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Why is Drupal used?
Drupal is a free, open-source content management system (CMS) with a large, supportive community. It’s used by millions of people and organizations around the globe to build and maintain their websites. For example, Drupal is free to download and anyone can modify and extend the platform.
What is a Drupal node?
All content on a Drupal website is stored and treated as “nodes”. A node is any piece of individual content, such as a page, poll, article, forum topic, or a blog entry. Comments are not stored as nodes but are always connected to one. Treating all content as nodes allows the flexibility to create new types of content.
What kind of database is used in Drupal?
The database can be PostgreSQL or SQLite instead of MySQL, or a MySQL-compatible replacement such as MariaDB or Percona. Other operating systems, web servers, and databases can also be made to work; however, the scripts that the software uses are written in PHP, so that cannot be changed.
What do you need to know about Drupal CMS?
Drupal is a flexible CMS based on the LAMP stack, with a modular design allowing features to be added and removed by installing and uninstalling modules, and allowing the entire look and feel of the website to be changed by installing and uninstalling themes.
What kind of operating system does Drupal run on?
Drupal can also run on other technology stacks: The operating system can be Windows or Mac OS instead of Linux. The web server can be Nginx or IIS instead of Apache.
What do you need to know about Drupal core?
The base Drupal download, known as Drupal Core, contains the PHP scripts needed to run the basic CMS functionality, several optional modules and themes, and many JavaScript, CSS, and image assets. Many additional modules and themes can be downloaded from the Drupal.org website. Drupal can also run on other technology stacks: