Applications of Drupal

Drupal is an extremely flexible system that allows you to create a wide variety of websites.

Website with Static Content

Drupal is a great tool for creating traditional websites that have a relatively static set of content. The core release of Drupal allows you to create as many unique pages as you like. Drupal also gives you the opportunity to set any particular page you create as the home page.

Website with Dynamic Content

 In addition to static pages, the core Drupal release allows you to create a blog, upload file attachments and aggregate content from other sites. It\'s easy to add a blog or news updates to your static content. You could upload and share press releases or other company documents. You can pull in news that relates to your site from an RSS feed by using the aggregator module. People can subscribe to your dynamic content by utilizing one of the many RSS feeds made available by the system.

Single or Multi-Author Blog

The Drupal blog module allows each site user to have a blog. Even if the site has only one author, Drupal contains great features that allow you to get the full experience. Each blog has its own RSS feed for easy subscription via a feed reader. Drupal allows you to freely add tags to each post, which you can display as a cloud using the tagadelic module. Good spam protection is available as well. You can require that visitors sign up before commenting. Or you can use the Captcha, Mollom or Spam modules to provide stronger spam protection.

Community Website

Drupal contains a wide variety of features that make a community publishing site possible. The Drupal core release includes a user account system. This allows users to register for an account with your site. Drupal core also includes a custom profile module that allows a site developer to set the types of information they would like to capture in a user\'s profile. Users may also upload a small photo to represent their profile. Modules such as Organic Groups allow you to create a full-featured community website.

Open Data Platform

Drupal can be used to import and serve data from the database in the form of tables, file downloads and charts. Contributed modules such as Charts and Graphs, Data, Feeds and Views Bonus Pack go a long way in helping you to build this type of site.