Drupal – Industry Expert CMS
May 29th, 2009 by Jerson
The CMS started out early in 2001 when it was a mere message board that evolved form the now defunct Drop.org website, has evolved into the content management system for industry experts who have more experience on the web and the many other industries that relied on it. Starting form a base installation of the Drupal Core system, it can be expanded upon through many third-party contributions that have made the system so successful it is used by over 70 or so brand names for their CMS needs.
Designed to be scalable, meaning it can easily be expanded upon with modules added and taken out as needed to come up with a system that meets an organization’s needs. The system is quite technical and as stated previously, more designed for those people who can be called experts in IT and the many other related fields. Drupal has also been criticized heavily for poor security measures that takes quite sometime to address due tot he many modules/add-ons that can be placed upon the core system. Of the total 2243 user-contributed modules, 64 have been found to have serious security holes that need to be addressed. The community does maintain a support site where they release security information and where updates are posted so users can address them properly, so extensive knowledge of the system is needed to maintain a proper and secure operating environment.