Drupal Tutorial

Drupal Introduction

Drupal Advantages

1. Simple installation - Instructions for Drupal installation here;

2. Easy to use - no need of programming knowledge! Once you read through the tutorial, you will get to know the basics of Drupal. Probably, it will take just 2 hours to administer your site, but after that you will get really acquainted with Drupal;

3. Plenty of features like custom search engine friendly URLs(SEF), categories, search function;

4. A big number of modules that can make your site even more functional;

5. Adaptability - it is easy to turn your Drupal installation into a forum, blog, faq, wiki and assortment of different types of web sites;

6. Open source, free to use. With Drupal freely installation if you wish you can modify the source code to fit your needs;

7. Many users & community - so it is easy to find solutions to your problems. The large community guarantees that Drupal will have a further progress;

Here are some typical Drupal usages:

-- Content management - Members can publish stories, images, blogs, polls, forums, etc. via a simple, browser-based interface. Administrators can easily customize the design of their Drupal installation.

-- The flexible classification system allows hierarchical classifications, cross-indexing of posts and multiple category sets for most content types. Access to content is controlled through administrator-defined user permission roles. A search option is also available.

-- Weblog - A single installation can be configured as an individual personal weblog site or various individual weblogs. Drupal supports the Blogger API, provides RSS feeds for each individual blog and can be set to ping weblog directories when new content is posted on the home page.

-- Discussion-based community - You can use successfully a Drupal site as a discussion forum. It is simple for members to discuss new posts in its comment boards that are attached to most content types. Administrators can control whether content and comments are posted without approval, with administrator approval or through community moderation. Communities can subscribe to and then discuss content from other sites with the built-in news aggregator.

-- Collaboration - As used for managing the construction of Drupal, the project module is suitable for supporting other open source software projects. The wiki-like collaborative book module includes versions control, making it simple for a group to create, revise and maintain documentation or any other type of text.

-- FAQ - The Drupal installation can be used as a frequently asked questions platform. You can have a look at the Full Drupal Feature Overview for a better comprehensiveness.