Drupal is powerful and versatile, but requires an investment in learning the technology
Overall Satisfaction with Drupal
Drupal is being used for a public facing website for the organization, with private groups for certain members. It is used to provide news, announcements, and to create networking groups.
Pros
- Powerful right out of the box, infinitely expandable to address specific requirements.
- Powerful role-based user registration.
- Strong use of taxonomy.
- Versatile theming, well separated from the code layer.
Cons
- Easier way to create custom themes.
- While community support is very good, it it inconsistent. Many projects are poorly supported, could use more examples, maintainers should be rewarded for providing faster response to questions.
- When a major revision is released, it usually takes a year for all the supporting modules to be ready.
- It has allowed us to support the needs of a diverse base of professionals well.
- Development of new features often takes much longer than anticipated
- Communication between sectors of our audience has improved.
- mambo,ExpressionEngine,Joomla!
Better design and architecture, stronger user base, higher standards for coding.
Drupal Feature Ratings
Using Drupal
8 - Organization membership, editorial content, news and communication, private committees, press and marketing.
1 - Web authoring, SEO, PHP coding, user interface, general design skills, Unix system administration.
- Informing members of events and organizational changes.
- Telling the world about the organization, with stories, videos, and photos.
- Communication between special interest groups.
- Creating and maintaining members.
- Online sales of books and other products.
- Integration with twitter and other social networks.
- Integration with other organization and services.
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