Characteristics
Drupal's Special Characteristics
Drupal is provided as open-source software, maintained by users and developers all over the world, and is free for anyone to use, regardless of whether or not that use is personal or for profit.
Rich in Features
Drupal has a surprising number of modules that can be added to enhance the basic functionality. Many modules have already been created throughout the world, and are free to use.
Freely Customizable
Drupal was designed with customizability in mind, so one can easily customize it to cooperate with business systems or custom functions.
Powerful Multi-Lingual Features
Drupal makes it possible to manage web sites in a variety of languages, including English, Chinese (traditional and simplified), Korean, and many more.
Robust Security
Drupal has a security team that takes measures to preserve security on a daily basis. Drupal is used by large domestic corporations, and has passed all security audits.
Case study
Adoption by Famous Sites
Drupal is one of the most widely-used content management systems in the world, and has been adopted by many famous sites.
Works
Examples of Domestic Use
Drupal has been adopted by Japanese companies in many industries and business categories.
Awards
Numerous Awards
Drupal was awarded the "Open Source CMS Award" two years in a row, and will soon be entered into the hall of fame. Overseas it is a representative CMS package with an extraordinary reputation.
In 2007
“Open sauce CMS award” Winner
In 2008
“Open sauce CMS award” Winner for 2 consecutive years (Won the 1st place in the general category and the PHP category)
In 2009
“Open sauce CMS award” , Winner, 2 consecutive year ( Won a 1st place in the Hall of Fame Category, and PHP category)
Features
Basic Features and Extension Features of Drupal
Dupal is a full-fledged open-source CMS that has various functions such as content management, membership management, keyword search, and RSS distribution. With the advanced multilingualization function equipped as a standard feature, Drupal is an extremely suitable CMS for portal site construction.
Extensibility
Extensibility of Drupal
The installation of extension modules that are being developed all over the world enables adding necessary functions. Over 30,000 Drupal modules are available on the official Drupal website for free.
| Extension Modules Available | Over 30,000 modules |
| Design Themes Available | Over 2,000 themes |
| Registered Developers | Approximately 40,000 companies |
| Community Users | Over 1,000,000 users |
| Sites Drupal is Adopted | Over 1,000,000 sites |
| Available Languages | 110 languages |
| Organizations | Drupal Association 2828 SW Corbett Avenue, Suite #203 Portland, Oregon 97201, USA |
Security
Security of Drupal
The Drupal Security Team is constantly working to ensure website security. It is eligible in maintaining the security for the websites of major Japanese corporations.
Defense against Popular Attacks
The Drupal core modules are proof against well-known site attacks such as SQL Injection/ Cross-Site Scripting/ Cross-Site Request Forgery.
Drupal’s Own Security Team
The Drupal community has its own security team that immediately processes and resolves reported security issues.
Functions to Improve Security
Drupal is equipped with functions such as SSL/ User Management/ Access Privilege Management/ Access Rule Setting as standard features in order to improve website security.
SEO
SEO of Drupal
Websites built with Drupal are easily accessible from search engines, which is very beneficial to SEO. There a various great features available for SEO with Drupal.
| Features of Drupal | Effects of SEO |
|---|---|
| Optimization of URL | An URL can be customized in the way that makes sense on search engines such as “www.example.com/customising-drupal”. |
| META Tag Management | A title, description, keywords about the content can be set up and managed. Automatic META tag generation is also available. |
| OGP Tag Management | OGP tags can be set up for each Facebook and Twitter content. |
| XML Sitemap Generation | An XML sitemap of the content can be generated automatically and sent to major search engines such as Google. |
| Access Analysis | Install the Google Analytics and analyze the contents page by page. |
| Display Breadcrumb Trail | Automatically generate a breadcrumb trail to indicate the current location within the content. |
| Check Expired Links | Detect expired links in the content automatically. |
| Set up Redirection | Redirection can be set up from the old URL to the new URL on the management screen. |
Solution
Solutions
Drupal provides over 600 packages of modules in the form of distributions, which are best-suitable for the industry. Using an adequate distribution for the site construction, largely reduces individual installation of modules and customization.
For EC Site
For Employment/ Career Change Site
For News Site
For Blog Site
For Government/ Public Organization Site
For Community Site
For Intranet Site
For Educational Institution Site
For Hotel Site
Digital Circus is the first company in Japan to be recognized as an official supporting partner of 'Drupal', and we offer support for Drupal in Japan.
Please don't worry about post-purchase upgrades of Drupal or about maintenance support. As the first official supporting partner of Drupal amongst Japanese companies, we take care of maintenance support and introductions to Drupal in Japan. Our staff have great experience of Drupal and offer total support from introduction to practical use.
Cost
Licensing Cost
Drupal is open source software that is maintained by users and developers throughout the world. It is distributed under the GPL license, and whether for business or personal use there will never be a licensing fee.
The only costs that could be associated with using Drupal would be design creation, initial set-up of the CMS and required modules, and, if needed, customization labor costs.
