly usable, interactive experiences that will engage your users and increase
traffic.
 Highly Extendable: With over 16,000 available modules, the vast majority of your
website’s needs can be addressed with Drupal core and available add-on modules.

18. Salient Features Of Drupal CMS
 Multiple websites Support: It is easy to turn your Drupal installation into a
Blog, forum, Wiki,FAQ, and many other types of web sites. Plus, the default Drupal
installation also enables manydiverse websites to be run from a single installation.
 Superb Connectivity: Using Drupal, you can easily connect to other sites and
services across the Internet, using aggregation, feeds, as well search engine connection
capabilities. The primary objective of the social networking integration is to help you
engage with a wider audience. This platform also offers your website a number of easy
ways to interact with external media and file services.
 Multi-lingual: Drupal CMS is also popular for providing ultimate support for many
different languages. Multilingual sites can be easily created using it.
 Search-Engine Friendly: You will surely love to enjoythe strategic capabilities
you will get from this platform for search engine optimization and infrastructure
flexibility

19. THE PROCESS OF DRUPAL CMS:

PLANNING
Examining The Business
Understanding The Goal
Preparation Of Web Strategy
DESIGN
Draft The Layout
Plan
Style Of Website
Input from Client
Implement the
Ideas
CODING
Bringing
Design Into
Reality
Developing
The Modules
Going Forward
For
Development
TESTING
Checking of
Each
Functionality
Front-Back End
Debug Process
Final Testing For
Final Production
DEPLOYING
Save For The Final
Inspection
Understanding The
Goal
Preparation Of Web
Strategy

20. ADVANTAGES OF DRUPAL CMS:
 Includes a lot of functionality:
Drupal includes lot of functionalities like: advanced menu management, polls
management, graphics modification tool, users management and much more. These
functions make it possible to create simple or advanced websites, blogs, discussion boards,
social networking pages, etc.
Variety of content types:
Drupal is famous for allowing to create and manage many content types, like: videos,
polls, user management, text, blogs, podcasts, statistics, and others.
 Mobile ready:
Nowadays, the smartphones help a lot in providing better ways for marketing. You can use
the Drupal site on your phone and view it the same it looks like on your PC. This benefit is
a boon to the people who have a small business and wish to promote it at a higher scale.

21. ADVANTAGES OF DRUPAL CMS:
 Graphics management
The script includes capabilities of design elements editing. Available templates and themes
make for a good start. Predefined page functions configurations make it easy to create
both a simple as well as more complicated page configurations.
 Page content management
Drupal allows you to categorize your content through URL addresses, paths, making your
own lists. This structure makes for easy management, search and reuse of the content.
 Plugins
The script has several thousands of plugins available on its website. Since Drupal is an
Open Source, you can use as well as create your own plugins.
 Support
On the Drupal homepage, there's a documentation, well developed discussion board, chat,
mailing list, etc. You can find there plenty of information and help concerning managment
and modification of the script.

22. DISADVANTAGES OF DRUPAL CMS:
Installation and modification
The script is not very user-friendly and requires advanced knowledge to install
and modify. Quick.Cms, WordPress and even Joomla are simpler to use, even
though they do not offer functionalities as rich as Drupal does.
Compatibility: Drupal have plenty of new solutions. If you're
used to older systems, getting used to this script will take some time.
Efficiency: When considering scalibility and efficiency, Drupal is far
behind other scripts like Quick.Cms or WordPress. If your website is very
large, the script will generate a big server load. It is caused by the big range of
possibilities provided by Drupal. There are however plugins that load a
website to the server's cache, what decreases the server load.

23. Libraries using DRUPAL:
1. Public libraries
2. School libraries
3. University libraries
4. Special libraries
5. Library services
6. Library consortia

24. List of Fortune 500 companies using
Drupal for their websites
Fortune 500 Ranking Company Website
7 CVS Health www.cvshealth.com
11 General Electric www.ge.com
55 Pfizer www.pfizer.com
88 General Dynamics www.generaldynamics.com

25. Drupal using for their websites
 White house
 The weather channel
 Oxford University
 Harvard University
 MIT
 Stanford University
 University of Arizona
 University of British Columbia
 University of Toronto
 Dallas cowboys
 Lady Gaga

30. Conclusion
Drupal is an advanced CMS system offering plenty functions,
Drupal has successfully emerged as the highly sophisticated
Content Management System. It is used to develop
community web portals, personal websites, social networking
sites, newsletter, resource directories, and more. The
beneficial feature in availing Drupal Web Design Services is
that the website handles thousand of concurrent users with
powerful built-in security. It addresses all the essential issues
of an organization leading to a strong online presence.

31. References
1. https://www.drupal,org
2. www.drupal.com
3. https://en.wikipedia.org
4. https://www.inflibnet.ac.in
5. https://www.quora.com
6. https://www.slideshare.net