Drupal is a free, flexible and robust open-course content management system, powering millions of websites and applications worldwide.
It is built, improved and supported by a strong community of people. However you will need to undertake a steep learning curve to understand the application and get your head around the complex terminology as Drupal is known as the ‘developers CMS’, not really for a novice.
You can use Drupal to build everything from personal blogs to enterprise applications, but again, to achieve something unique you will need to use a range of customisable tools. With the lack of themes, you will also struggle here!
Outside of the generous array features, there is a wealth of free modules and plugins, which is supported with well documented and intelligently designed code. Drupal has even been optimised for the web as a social-medium – Great news for those building website, and encouraging feedback and interaction!
Simply, Drupal take social mediums to the next level; including forums, blogs & membership systems within an integrated, yet modular system which allows for communication, publication and E-Commerce functionality.
Installation is very simple and comes with relevant documents which will explain anything you might be unsure about.
Concerning your SEO functionality, Drupal is one of the best CMS in terms of standard functionality. With one click of the button, you will correctly use heading tags, meta data and
Drupal uses clean URLS –All basic SEO requirements for most Search Engines.
See Part One - Joomla!