Drupal is a very powerful content management system that allows IT professionals and site users to change content on all pages of the site.  It is normally  maintained by a company’s web content administrator.  Drupal is an open source application (this means the source code is available to update and manage).  Learning to operate a Drupal website does involve a learning curve for site owners that are not IT professionals.  Drupal training classes are available through Inside Design Orlando.  Because some clients are able to download “free” Drupal Templates they assume it is easily customized.  This is not correct.  To create a one of a kind Drupal template requires a Multi-Media Designer and Programmer.

Drupal provides a usable, maintainable & secure content management solution.  Once the Custom Drupal site goes live, Drupal makes it easy to add & edit content on a website without HTML skills. Drupal also makes it easy to add great functionally without programming skills.   Caution:  This is doable only with a training class to teach the site owner “Drupal Site Management.”

Drupal contains functionality for content management, role based permissions, blogging, search and search engine optimization. All of this can be customized to fit your business needs.

WHO CHOOSES DRUPAL?
Government installations, banks, credit unions, medical offices,  schools, colleges & corporate businesses choose Drupal as their platform of choice.  Drupal allows the site owner to add “modules” (Drupal Applications) going foward as the company grows and needs more site functionality.

DRUPAL PRICING
Customizing a Drupal site is very time consuming.  Hours of programming is needed to add the specific modules each business uses for their day to day operations.  How many Drupal Modules will be added depends upon how much functionality is required by the site owner.  20 to 30 hours of programming is needed for each Drupal site.   Due to the additional hours of programming required to set up your Drupal Platform, this site is more expensive than our static CSS Custom Designs that contain a WordPress blog area for content management.

Basic Drupal Sites include 5 modules:  Text Editor Module, Image Loader Module, Views Module, Panels Modules, and Backup Module. The Drupal site starts at $3,995.  Customizing the modules and adding additional modules will increase the site cost.