What is Drupal?
Advanced Content Management System
Large Scale Content Sites Love Drupal
Drupal is an open-source content management system, founded upon PHP & MySQL, with a huge community of developers supporting it.
It is similar to WordPress in its core function as a CMS, but architecturally is quite different. It’s data structure is more generalized and flexible. With Drupal, you can define many difference document types and the unique fields of data that should exist within each document type. With WordPress, in contrast, you essentially have just Posts and Pages, and attempts to customize the site into new taxonomies is a bit more kludgy than it is with Drupal.
Drupal also has a more sophisticated user management system, out-of-the-box, compared with WordPress. You can control user types and privileges with relatively fine-grained tools.
Other similarities include a plugin architecture and a theming / templating system. However, in general, Drupal is a more complicated CMS, being a bit more difficult for the lay person to get started compared with WordPress. The complexity is what delivers the more flexible data structures however, which is why Drupal is often favored for large-scale information sites within large institutions like the government and academia.
Should I use Drupal for my site?
As usual, it depends on an analysis of your site’s purpose and goals. If it’s a simple content site or business marketing site, we’d probably tend to steer you towards WordPress. If it’s a custom business application or brilliant new startup idea, we’d tend towards Symfony. However, if you’re planning a large scale content site, with many types of articles, many types of users (editors by category, subscriber levels, etc), and possibly a smattering of custom features, then Drupal may be the ideal choice.
Drupal delivers a very robust content management platform, with all the standard editing tools and media management tools you’d expect, plus a document architecture that enables you to create very flexible document types, and therefore unique pages & sections based upon the type of content that section is managing.
Couple these features with the huge community behind the project that has delivered numerous plugins and themes, and you have a foundation to quickly put together a robust content management platform for your organization.
Savvy Drupal Developers – Process Overview
After decades of web development with specialized focus on Drupal, we’ve developed a deep understanding of how to build websites effectively.
1. PLANNING
Getting Organized
It all begins with understanding your goals and your current circumstances. We listen carefully, ask questions, think & research, then recommend solutions that fit.
2. DESIGN
Visuals Help
Drupal is a flexible and complex system. Mastering it takes months, if not years. To ensure the build goes right, it’s important to have blue prints. As a successful Los Angeles Drupal developer, we know preparation is half the battle.
3. DEVELOPMENT
Let’s Craft
With plans in hand, our Drupal developers can now begin to configure and code your system. We use an agile process with regular touch points every two weeks.
4. LAUNCH
Ready for Takeoff!
Our technical practices will ensure a smooth deployment with minimal, or no downtime.
5. SUPPORT
New Beginnings
After launch, your successful site will yield plenty of opportunities to grow. That growth will likely involve SEO, site enhancements, and other services Endertech is will equipped to provide you.
Planning
Getting Organized
It all begins with understanding your goals and your current circumstances. We listen carefully, ask questions, think & research, then recommend solutions that fit.
Design
Visuals Help
Drupal is a flexible and complex system. Mastering it takes months, if not years, and so to ensure the build goes right, it’s important to have blue prints. As a successful Los Angeles Drupal developer, we know that preparation is half the battle.
Development
Let’s Craft
With plans in hand, our Drupal developers can now begin to configure and code your system. We use an agile process with regular touch points every two weeks.
Launch
Ready for Takeoff!
Our technical practices will ensure a smooth deployment with minimal, or no downtime.
Support
New Beginnings
After launch, your successful site will yield plenty of opportunities to grow. That growth will likely involve SEO, site enhancements, and other services Endertech is will equipped to provide you.
