 - Drupal is free, open source software that can be used by individuals or groups of users -- even those lacking technical skills -- to easily create and manage many types of Web sites. The application includes a content management platform and a development framework.
Types of sites that Drupal can be used for include:
Drupal is written in the PHP programming language. The software is ready-to-use upon download and also includes a Web-based installer and add on modules. The software supports content management, collaborative authoring, newsletters, podcasts, image galleries, peer-to-peer networking, file uploads/downloads and more.
Drupal originated as a bulletin board system developed by Dries Buytaert in the Netherlands, and became an Open Source project in 2001. When establishing his original Drop.org Website, Buytaert wanted to call the site "dorp" ("village" in Dutch), but made a typo when checking the domain name, and decided the altered form sounded better (Drupal is a transliteration of the Dutch "druppel" which means droplet). Drupal has been downloaded over a million times and is the focus of a large development community.
Drupal is offered under a General Public License (GPL).
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Learn more about PHP |
| Project Zero, a RESTful new beginning for IBM: IBM has entered the world of RESTful Web services and scripting languages like Groovy and PHP with Project Zero. William Brodgen digs into the details of how it works. |
| SOA runtime major step for Eclipse – Milinkovich: The development of an SOA runtime, the release of Ajax tools, a Web services security project and an embrace of PHP demonstrate the vitality of the Eclipse Foundation. |
| Creating User-Defined Mashups: This chapter, excerpted from "Oracle Database Ajax and PHP Web Application Development," discusses how to personally customize your applications using mashups. |
| SCA and SDO for PHP: Daniel Rubio takes a look at what Service Component Architecture and Service Data Objects can offer PHP applications. |
| Eclipse shows off its SOA, BPEL and PHP muscle: At this week's EclipseWorld 2006 conference, Eclipse's SOA Tools Platform and BPEL plug-in, both working projects, were put on display and its PHP IDE was announced. |
| Creating User-Defined Mashups: This chapter, excerpted from "Oracle Database Ajax and PHP Web Application Development," discusses how to personally customize your applications using mashups. |
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