The name Drupal was regulated from the Dutch word 'druppel', or water droplet and was named coincidentally by Dutch mastermind Dries Buytaert when he misspelled the Dutch word for village 'dorp' while checking a domain.
Drupal is not a Content Management System (CMS), nor has it been one for some time. Drupal is a Content Management Framework (CMF), from which you can build a CMS customizing specifically for your needs.
- It is Free open source software. Drupal makes it easy to create and manage your site.
- In terms of features, layout and design, Drupal is highly customizable, which provides loads of choice to developers and designers for addressing clients requirements.
- Drupal enables companies to deploy core features and functionality rapidly.
- Facebook, Twitter, Google Apps, Google Analytics, YouTube, etc. provide an extensive API support for Drupal. Developers can create own custom modules by using such well-documented API.
- As SEO plays a vital role in any company’s online marketing strategies, Drupal enables companies to come forward with SEO-friendly websites. It has enormous flexibility to display content in a way that search engines like.
- Increasing spread of smart devices opens the doors for new marketing platform for the companies. Smart devices’ users can also view the Drupal website the same as that of the desktop users. Small businesses can rely on this feature in order to generate more leads.
- Drupal provides more number of customizable themes, including several base themes which are used to design your own themes for developing web applications.
- Drupal manages content on informational sites, social media sites, member sites, intranets and web applications
Drupal makes web application development extremely easy, flexible, and secure. Drupal uses "hooks" which allow you to interact with the system's core functions. This makes upgrading painless and easy.