Use Drupal To Build Websites
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Drupal is free open source software that was created at the University of Antwerp in 2000 by two students, Dries Buytaert and Hans Snijder. The name "Drupal" is based on the English pronunciation of the Dutch word "druppel," which means "drop." Drupal's coding is in PHP.
by TimAndersson


Drupal is free open source software that was created at the University of Antwerp in 2000 by two students, Dries Buytaert and Hans Snijder. The name "Drupal" is based on the English pronunciation of the Dutch word "druppel," which means "drop." Drupal's coding is in PHP.

This software is a very sophisticated Content Management System (CMS) and can be used to construct a variety of online applications such as websites, blogs and social networking sites. There is virtually no limit to what you can use Drupal for, but most importantly, Drupal is free.

There is no need to understand computer programming languages when you use Drupal. All this software requires is some basic technical knowledge like how to do word processing and how to browse. You don't need anything like advanced programming or HTML skill to use this award-winning CMS. Drupal includes an intuitive, easy-to-use web installer that makes the installation of the software very simple. Once the software is installed, you choose the design and content types for your website.

Drupal is a content management system that offers multiple benefits. It's SEO-friendly, and it provides you with better control over the structure of your website's URLs. It can customize the content of your website and help your site obtain better search engine rankings. Drupal also offers a Content Construction Kit that helps you to easily develop various types of website content.

Drupal users can take advantage of its great online community, which features members who are able and willing to help and work constantly to improve the technology. The Internet is full of information about Drupal and how to achieve a variety of things with it.

Learning Drupal is easy, but you should learn the right way to use it. Private lessons are by far the best, but they can be much too expensive for most people. An alternative is to just play around with the software and pick it up as you go. But if you are serious about using Drupal as your CMS, you should probably look at some of the Drupal Tutorials that are available. Many are available on the Internet, but the most popular are gathered together on the Drupal Tutorials website.

Drupal is not just used for creating websites; because the software's configuration offers great flexibility you can also use it to to build e-commerce systems that have strong branding. You might have a few problems while you learn how to do this, but your questions can be easily answered through Drupal's strong community support system.

Take a look at the online market. You will find that many corporate and social websites use Drupal. They include NASA, BBC, MTV, TheOnion and PopSugar. Even Barack Obama's website at whitehouse.gov is built on Drupal!


Drupal is extremely powerful and can be a solution for building websites large and small. It has great API and many learning sources, including a large library of tutorials. Right now, Drupal jobs are some of the most wanted jobs on the market. So don't hesitate. Join Drupal and walk along with its progress.

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