A web content management system (CMS) like Drupal makes adding, updating, and managing website content easy for non-technical users. Drupal is a free and open source modular CMS written in PHP that provides developers with tools to build dynamic, feature-rich websites. It is used by many organizations and individuals to create blogs, communities, intranets, and other sites due to its ease of use, wide range of features, and large support community.

1. Drupal CMS Presented By: Geshan Manandhar [email_address] http://geshan.com.np

2. What is a Web CMS? A web content management system is a system that makes content adding, moderating, updating, deleting, archiving and retrieving easy. It allows non technical users to build and use a website with little or no training. It is a web application that manages various forms of content from text, images to video.

3. What is Drupal? Drupal is a free and open source modular content management system (CMS) and a content management framework. It is written in PHP and runs on MYSQL or Postgre SQL databases. For developers, it provides a solid base to extend and implement custom content management solutions

4. Drupal in simple terms A great free web application that helps you to build dynamic feature rich and maintainable websites in very less time. Add new features ( modules ), change look and feel ( themes ), administer users and user access levels… with no hassle. It can be a great opportunity for designer and developers alike to develop in Drupal.

5. Why choose Drupal? Easy to install Easy to use, user friendly Easy to learn Amazingly feature rich (plug in modules) Free and open source (GNU/GPL License) Flexible, robust and modular Big community support

6. Popularity of Drupal

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8. What can it be used for? Community websites Blogs/Weblogs Social Networking sites Forums Wiki/Knowledge base Business Web Application Intranet

9. Who is using Drupal? Bands, Musicians and Celebrities AvrilLavigne.com JeniferLopez.com Dead.net (Greatful Dead) Communities and Social Networks Blogher.com community.menshealth.de Drupalsites.net

10. Who is using Drupal? Companies and Business http://officepranks. forbes .com/ http://www. mtv .co. uk / http://www. warnerbrosrecords .com/ Open Source, Software and Development http://dev.aol.com/ http://www.flock.com/ http://www.ubuntu.com/ The List goes on… more sites at drupalsites.net

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18. Drupal Current Status Drupal 5.7 released on 30 th January 2008. Drupal 6.0 released recently, 13 th February 2008. 600 + Modules 250 + Themes Localized in 35 + Languages Drupal recently celebrated its 7 th Birthday.(15 th January 2008)

19. Drupal Site(s) I’m Involved in http://peoplesummit.org – My Internship Project

20. Drupal Site(s) I’m Involved in http://yipl.com.np

21. Drupal Site(s) I’m Involved in http://hamrolyrics.com

22. Drupal Site(s) I’m Involved in http://cira.org.np

23. Drupal Site(s) I’m Involved in http://namastektm.co.uk Other sites in the pipeline

24. Basic Drupal Terminology Lets get back. Node: a single puzzle piece that is placed onto the site by one of your users, or even yourself . Almost everything is a node. Blog: online journal or log entry displayed in reverse chronological order. Comments: Comments are what allow people to add comments to any other node that has been created.

25. More Drupal Related Terms Forum: Forums are sets of nodes and their comments. Posts and comments attached. Page: Pages are simple nodes, typically used for static content . Poll: A poll is where a multiple choice question is asked and users can answer . Story: Story pages are the generic page type that most content management systems have. Except node others can be also referred as content types. Content types can be added as per need.

26. More Drupal Terms Block: A region or space that contains some data may be links, image etc. Mainly built by modules or may be custom made. Menu: A region that contains links to other content/nodes in Drupal. Like primary, secondary, navigation or any custom made. Weight : Defines the priority of display. Module: A code block that activates a new function in the Drupal Website.

27. More Drupal Terms Theme: A package when installed and changed changes the overall look and feel of the Drupal website. Other usual terms related to web development also common in Drupal are Header, Footer , Left Sidebar , Right Sidebar , Content Area …

28. A Typical Drupal Site

29. Software needed to run Drupal A web server that can execute PHP. PHP 4.3.5 or higher required 5.x above recommended. A database server preferably MYSQL. MYSQL 4.1 required, 5.x recommended. A web browser. …

30. We Are using XAMPP 1.5.2 (X-For All, Apache, MYSQL, PHP and Perl) PHPMYADMIN – for MYSQL administration Firefox - Version 2 or above Zip tool/Tar Tool - Winzip or WinRar …

31. Lets get started Install XAMPP Download and Install Drupal . Do some work in it, build a decent website. Menu and content management. User Management Module Integration Theme Integration …