Drupal Introduction

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DRUPAL 101 Barriers Static HTML & org capacity


> CMS : WP has biggest market, Drupal is 2nd > Reviewing the UI

DRUPAL - MySQL - Broader Platform than WP - includes API > functions out of the box

Drupal is a software and requires hosting for Apache and MySQL

Drupal 8 releases twin 2 versions are supported (D6&7 currently)

Drupal has a big focus on contributed modules



Out of the box. Drupal Core has a fair amount of functions (less than WP) Drupal must be built in order to be useful

Drupal.org > Project > DL & Extend (>Themes)

Custom themes are often made with base theme

  • ROLES

can be assigned to org members permissions can be assigned to different roles

  • FIELDS

each content type has a field fields are configured after content type is made fields also include widgets, expanding the field function

  • MODULES

- WYSIWIG - there are standards that help build the site - more modules await in Drupal - a lot can be done with modules

  • EXAMPLE : KRC (Korean Resource Center)

Drupal code and modules

  • RULE : don't hack core
  • ADAPTIVE Theme is a good base theme, this can be built on
  • Something about BackDrop

- is a fork of Drupal - takes from D7 and pulls back D8 - this allows smaller sites to stay up longer - simplifies some drupal functions

  • DRUPAL 8 will improve its extensive multilingual functions