subject: Drupal An Everlasting Platform For Customized Solution [print this page] Being an open source, the Drupal engine is considered a project that is driven by communities. This feature allows the software to be produced by the collaboration of several users and developers worldwide. Since the software is available for free, it is only Drupal customization that comes at a cost depending on what you really want out of your website. The software itself is extremely flexible and is helpful in creating a diverse range of websites that include, websites with static content, websites with dynamic content, single or multiple author blog, community website and open data platform.
For those who are new to this software, there are a few important information that they must be aware of before getting started with website development through Drupal customization. There are no licence fees to access this software, however, one needs to get a web hosting account if he/she wants to run the website on Drupal. The cost for this would vary depending upon the features required for any website. An additional cost would depend upon whether you choose to consult a Drupal development company for software customization as well as the geographical location of the organization as countries in the Asian subcontinent offer far lesser prices as compared to other regions.
The process of Drupal module development provides additional functionality and it is simply a file that contains a set of routines that are written in PHP. A module is capable of using all functions and can access each and every variable including structures within the main engine. There is not much of a difference between a module and a regular PHP file, it is more of a concept that provides brilliant design followed by an equally well structured development of a website. Since the software is an open source model, any module contributed to the community is better known as contributed module and are instrumental in adding any feature to a website that you can think of.
It was only in the year 2000, that the Drupal project was first initiated by a student from Belgium called Dries Buytaert. The original inception of the code was actually designed for a website that went by the name Drop.org and its purpose was to empower communication, threads and content. The software gained popularity only a couple of years after its release with over a million downloads. Currently the software is a product that has witnessed the contribution of countless users and developers with no restriction to evolving further.
