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Deciding whether to use Drupal - Drupal Tutorial
From the course: Drupal 7 Essential Training
Deciding whether to use Drupal
The decision of whether to use Drupal is based on three things: first, the kind of site you want to build; second, what resources you have available to you; and third, what alternatives are out there, and whether one of them might be a better fit. Let's look through each one of these. First, consider what kind of site you're building. Drupal is especially good for sites that go a little bit beyond the basics, or that have to be updated frequently. So if you have frequent updates, you won't have to upload files and rewrite text on the server; you'll just bring it into the CMS, and it will be done. Drupal is also good if you have multiple contributors, because it automatically handles user accounts. Drupal is good if it's a membership site for the same reason. You can set different levels so that some people contribute to the site and some people simply have more access to read the site. Drupal is good if it's going to be interactive. You can post a story, for example, and then allow…
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