Introduction:

• Drupal is a free and open-source content management

system (CMS).

• A content management system(CMS) is a computer

program that allows publishing, editing and modifying

content on a web site as well as maintenance from a central

interface

• It is server set of programs that delivers info via a web

browser.

About Drupal:

• Initial release 2001

• Present version 7.15

• PHP is the platform on which drupal is built.

• The standard release of Drupal, known as Drupal core,

contains the basic features.

• Core include features like user account registration and

maintenance, menu management, RSS feeds, page layout

customization, and system administration. 

HTML way

Drupal Way

System Requirements:

• Apache Web Server

• My SQL database

• PHP

Examples:

• WAMP, LAMP, MAMP

Drupal Popularity and Advantages:

• One of the popular CMS(2.1% backend share).

• Easy installation.

• No programming skills required.

• Large Community Support.