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Flexible and scalable
What do you like best about the product?
Drupal excels at being a flexible, scalable base to build and grow on. You can easily customize content types and fields, and then make custom dynamic Views of your content.
Permissions are very granular and you can create multiple roles with different permissions for your users.
Permissions are very granular and you can create multiple roles with different permissions for your users.
What do you dislike about the product?
The massive changes with every major release can make it an expensive choice in terms of updates. Drupal 8 appears to be catering more towards the Enterprise rather than the small and medium sized nonprofits I usually work with, which is a disappointment.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Drupal allows extreme flexibility with content and allows very detailed ways of adding content and cross-referencing with customizable categories/terms. Content can be added once and used in multiple places.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Consider Backdrop CMS also.
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information service librarian
What do you like best about the product?
it is a good website but not as user friendly as word press
What do you dislike about the product?
it is not easy to navigate and not very user friendly for a person who is not very tech savy
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
provide information to the community
Recommendations to others considering the product:
it is a good website but i would still recommend wordpress
New and improving every day
What do you like best about the product?
the best thing about Drupal is its modularity. A lot of components ready to be used.
Also, it's a "quite new" technology, so is getting a lot of updates
Also, it's a "quite new" technology, so is getting a lot of updates
What do you dislike about the product?
modularity sometimes means complexity, and in Drupal happens.
you need to be very tidy and clean in your code.
Also you have to be aware of all the new updates, because sometimes your code can be afferted
you need to be very tidy and clean in your code.
Also you have to be aware of all the new updates, because sometimes your code can be afferted
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
With Drupal I only see the option of creating Websites.
Amateur to Web Pro with Drupal
What do you like best about the product?
I love how easy it is to make webpage changes and uploads using Drupal. I don't have to be a web master to make significant changes to my clients' websites and that is awesome!
What do you dislike about the product?
It would be nice if there were more internal options for formatting the text while making edits to pages. Things like changing text color, font, and size aren't as readily available which can slow you down.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are keeping our clients happy with regularly updated websites that we can make edits to within minutes. They don't have to wait long at all to make big changes and they really appreciate it.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I would recommend taking a look through all of the menus to familiarize yourself with not only how Drupal works, but with how your client (or your own) websites are formatted.
Drupal for website management
What do you like best about the product?
The site is mobile friendly and updates in real time.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are a lot of menus and clicks required to navigate.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Our conference website is constantly being updated daily and Drupal is a great tool to have updates in real time.
Built to Last
What do you like best about the product?
Drupal sites can be built and run like a Ferrari, yet have the reliability of safety of a Mercedes. It's definitely a tool for the organizations that need to stand out from their competition and require high performance. I like the fact there are no yearly licensing fees and there isn't a new version or upgrade every year.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish it was easier for marketing people to learn and administrate. I would like to see Drupal focus more on the tools that help marketers and less on the tools that get developers excited.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I have a business that requires me to stay ahead of my competition. I accomplish this through continuous innovation and tireless dedication to providing my visitors with advanced digital tools. I work very hard and invest a good deal of money in attracting visitors to my web properties, they have to be impressed or they will leave. Changing images and words aren't enough, lazy marketers will figure this out some day. I need to stay ahead of the competition and Drupal is the only platform that allows me to iterate and innovate quickly. Content delivery is getting more difficult with the advancement mobile not to mention VR and AR, I need to be flexible to adapt to the market. Drupal wins this battle hands down!
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Drupal is an advanced tool, you wouldn't bring your Ferrari to a Ford dealer, you shouldn't ask your creative agency either. One more item, Drupal shouldn't be used for every web property. My organization deploys a number of Wordpress sites for pure marketing purposes. Drupal is fine dining to Wordpress's fast food.
Powerful and flexible
What do you like best about the product?
Drupal has 7 main advantages:
1) It's a bit like lego blocks, which makes it very flexible.
Drupal has a system of "modules" which you can add to your site to create new functions.
For example, the Commerce module lets you add shopping functions, the Membership module lets you do member based services, while the Video modules lets you host video clips.
Each of these modules are made up of small modules themselves, which ensures you only turn on the bits of the functions you need.
Better yet, you can mix and match the modules to produce things the original creators might have never thought of. For example, combine the Commerce, Membership and Video modules and you could create a paid for membership site of training videos.
2) It's very layered.
In Drupal, all the system code is in one layer, code to do with appearance (e.g. CSS, HTML) is another layer and custom modifications go in another layer.
This makes it very easy to change things. For example, you can change the entire layout of your site without having to modify the original content to adapt to it.
3) It's free
Remarkably, the core technology and all these modules are available for free. There are some themes that you have to pay for if you want to change the look of your site, but you can make your own themes and there are number of free themes as well.
4) Great user support
Drupal has a network of dedicated and helpful users who are willing to provide plenty of free help and support. There's also a good selection of free training videos on YouTube.
5) Plenty of updates
Drupal releases minor updates on a monthly basis which address any of bugs or security concerns that crop up. There are also major updates every 2-3 years, which radically change the functionality of the core system.
6) Portable code
Most code can easily be transferred between sites. So if you create a function on one site, you can move it to another without having to re-do it all from scratch.
7) Don’t need strong coding skills
Because Drupal has a module system, you can easily do quite a lot without needing to know how to code. It might not look and function exactly as you want, but it will be a decent effort.
1) It's a bit like lego blocks, which makes it very flexible.
Drupal has a system of "modules" which you can add to your site to create new functions.
For example, the Commerce module lets you add shopping functions, the Membership module lets you do member based services, while the Video modules lets you host video clips.
Each of these modules are made up of small modules themselves, which ensures you only turn on the bits of the functions you need.
Better yet, you can mix and match the modules to produce things the original creators might have never thought of. For example, combine the Commerce, Membership and Video modules and you could create a paid for membership site of training videos.
2) It's very layered.
In Drupal, all the system code is in one layer, code to do with appearance (e.g. CSS, HTML) is another layer and custom modifications go in another layer.
This makes it very easy to change things. For example, you can change the entire layout of your site without having to modify the original content to adapt to it.
3) It's free
Remarkably, the core technology and all these modules are available for free. There are some themes that you have to pay for if you want to change the look of your site, but you can make your own themes and there are number of free themes as well.
4) Great user support
Drupal has a network of dedicated and helpful users who are willing to provide plenty of free help and support. There's also a good selection of free training videos on YouTube.
5) Plenty of updates
Drupal releases minor updates on a monthly basis which address any of bugs or security concerns that crop up. There are also major updates every 2-3 years, which radically change the functionality of the core system.
6) Portable code
Most code can easily be transferred between sites. So if you create a function on one site, you can move it to another without having to re-do it all from scratch.
7) Don’t need strong coding skills
Because Drupal has a module system, you can easily do quite a lot without needing to know how to code. It might not look and function exactly as you want, but it will be a decent effort.
What do you dislike about the product?
Drupal has 2 main set backs:
1) It can get very complicated
The down side of all the flexibility, is that there are often 10 ways to do one thing in Drupal and it's not always clear which method is best. Often the only way you can find out is through experience. Which means your early Drupal projects might not be as good as they could be, as you cut your teeth on learning which methods are best for you.
2) Your code won’t last forever.
Every 2-3 years, Drupal releases a new major update which radically changes the functionality of the site. The plus side of this is that it makes Drupal better. The downside is that you will often have to completely re-write your custom code. Because these major updates change everything, you will often need to install new modules to replace old ones. Essentially you have to rebuild your site (thankfully all the content can be transferred over).
Upgrading isn't a requirement. But after a couple of years, the older versions of Drupal are no longer supported. So if building a Drupal site, expect to replace it in 3-5 years.
1) It can get very complicated
The down side of all the flexibility, is that there are often 10 ways to do one thing in Drupal and it's not always clear which method is best. Often the only way you can find out is through experience. Which means your early Drupal projects might not be as good as they could be, as you cut your teeth on learning which methods are best for you.
2) Your code won’t last forever.
Every 2-3 years, Drupal releases a new major update which radically changes the functionality of the site. The plus side of this is that it makes Drupal better. The downside is that you will often have to completely re-write your custom code. Because these major updates change everything, you will often need to install new modules to replace old ones. Essentially you have to rebuild your site (thankfully all the content can be transferred over).
Upgrading isn't a requirement. But after a couple of years, the older versions of Drupal are no longer supported. So if building a Drupal site, expect to replace it in 3-5 years.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I have used Drupal to make several websites including:
A membership website people where can book appointments for swimming lessons with their children. After they have taken the lesson, the web site will let them download a video of their session. When they complete all the lessons, the web site will let them access a certifcate.
A karate website people where can purchase video downloads or DVDs of karate lessons
Severeal blogs that have community features such as forums, updates by email, plus automatically publishing of articles to social media
An design agency website which contains a catalogue of products and servcies.
All of these projects contain advance features. Producing these manually would have been very expensive and cost lost of time. But with Druapl, I was able to turn around the projects quickly and for a low cost.
A membership website people where can book appointments for swimming lessons with their children. After they have taken the lesson, the web site will let them download a video of their session. When they complete all the lessons, the web site will let them access a certifcate.
A karate website people where can purchase video downloads or DVDs of karate lessons
Severeal blogs that have community features such as forums, updates by email, plus automatically publishing of articles to social media
An design agency website which contains a catalogue of products and servcies.
All of these projects contain advance features. Producing these manually would have been very expensive and cost lost of time. But with Druapl, I was able to turn around the projects quickly and for a low cost.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you are need to turn around a project quickly and for a low price, Drupal is the perfect choice. It does have a steep learning curve but once you learn how to use it, you will save hours of time in the long run.
The Power of Drupal
What do you like best about the product?
I would have to say that one of my favorite things about Drupal is the ability to creative so many different permission levels. Having various users with access to the back end of our site, it has been amazing to be able restrict access that some users do not need. It has helped keep our content organized and consistent from page to page when users aren't able to create a page for a single paragraph or change the fonts and colors to something different from our brand.
What do you dislike about the product?
The interface isn't drag and drop like other CMS. There is a bit of training involved when we first get users set up. Since our site was built with a custom theme, it is more difficult to make changes and updates to the site. We have to reach out to our developers to do that on the back end using GitHub. It would be nice, and faster, if I was able to do that myself. We also run into compatibility issues with some modules. We are not running on the most current version of Drupal so we've discovered that some developers have now turned their focus on modules for the current version so when we make updates to our version, some modules are no longer compatible with the version of Drupal we're running on.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have used Drupal to create one cohesive, more simplified site. With various permission we can restrict the amount of access people have to create pages and content willy nilly. We have also created a workflow within Drupal that requires admin approval for all content to ensure everything is the highest quality and most professional before being published. We love that any feature we dream up for the site, our Developers can help us build it. It's entirely customizable.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Do your research throughly before you choose a CMS. Understand its strengths and weaknesses fully. We thought we could build our Drupal site on our own, with just a couple novice and some Lynda tutorials. That's definitely not the case. Luckily, we were able to find an amazing company with Drupal experts who could help us get our site up and running. We never would have been able to without them. If you can find a wiz Drupal developer, I highly recommend it. It could be costly, but it will pay off in the end.
Easy to use website editing
What do you like best about the product?
I work for a national organization so we have many users and many different websites under the Drupal software. Drupal allows us to have consistent content controlled nationally and updated immediately, but also the ability to edit for local information
What do you dislike about the product?
Most features can be used by someone who does not know a ton about web editing, but there are some complex features that do require some homework and insight.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We were able to upgrade our website editing program and it has made a huge difference!
Using Drupal over the course of 2 years
What do you like best about the product?
I like the ease of Drupal UI compared to Wordpress. Creating pages and updating layouts is a breeze.
What do you dislike about the product?
Drupal forms is the downside of the platform. There is no customization of the forms landing page itself so we cannot accommodate any complicated requests like special backgrounds, image headers, 2-column layouts and embedding forms.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We're using Drupal as a platform to build our magazine publication websites and forms.
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