Why Drupal?

Comparing with CMS like Drupal Mambo / Joomla, Wordpress, or PHP Nuke like comparing heaven and earth. Wow, sedemikain away? When you first move to Drupal from Joomla is quite difficult to me. Understandably, this time I became a module developer for Simple Board Forum especially for module Last Forum Subject. Also as a core developer for the components that provide the ability Joomblog create a blog on Joomla. As if the great truth Drupal?

All CMS Drupal offers flexibility but offers something more. Several advantages compared to Drupal Mambo / Joomla and WordPress are:

1. Multi Sites. Built-in Drupal supports multiple manufacturing sites, this feature is not present in Joomla or WordPress.

2. Forum. Built-in Drupal has the ability to create forums.

3. Cascading Comment. Built-in Drupal supports multilevel comment (not flat). So easy to read a comment directed at the comment where.

4. Multi-type content. This is a capability built-in Drupal extraordinary. This means you can create a special content type for news, products and articles for example. This really is not just the content type categorization!

5. Cascading Unlimited Category. Joomla only supports level 1 category only, Joomla can not make the next sub-category. Built-in category Drupal achieve unlimited levels!

6. SEO, Drupal websites known for his SEO reliable.

7. A flexible template. How do you change the shape / layout of a form field? Drupal provides a template that is very flexible and easy to learn.

8. Profile. A profile is built-in ability Drupal is awesome, too. You can add fields such as ID card number, address, date of birth and so on when the user fill out the registration form! This capability is not in Joomla or WordPress.

9. Drupal select jQuery JavaScript Library consistently. While Joomla and Wordpress alternated using jQuery and Mootools.

10. The future is not clear at the Mambo / Joomla.

• Since October 12, 2006, Joomla 1.5 Beta1 released and until October 6, 2007 new entrants 1.5 RC3. So for 1-year-kelar kelar not too!
• While Drupal 4.7.0 appeared on 1 May 2006 (already includes AJAX features!) And 5.0 on Jan 15, 2007, only months. Even Drupal 6 Beta 1 appears on Sep 15, 2007, and Drupal 6 Beta 2 on 17 Okt2007, just 1 month! And Drupal 6 brings new features of Multi Languages increasingly makes Drupal great.

11. Support Drupal developer in more and more. And not a little good-good move to Drupal Joomla especially in countries where English is not your primary language. This is because the ability to multi languages on Drupal. Even since Drupal 5 for i18n module is the origin of multiple languages on Drupal 6!

12. CCK (Content Creation Kit). This is one of its killer feature Drupal. Just Drupal module provides a practical so that you can create a slide show application, gallery, guest book and even e-commerce with the aid of this CCK! Views module combined with the increasingly easy to serve the needs of Drupal websites can display their own customized by the user without any coding at all!

13. Hook System. API in Drupal using a system hook that proved successful. We can easily inject (hook) something on the specific content Mass. With the system in every element WEIGHT make me easy to position a new element in Drupal!

14. News Aggregator. Built-in RSS feeds is very easy on the Drupal website.

15. User Define Menu. Built-in Drupal has the ability to create new menus and even a story!

Moreover, huh? It was quite partial Drupal skills I mentioned. In short as one former Developer Mambo / Joomla I realized how great is that my Drupal URLs as the heavens and the earth. But, of course in the sky there is heaven!