Drupal Features

Drupal has some pretty powerful features, the real flexibility comes from the thousands of (free!) modules available. General Features: Searching - All content in Drupal is fully indexed and search able at all times, with an advanced search also available. Additional modules can also provide sortable, faceted search. Content Types - Are a reusable collection of fields for storing your content, such as a !tory" or #ress $elease" or %ob #osting". Content Fields - Are individual fields for content that store a specific piece of data, such as a numeric price, text field, or image. Customize Layouts - Drag and drop system that lets you visually place content where you want it to go on the page. jQuery - &s a free, open-source framewor' that ma'es writing %ava!cript painless, with hundreds of #lug&ns available. Multi-site -&f you are running more than one Drupal site, you can simplify management and upgrading of your sites by using the multi-site feature which allows you to share a single Drupal installation among several sites. Ta onomy - &s the practice of classification according to relationships. &n Drupal, this is one method administrators use to organi(e content in a web site. )axonomy is created from *+ocabularies, that contain related *)erms,, and can be free tags or controlled and hierarchical. Templating - !eparates content from presentation allowing you to control the loo' and feel of your Drupal site. )emplates are created from standard -)./ and #-#, using 0!! (style sheets) for styling. !ie"s - A flexible method to control how listings of content are presented, filtered, and sorted. #lat$orm Features: %pache or &&S' (ni ) Linu ) *SD ) Solaris ) +indo"s ) Mac ,S - Support - Drupal was designed from the start to be multi-platform.

 Data.ase &ndependence - Allows the use of different database servers using the same code base. #er$ormance and Scala.ility: Caching - Drupal 'nows to fetch this page out of the database rather than re-generating it from scratch. Diagnostic Tools - )roubleshoot issues with site performance and stability. #ersonalized Settings - 1sers can personali(e form settings per user or per role.

Site /a0igation Features:

Con$igura.le Menus - Add multiple menus of any depth - primary, secondary, and deeper. Custom *readcrum.s - Administrators can set up their own customi(ed trails to trace site navigation.

S1, Features:
S1,-$riendly (2Ls - Automatic search engine-friendly lin's that are customi(able, and can also redirect multiple paths to avoid duplicate content. Meta Tags ) #age Titles - !et specific 'eywords for pages and titles to optimi(e search engine positioning. Site Map - &s a hierarchical list of pages on your website that can be automatically submitted at a regular interval to search engines.

(ser Management Features:

%ccess Control - Assign groups of permissions to roles for highly specific access control. (ser %uthentication - 1sers can register and authenticate locally or use an external authentication source li'e %abber, 2logger, /ive%ournal or another Drupal website. Manage (sers - 2loc' problematic users, ban &# addresses, host names. (ser #ro$iles - 0reate any 'ind of fields for profiles, optionally show these on the registration form.

Content Management Features:

%dministration - Allows users to configure their site,s bac'-end as opposed to the frontend that visitors access. Clone Content - Allows users to copy a piece of content and then edit the copy. Flags - !ite administrators can customi(e flags for various types of content - flagging comments, favorites, offensive remar's. &mport)1 port - Allows site administrators to export3import their existing content types and views into a repository to share them. &nput Formats - Are made up of one or more filters so that text entered is given a choice of format when added, and text is then saved with that format information. #u.lish)(npu.lish - Allows user to schedule content to be published or unpublished on a specific date. 2e0ision Control - )rac's the details of content updates including who changed it, what was changed, the date and time of changes made to your content and more. +or3$lo" - Allows you to assign a wor'flow status to a particular type of content - first draft, final, published, etc. +4S&+4G - &s an acronym for 4hat 5ou !ee &s 4hat 5ou 6et. )his module allows you to use client-side editors (a.'.a. 45!&456 editors) to edit content in Drupal. Content - 0ustom fields and information for your site. %ddresses - /ets you lin' your users and their content with physical addresses anywhere in the world. Calendar ) 10ents - Displays events or content in a calendar format. Date and Time - Displays date and time on your site. F%Q5s - 1sers with special permissions can create their own 7uestion and answer pairings. Front #age - Display different front pages for your site. Lin3s - Add a complete lin' to content types including 1$/, title and attributes.

 #roject Management - #rovides support for organi(ations, timetrac'ing, invoices, expenses, tas's, tic'ets. #olls - 0reate polls and show them on various pages. +e. Forms - 0reate a custom form used for 7uestionnaires, surveys, polls, contact3register forms on your Drupal site.

Media:
%udio - 1sers with proper permissions can upload audio files onto your site. 1m.edded Media From Third-#arty Sites - 4ill create fields for content types that can be used to display video, image, and audio files from various third party providers li'e 5ou)ube or 8lic'r6 Flash - &nsert 8lash content without having to write any -)./ or #-# code. File (pload Field - A universal upload field within your content. Galleries - !upports photos, video and other content. &mages - 1pload images to your Drupal site, automatically create thumbnails or add image effects. Maps - 0lic'able maps for entering latitude and longitude9 create interactive maps. !ideo - allows users to submit video to a Drupal site, which can be transcoded, resi(ed, and have thumbnails created.

Content Display:
#rinter-Friendly !ersions - Allows you to generate printer-friendly, e-mail, and pdf versions of content. Slidesho"s - !how customi(ed slideshows of any content, not :ust images. Ta..ed Content - 0reate bloc's of content with multiple tabs. Tag Cloud - A visual depiction of user-generated tags, or simply the word content of a site, used to describe the content of web sites.

Communication:
1-Mail /e"sletter - #ublishes and sends newsletters to a list of subscribers, through your own server or via integration with third-party services li'e .ail0himp. Signup - Allows users to register for something on your site and sends a confirmation email bac' to them. &nternationalization ) Multi-Language Features - #rovides content and site interface translation for anonymous users. Multi-language - Drupal is designed to meet the re7uirements of an international audience and provides a full framewor' to create a multi-lingual website, blog, content management system or community application. Translata.le Comments - #rovides a language icon by each comment on your site showing which languages it can be translated into. Translation ,0er0ie" - #rovides a table list of content in a site and what,s been translated into each language.

*logging Features:
*logger Support - 0reate and publish posts from your des'top. Content Syndication - Drupal exports your site,s content in a syndicated format for others to gather. Feed &mporting - &mport structured feeds as content on your Drupal site. #ermalin3s - All content created in Drupal has a permanent lin' or perma lin'" associated with it so people can lin' to it freely without fear of bro'en lin's.

%dministration and %nalysis Features:

%dministration Menu - ;avigation and bac'-end for Drupal. %nalysis' Trac3ing and Statistics - Drupal can print browser-based reports with information about referrals, content popularity and how visitors navigate your site. *ac3up - 2ac's up3restores your Drupal database.

 Counter - 0ounts how many visitors to your site per second, per minute, per day9 however you want. Drupal (pdate Status - 0hec's with drupal.org once a day to see if there are new officially released versions of Drupal as well as new versions of any modules that you are running. File Management - #rovides an intuitive method for managing media files - audio, image, 5ou)ube files. Google %nalytics - 4eb statistics on numbers and locations of users visting your site. Logging and 2eporting - All important activities and system events are captured in an event log to be reviewed by an administrator at a later time. +e.-*ased %dministration - Drupal can be administered entirely using a web browser, ma'ing it possible to access it from around the world and re7uires no additional software to be installed on your computer.

Community Features:
%cti0ity - <eeps trac' of things that users do on your site and then provides mini-feeds of these activities in bloc's. %uthor &n$o - A bloc' of user information usually displayed in a forum but can be used in other places. !hows online status, :oin date, badges, post count, picture, etc. Chat - 1sers can set up chat rooms for their site or have access to chat rooms without additional software. Discussion Forums - 1sers can post comments to discuss a topic, forums can be hierarchical and optionally private. Friend)*uddy Lists - =ne or two-way custom relationships between users. Guest.oo3 - A site guestboo' where users can comment on other people,s entries, delete comments, and create their own individual guestboo's. &n0ites - Allows your users to invite a friend" and send and trac' invitations. /oti$ications - Allows users to be notified of any changes in content via email or private message. ,rganic Groups - A community feature that allows users to create and manage their own

public or private groups", each optionally with their own theme, events, forums, etc. #articipation 2e"ards (ie. 'arma or user points) - A rating and community participation system to try to 'eep the comments as high-7uality as possible. 4hen your comments are rated by others, those ratings are combined into a weighted average > newer comments count more than older ones. #ri0ate Messaging - Allows users on your site to send private messages to each other. 2atings o$ Content - Allows site users to vote on or review content. Send To a Friend - #ermits you to create a send this item" lin' on any content type (image, story, event, etc.). Status (pdates - 8aceboo'"-style status updates allows users to post to the community what they are up to3what they are doing. Threaded comments - Drupal provides a powerful threaded comment model for enabling discussion on published content. 0omments are hierarchical as in a newsgroup or forum.

Security Features:
C%#TC7% and Content Moderation - 2loc' spam content automatically, or allow users to flag inappropriate content. 2estricted %ccess - $estricts access so that some users may view content that is hidden from others.

Commerce Features:
%d0ertising ) %$$iliate - #rovides web content providers with the means to earn revenue from visitors by displaying ads from 6oogle Ad!ense? advertising service on their sites. Donations - 0reate donation products that are not shippable where end users can specify a donation amount before adding the product to the cart. ,nline Store - 0reate an e-commerce site fully integrated with your content and users, sell shippable physical goods, digital downloads, and more. #remium Mem.erships - Allows you to sell premium site memberships from your site.

Third-#arty &ntegration:
Social *oo3mar3ing - -elps readers share, save, boo'mar', and email your pages and stories using any service, such as Delicious, Digg, 8ace boo', )witter, and over @AA more social boo'mar'ing sites. Flic3r - Access and share photos on 8lic'r. T"itter - An application that allows users to show their tweets" in their user profiles. Face.oo3 - An application that allows users to show their activity stream3news feeds. 4elp - An application that allows users to display their 5elp activity such as restaurant and business reviews. 4ouTu.e - An application that allows users to display their favorite" video clips. %mazon - Allows users to act as an Ama(on Associate store where all purchases made through their site results in a commission going to them.