Drupal CMS

Large, enterprise companies usually have very specific organizational needs when laying out their web presence. From many users with very specific permission needs, to many sections with different functionality and page layouts. To ensure these clients get the level of complexity along with general, easy-to-use CMS features, Swipht typically recommends a Drupal installation.

Smaller companies are looking for the same basic things when they come to Swipht: a cost-effective way to manage their site's content, assets, and users. The content will be managed by a few individuals, there are a couple of different page layouts that will need to be created, and there are up to a few hundred pages of content. For these companies, Drupal is also a great fit!

The primary advantage of using Drupal as a CMS is that it’s extremely customizable, allowing developers to build features specific to your needs. Drupal provides an excellent framework from which to develop database-driven web applications. It is also an ideal platform for future expansion and the support of additional requirements.

Drupal is a CNet Webware 100 Winner!

"Publishing had no mass consumer brands in the top 10, as most of the other categories did. WordPress got the most votes. I was interested to see the Drupal CMS platform placing high in this category--above the consumer-oriented publishing products Typepad and Vox. Even combined, these two Six Apart services didn't come close to winning the same number of votes as Drupal. "

 The Drupal CMP (Content Management Platform) is designed to be the foundation of a site and not intended to be all things to all clients. Drupal gives us the basic building blocks we need to create custom websites without forcing sites into a predefined architecture. Because of this flexibility, we can quickly meet your specific organizational needs by adding custom features and functionality that many other CMS’s could not accommodate.

Drupal, having been successfully deployed on thousands of sites will be able to meet a large majority of basic requirements out-of-the-box. The software is completely open-source and any developer who is familiar with PHP can modify the source code and use Drupal. There is a large community of developers constantly updating modules to extend the features and functionality of the Drupal core. The software is provided at no charge and includes full source control.

Read about the large multi-site Drupal installation that we developed for Portland State University or the Drupal Security Package we've created.