Why Drupal

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Disclaimer: Examples used in this presentation are available in the public space, and are used for demonstration

purposes only. These have not been implemented by Srijan.

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What is Drupal

Drupal is a free and open source content management system (CMS)

Written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License (its free!)

It can be used to build – corporate websites, interactive community portals,

employee intranets, high-traffic magazine websites

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Why Drupal

Drupal has excellent vocabulary and tag management

Drupal handles high traffic loads due to its caching mechanism

A powerful and fast search engine integration with Apache SOLR

“Many of the things I accomplished writing PHP

were more easily accomplished by mastering the

config options and finding the right theme and

modules”- Mario Rader

http://drupal.org/node/1442940#comment-5617298

“Many of the things I accomplished writing PHP

were more easily accomplished by mastering the

config options and finding the right theme and

modules”- Mario Rader

http://drupal.org/node/1442940#comment-5617298

“At it’s core, Drupal is built for

scalability” – Nathan Smith, Co-author

jQuery Cookbook at

http://sonspring.com/journal/why-drupal

“At it’s core, Drupal is built for

scalability” – Nathan Smith, Co-author

jQuery Cookbook at

http://sonspring.com/journal/why-drupal

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Drupal capabilities – in Governance

whitehouse.gov/itdashboard.gov

• WhiteHouse.gov subsidiary

• 7,000 Federal IT investments and detailed

data for over 700 of those investments• management tool for the U S federal

government CIOs

• XML API, allowing for system-to-system

integraton between the IT Dashboard and

the systems used by more than 26 Federal

agencies.

Source: Drupal.org case study

http://drupal.org/node/1100308

whitehouse.gov/itdashboard.gov

• WhiteHouse.gov subsidiary

• 7,000 Federal IT investments and detailed

data for over 700 of those investments• management tool for the U S federal

government CIOs

• XML API, allowing for system-to-system

integraton between the IT Dashboard and

the systems used by more than 26 Federal

agencies.

Source: Drupal.org case study

http://drupal.org/node/1100308

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OPEN Government

• In 120 days, each agency needs to publish a detailed Open Government

Plan of their own

• Drupal is perfect to get these /open-websites up and running quickly,

and makes for a great foundaton to extend its functonality in the future

Source : http://buytaert.net/open-government-directve-and-drupal

OPEN Government

• In 120 days, each agency needs to publish a detailed Open Government

Plan of their own

• Drupal is perfect to get these /open-websites up and running quickly,

and makes for a great foundaton to extend its functonality in the future

Source : http://buytaert.net/open-government-directve-and-drupal

Drupal capabilities – in Governance

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Drupal capabilities – in Community

Twitter Developer Community

• 750,000 developers who have created

nearly a million apps

• 13 billion API calls per day• using Views to power "discussions" as

opposed to the core Forum module

Source: Dries Buytaert blogpost

buytaert.net/twitter-using-drupal

Twitter Developer Community

• 750,000 developers who have created

nearly a million apps

• 13 billion API calls per day• using Views to power "discussions" as

opposed to the core Forum module

Source: Dries Buytaert blogpost

buytaert.net/twitter-using-drupal

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Drupal capabilities – in Community

Symantec Connect

• 272,201 community members• Developer community for Symantec

products• using Views to power "discussions" as

opposed to the core Forum module

Source: http://www.symantec.com/connect

Symantec Connect

• 272,201 community members• Developer community for Symantec

products• using Views to power "discussions" as

opposed to the core Forum module

Source: http://www.symantec.com/connect

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Drupal capabilities – in Media & Publishing

The Economist

• 20-30 million page views per month.• 3-4 million unique visitors per month

Source: Drupal case study

http://drupal.org/node/915102

The Economist

• 20-30 million page views per month.• 3-4 million unique visitors per month

Source: Drupal case study

http://drupal.org/node/915102

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Drupal capabilities – in Media & Publishing

Mother Nature Network (MNN)

• Exceeded 17 million pageviews in a single

day• Known to handle over 24,000 concurrent

sessions

Source: Drupal case study

http://drupal.org/node/915102

Mother Nature Network (MNN)

• Exceeded 17 million pageviews in a single

day• Known to handle over 24,000 concurrent

sessions

Source: Drupal case study

http://drupal.org/node/915102

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Drupal capabilities – in E-commerce

Cargoh.com

• Ubercart Marketplace module

implementaton.

• Social Networking over E-Commerce

Cargoh.com

• Ubercart Marketplace module

implementaton.

• Social Networking over E-Commerce

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Drupal capabilities – in Forex & Trading Platform

iPhorex

• mobile trading technologies which are

device and network independent.• Realtme trading of foreign currencies.• Integraton with CandleStick and Linechart

iPhorex

• mobile trading technologies which are

device and network independent.• Realtme trading of foreign currencies.• Integraton with CandleStick and Linechart

Why Drupal

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Disclaimer: Examples used in this presentation are available in the public

space, and are used for demonstration purposes only. These have not been

implemented by Srijan.