Drupal Site Development

Drupal is a very flexible and robust content management system (CMS), widely used for social networking and other interactive sites. It is my preferred choice of platform for large sites.

I offer all types of development services for Drupal, from small scale programming to the building of complete sites.

If you are trying to decide on a platform for your website, consider using Drupal. To help make up your mind, I’ve put together a list of 5 reasons why it may be your best choice of content management system: if you are still not sure, please feel free to ring me on 01805 625149 or use the contact form on the right to ask about your site needs.

5 Reasons why you should choose Drupal for your website

1. Maintainability

With Drupal, adding and editing content is as easy as you need it to be. Users with no knowledge of HTML can easily write articles, while skilled users are accommodated too.

Search engines love fresh content, so it makes sense to use a platform that makes it easy for you and your users to create it. Whether it’s multimedia - images, audio and video – or ordinary text, Drupal provides the tools.

And if your need is for complex structured data, such as product entries in catalogues, Drupal is up to that job, too. There’s a module called CCK (Content Construction Kit) which helps you build input forms and control the way entries are displayed.

2. Reliability

Drupal is noted for its reliability. The code that it runs on is in constant use on tens of thousands of sites around the world. And because it’s open source when problems do occur it’s much easier to track them down and fix them. There’s a very active community of users helping each other to improve the performance and reliability of their sites.

And for your further peace of mind, Drupal has a deserved reputation as one of the most secure content management systems available, and a dedicated team work continuously to keep it that way.

3. Adaptability

Drupal is used for sites ranging from small non-profit organisations to major media corporations. The software is readily adaptable to a wide range of needs including event management, e-commerce, discussion groups and article publishing. (It can even be used to build Facebook applications).

Drupal’s modular construction, and the wide range of contributed modules available, mean you have a fantastic choice of ways to put a site together, suitable for practically every requirement.

4. Customisability

A Drupal site can be very easy on the eye. And as these great-looking sites show, one Drupal site can look very different from any other.

Drupal’s theming system means that every aspect of its appearance can be customised to your requirements. A combination of simple templates and custom code can be employed to give fine-grained control over every component on every page.

5. Value

Drupal is free, and it comes with a lot of functionality built in, so you are getting great value right from the start. What’s more, it’s designed to make adding new features and other customisation easy for the developer, so the effort involved in these tasks is kept to a minimum.

Looking for a professional developer with the experience to deliver your Drupal site on time and to budget? Call me today on +44 (0)1805 625149 or use the contact form on the right of this page.

“Working with Alfred from Likemind was great, he knows how to use Drupal to do what is needed and make the project happen.” — Yates Buckley, unit9.

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