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- 1. Information And Communication Technology Applications in LIS. (Code – M=104) DRUPAL (Content Management System) Submitted by: Gaurav Boudh Department of Library and Information Science University of Delhi
- 2. Welcome to DRUPAL LIBRARY WEB SITES MADE EASY PRESENTED BY: KUNCHOK TRINLEY(MLIS) [email protected]
- 3. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction to CMS What is Drupal Salient features of Drupal CMS Advantages and Disadvantages Comparison to other CMS Libraries using Drupal Conclusion Reference
- 8. INTRODUCTION TO CMS •A piece of software tool that generates webpages CMS • Make it easy to grow and maintain your webpage CMS
- 9. Popular CMS’S Released in 2003 Designed to be a Blog Designed for non-technical users Low skill requirement Released in 2001 Designed to be a CMS Used by ACADEMIC, GOVERNMENT, ENTERPRISE High skill requirement Released in 2005 Designed to be a CMS Similar advantages as Drupal Medium skill requirement
- 11. Dries Buytaert is an open-source software programmer notable as founder and lead developer of the Drupal CMS. Born: 19 November 1978 (age 39 years), Antwerp, Belgium Education: Ghent University, University of Antwerp Organizations founded: Acquia, Drupal Association
- 12. What is Drupal
- 13. Full featured CMS (Cotent management system) Many claims: CMF(Content management framework)
- 14. What is Drupal Drupal is content management software. It’s used to make many of the websites and applications you use every day. Drupal has great standard features, like easy content authoring, reliable performance, and excellent security. But what sets it apart is its flexibility; modularity is one of its core principles. Its tools help you build the versatile, structured content that dynamic web experiences need. It’s also a great choice for creating integrated digital frameworks. You can extend it with any one, or many, of thousands of add-ons. Modules expand Drupal’s functionality. Themes let you customize your content’s presentation. Distributions are packaged Drupal bundles you can use as starter-kits. Mix and match these components to enhance Drupal’s core abilities. Or, integrate Drupal with external services and other applications in your infrastructure. No other content management software is this powerful and scalable. The Drupal project is open source software. Anyone can download, use, work on, and share it with others. It’s built on principles like collaboration, globalism, and innovation. It’s distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License(GPL). There are no licensing fees, ever. Drupal will always be free.
- 15. History of Drupal from Drop to Drupal 8.0 Drupal 1.0 released on 15th jan, 2001 Wikipedia also launched on same date. Began with 18 core modules and each was PHP File. Drupa 2.0 was released on 15th march 2001,just after 2 months with 22 core modules Drupal 3.0 was released on 15th sep 2001with 26 core modules In feb 2002, the famous news site kerneltrap.org was launched with help of drupal 3.0.2 Drupal 4.0 was released on 15th june 2002 Beome international open source project Reached to 31 modules Drupal 5.0 released on 15th jan,2007 Drupal 6.0 was released on 13 feb,2008 Reached to 34 modules Drupal 7.0 was released on 5th jan,2011 Drupal 8.0 released on 19th nov, 2016 More than 60 core modules Come up with concept “building something amazing”
- 16. Drupal CMS – A Dynamic Website Platform To Manage Content
- 17. Salient Features Of Drupal CMS Easy to Install, Use and Update: Drupal installation is very easy for any user. You can conveniently update your own website when you want – where you want – without any hassle. There is no need to get specialized in web design, you can create it easily. The web developers can their web development work in a very short time and he will be able to focus more on the content. Unmatched Flexibility: As a user you can not only install it on either Apache or Microsoft IIS, it is also possible to run this CMS on Linux, BSD, Solaris, Windows, and Mac OSX platforms. Easy to Manage Your Content: Over this platform, you would love to manage the content of your site with an easy-to-use web interface. The great flexibility of this platform will allow you to handle countless content types including blog, text, video, podcasts, and polls with robust user management, menu handling, real-time statistics as well as optional revision control. Design & Display: The available presentation layer at this platform allows web designers to create highly usable, interactive experiences that will engage your users and increase traffic. Highly Extendable: With over 16,000 available modules, the vast majority of your website’s needs can be addressed with Drupal core and available add-on modules.
- 18. Salient Features Of Drupal CMS Multiple websites Support: It is easy to turn your Drupal installation into a Blog, forum, Wiki,FAQ, and many other types of web sites. Plus, the default Drupal installation also enables manydiverse websites to be run from a single installation. Superb Connectivity: Using Drupal, you can easily connect to other sites and services across the Internet, using aggregation, feeds, as well search engine connection capabilities. The primary objective of the social networking integration is to help you engage with a wider audience. This platform also offers your website a number of easy ways to interact with external media and file services. Multi-lingual: Drupal CMS is also popular for providing ultimate support for many different languages. Multilingual sites can be easily created using it. Search-Engine Friendly: You will surely love to enjoythe strategic capabilities you will get from this platform for search engine optimization and infrastructure flexibility
- 19. THE PROCESS OF DRUPAL CMS: PLANNING Examining The Business Understanding The Goal Preparation Of Web Strategy DESIGN Draft The Layout Plan Style Of Website Input from Client Implement the Ideas CODING Bringing Design Into Reality Developing The Modules Going Forward For Development TESTING Checking of Each Functionality Front-Back End Debug Process Final Testing For Final Production DEPLOYING Save For The Final Inspection Understanding The Goal Preparation Of Web Strategy
- 20. ADVANTAGES OF DRUPAL CMS: Includes a lot of functionality: Drupal includes lot of functionalities like: advanced menu management, polls management, graphics modification tool, users management and much more. These functions make it possible to create simple or advanced websites, blogs, discussion boards, social networking pages, etc. Variety of content types: Drupal is famous for allowing to create and manage many content types, like: videos, polls, user management, text, blogs, podcasts, statistics, and others. Mobile ready: Nowadays, the smartphones help a lot in providing better ways for marketing. You can use the Drupal site on your phone and view it the same it looks like on your PC. This benefit is a boon to the people who have a small business and wish to promote it at a higher scale.
- 21. ADVANTAGES OF DRUPAL CMS: Graphics management The script includes capabilities of design elements editing. Available templates and themes make for a good start. Predefined page functions configurations make it easy to create both a simple as well as more complicated page configurations. Page content management Drupal allows you to categorize your content through URL addresses, paths, making your own lists. This structure makes for easy management, search and reuse of the content. Plugins The script has several thousands of plugins available on its website. Since Drupal is an Open Source, you can use as well as create your own plugins. Support On the Drupal homepage, there's a documentation, well developed discussion board, chat, mailing list, etc. You can find there plenty of information and help concerning managment and modification of the script.
- 22. DISADVANTAGES OF DRUPAL CMS: Installation and modification The script is not very user-friendly and requires advanced knowledge to install and modify. Quick.Cms, WordPress and even Joomla are simpler to use, even though they do not offer functionalities as rich as Drupal does. Compatibility: Drupal have plenty of new solutions. If you're used to older systems, getting used to this script will take some time. Efficiency: When considering scalibility and efficiency, Drupal is far behind other scripts like Quick.Cms or WordPress. If your website is very large, the script will generate a big server load. It is caused by the big range of possibilities provided by Drupal. There are however plugins that load a website to the server's cache, what decreases the server load.
- 23. Libraries using DRUPAL: 1. Public libraries 2. School libraries 3. University libraries 4. Special libraries 5. Library services 6. Library consortia
- 24. List of Fortune 500 companies using Drupal for their websites Fortune 500 Ranking Company Website 7 CVS Health www.cvshealth.com 11 General Electric www.ge.com 55 Pfizer www.pfizer.com 88 General Dynamics www.generaldynamics.com
- 25. Drupal using for their websites White house The weather channel Oxford University Harvard University MIT Stanford University University of Arizona University of British Columbia University of Toronto Dallas cowboys Lady Gaga
- 30. Conclusion Drupal is an advanced CMS system offering plenty functions, Drupal has successfully emerged as the highly sophisticated Content Management System. It is used to develop community web portals, personal websites, social networking sites, newsletter, resource directories, and more. The beneficial feature in availing Drupal Web Design Services is that the website handles thousand of concurrent users with powerful built-in security. It addresses all the essential issues of an organization leading to a strong online presence.
- 31. References 1. https://www.drupal,org 2. www.drupal.com 3. https://en.wikipedia.org 4. https://www.inflibnet.ac.in 5. https://www.quora.com 6. https://www.slideshare.net