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Benefts of

Drupal Over

Other CMS Systems

he content management system or CMS are extremely generous with their time and theme designers and receive ongoing support
Tyou choose has a big impact on your are glad to answer your questions. When you from them. You can fnd both free and premium
business. Whether you use WordPress, Joomla, use Drupal, you’ll probably want to use some themes for your Drupal site.
Drupal or another CMS, you should understand of the themes and applications made especially
the pros and cons before making a decision. In for this CMS. When you choose such a product,
some cases, it may be advantageous to switch you can always contact the designer and, in Extremely Scalable
your website over to a CMS that offers features
most cases, you’ll fnd he or she is more than Compared to other CMS choices such as
you fnd helpful.
willing to help you. There are also both online WordPress, Drupal is very scalable. This is
and local Drupal groups you can join. something you’ll be grateful for if your website
If you’re not familiar with Drupal, you should
grows or you start experiencing high volumes
realize that this CMS has many compelling
benefts. Keep in mind that to get the most out A Wide Choice of Themes of traffc. These are, overall, very nice problems
of Drupal, you should use the latest version. to have. However, if your CMD doesn’t support
As of now, the latest version is Drupal 8. The The theme of your website helps to make it your growth, it can cause you serious problems,
following are some of the most notable benefts unique, refecting the qualities and purpose of such as being unable to handle all of your new
of powering your website with Drupal rather your business or organization. With Drupal, you traffc.
than another CMS. have access to a large number of professional
themes of every description. Some of the Having to move your website to a new CMS,
A Large and Knowledgeable most creative theme designers in the world especially when it’s very large, can be a hassle.
Open Source Community contribute their work to Drupal, giving you With Drupal, however, you can start small and
many choices and capabilities. scale it up without making any major changes.
One of the advantages of using an open This is why some of the highest traffc websites
source CMS such as Drupal is that you are Themes are highly customizable, allowing in the world, including CNN, the White House,
never on your own. You have easy access to you to use the fonts, layout, color schemes, Examiner.com and ED.gov. If you have a large
a large and constantly growing community of background and images that work best for you. website, or plan to grow in the future, Drupal
developers and users. Many of these people As mentioned, you can also communicate with is a great choice.

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