Drupal Solutions India

Drupal was a bulletin board system that became an open source CMS in 2001. Drupal is a modular open source CMS written using a programming language PHP. It is environment friendly and is well off with all operating systems; runs well with both the servers (Apache, IIS); MySQL database is used for storing the content. Complete content manipulation is in your hand. The basic functionalities available in default configuration are of great help to developers, designers; they can extend the functionalities using plug-ins. It provides a modular approach for developing your website, you can add, edit, and delete content. Content may be a computer file or other audio/video files, web content or an electronic document that can be managed easily by the owner himself/herself – no need to hire a technical person if you have the basic knowledge, a user friendly interface.

Drupal originated from a Dutch word ‘druppel’ which means a drop. Offshore Drupal development and outsourcing of these services have provided bigger opportunities for Drupal developers to outsource their work to global IT players. Also, open source nature of the software makes it user-friendly. Content can be customized as per individual need. Drupal kernel callbacks allow modules to insert functions into Drupal’s path of execution. Drupal 5.3 was released on 17th Oct 2007 and a month ago in November beta version 6.0 was released with featured freeze feature.

The modular approach provides Drupal with greater flexibility. It provides with the ability to categorize content, post and review comments, custom search is also provide, build multi-level menus, can actively participate in forums, blogs, RSS feeds, grant user access and access control, caste polls, add new content, updated existing ones, can re-write search-engine friendly URLs, generate reports.

Drupal community has contributed by providing many free modules that can be shared among the Drupal and other users of the community. Few successfully developed and most widely used modules include workflow features, organic groups, Google sitemap, Integration with CVS, e-commerce, photo galleries, and mailing list management. Icreon Open Source Development is a leading Drupal Consultant and provider of Drupal solutions in India and to offshore clients too.