Features of Drupal:
- Basics
- Open Source CMS
- No cost to use
- Do need to pay for domain, hosting, premium themes and plug-ins
- Basic coding experience recommended
- Design & Editing
- Templates
- 2500+ customizable themes
- Can change/adjust templates anytime
- Advanced user editing ability
- Some drag and drop editing; more involved editing skills required
- Media uploads supported, can adjust through PHP settings
- Templates
- Reliability
- Community support
- Professional services available for support for additional cost
- Unlimited site visitor traffic
- Marketing
- Good Social media and search engine tools
- Extensibility
- 40,000+ plug-ins/modules
- Spam protection available via module
- Staging sites available
- eCommerce Features
- Supports eCommerce functions/collect payments
- Create premium content for paid users
- Performance
- Managed hosting
- Ensure cache options are set on performance page to avoid performance issues
- Security
- Additional modules available for Malware scanning
- Built in site protection
- Two-factor authentication
- Regular security updates
- Mobile App Exists
History of Drupal:
- Created by Dries Buytaert
- Released January 15, 2001
- Used by 1.2% of all sites as of May 2023