This document provides an overview of Drupal, an open-source content management framework (CMS) written in PHP. Drupal allows for rapid website development, has a large community and support network, and is used by thousands of sites including whitehouse.gov and cnn.com. The document outlines Drupal's modular architecture and installation process, and provides resources for learning more about using and customizing Drupal.
3. Drupal is...
● is awesome
● a CMS
● a framework
● is modular
● free and open-source
● is used by thousands of websites
● a still growing framlication
● written in PHP
4. Why Drupal?
● Rapid Website Development
● Scalable (tons of extensions, hooks, API)
● It's Secure (ACL, user authentication, permission)
● Multilingual
● Custom Content Type (CCK)
● Powerful Template System
● Easy to Update
● It's Open Source (FREE!)
● Large Community Support
● Version Control content
5. Who uses Drupal?
● http://www.warnerbrosrecords.com/
● http://www.whitehouse.gov/
● http://www.cnngo.com/ (migrating to http://www.travel.cnn.com)
● http://www.ubuntu.com/
● http://www.novell.com/communities/
● http://officepranks.forbes.com/ Or http://www.goingon.com/
● http://news.van.fedex.com/
● http://home.java.net/
● http://www.britney.com/us/home
● http://www.avrillavigne.com/us/home
24. Extending Core
● Contrib Module and Theme - http://drupal.org/download
● Extract the package and put it inside sites/all/modules/contrib
for modules and sites/all/themes for themes
● Install the module or theme (see next slide A and B)