Wordpress, Jimdo or Drupal? When it comes to implementing your new website, choosing the right content management system is crucial. To help you make the right decision, we will introduce Drupal to you in the following article and give you four important facts that you should know in advance.
What is Drupal?
While content management systems such as Wordpress, Jimdo or Typo3 are very popular in Germany and are often used for all kinds of website projects, Drupal is one of the lesser-known CMSs. But the ever-growing fan base proves that web design with Drupal is becoming more and more firmly anchored in this country too. Like its well-known competitors, the open source content management system is free and is particularly impressive because of its ever-growing developer community.
The fact that Drupal is now a serious alternative is demonstrated by the many well-known websites that make no secret of their CMS.
The website of the British royal family, the website of the watch manufacturer Tag Heuer and the online presence of the fast food chain Wendy's are just a few of the prominent representatives. You can find many more here.
4 convincing facts about Drupal
But what are the reasons why many well-known companies rely on web design with Drupal and for which projects is this CMS suitable? Here are our four facts:
Safety first! Drupal offers a high level of security
Even if you are wondering why someone should attack your website, we unfortunately have to tell you: your website is worth money!
Stealing collected customer data, making it more difficult for other hacked sites to trace, or even redirecting visitors to third-party websites are just a few reasons why every website is potentially at risk.
The most important priority is therefore to keep the security updates for your own web infrastructure up to date, regardless of whether it is Drupal or other installations.
But Drupal in particular impresses with its exemplary security management. The active community immediately communicates any security gaps that arise and ensures that they are eliminated quickly. Drupal even has its own security team that responds immediately to reported hacks and works hard to fix them.
Of course, Drupal also has rights management, with which you can determine internally which user receives which permissions.
Security is therefore very important to Drupal and company websites with sensitive data in particular benefit from it.
Drupal yes or no? Who is this CMS suitable for?
From small blogs to web shops and large company websites – all websites can be created quickly and easily with Drupal.
However, the focus is on web projects where the community idea is central. With Drupal, multiple users can work on different pages in parallel. This is particularly advantageous for large websites with a lot of content, as several developers can advance your website at the same time.
However, at first glance, Drupal's rather slim backend is a common reason why less experienced users choose Wordpress or other all-rounders. For example, anyone who knows the practical 5-minute installation of Wordpress will be a little put off at first.
But this supposed disadvantage is the biggest advantage of Drupal: with a little technical knowledge, the backend can be adapted exactly to your own needs.
By combining it with additional modules (selection from 42,177, as of December 2018), you can expand the range of functions of the Drupal core system enormously, so that there are no limits to web design.
Drupal is therefore suitable for everyone who has some technical understanding or the willingness to familiarize themselves with the system in order to put together their desired configuration.
SEO with Drupal
The developers of Drupal have recognized that without good SEO - Search Engine Optimization - no website will appear in the search results of Google and Co. today.
The basic version of Drupal already includes all the important tools for SEO. However, with the additional modules you can optimize your site professionally for search engines.
These include, among other things, a clean page structure that makes it easier for search engines to easily recognize relevant content. In addition, the (human-readable) URL can be adjusted accordingly, both automatically and manually by the respective editor.
Drupal has its own taxonomy system with which you can divide content into different categories, even several at the same time, and thus offers enormous advantages over the classic, hierarchical page structure, especially for websites with many subpages.
A sensible content structure becomes important when, in addition to the usual information on your website, you want to integrate a blog, news or press releases and make them easy to find.
Drupal's taxonomy system can support you and at the same time ensure good search engine optimization.
How much does Drupal cost?
Similar to Wordpress or Typo3, Drupal is also a free content management system, regardless of whether you use it to create your private blog or plan a corporate website for your company.
However, if you need help programming your website and have to get it externally through a service provider, the prices for Drupal developers are higher than for help with Wordpress sites, for example. This is mainly due to the popularity of Drupal.
However, since the fan base for this CMS is constantly growing in Germany, this will be put into perspective in the future and should therefore not be a reason for you to decide against Drupal.
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Advantages of Drupal
As you have already read, Drupal is suitable for every web project. The following four key benefits show why you should definitely consider Drupal:
- Drupal scales well, especially for large websites with many visitors. If visitor traffic grows over time, Drupal websites can handle this without performance problems. This is proven above all by the prominent examples mentioned at the beginning.
- The high security standards are convincing. The large community and especially the Drupal Security Team recognize hacks and react immediately. The necessary security updates are provided quickly and can be easily installed.
- Web design with Drupal knows no limits. A selection of ready-made designs helps you get started quickly. With the provided modules and the necessary HTML, PHP and CSS knowledge, all desired adjustments can be easily implemented.
- Drupal is also free. Due to the constantly increasing popularity, there are more and more developers who specialize in Drupal and whom you can hire for your web projects.
Drupal is already extremely popular abroad as a content management system. But in Germany too, more and more entrepreneurs and companies are choosing web design with Drupal and benefiting from the many advantages. We can also support you with this. Please feel free to contact us without obligation (Contact).
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