Drupal is an open source content management system that can be used to develop a variety of websites from personal or corporate websites to community portals (such as discussion forums and social networking websites) to complex web applications (such as e-commerce and intranet applications). The Drupal CMS enables web editors to easily publish and manage content appearing on the websites.
Drupal is written using the PHP scripting language and is available under the GNU Public License. It supports a wide range of operating systems such as Linux, Solaris, BSD, Windows and Mac OSX etc.
Drupal is based on an extensible and modular architecture i.e. various plug-in modules and components can be easily integrated with it thereby enhancing its basic functionality. Customized modules that provide additional/enhanced features not available with Drupal can be developed and integrated with the solution
Technobyte Solutions possess the skill set and expertise required to develop Drupal based web applications. Keeping Drupal as a base, we also develop custom modules that can be integrated with Drupal to provide customized solutions to individual clients:
Features:
Drupal is a feature rich application that includes a host of built-in features such as:
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Browser Based Interfaces:
Drupal provides browser based Admin interfaces that can be used to manage the website as well as publish and organize content appearing on the web pages. |
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Themes:
A library of template themes is available enabling the layout of the website to be customized as per client preferences. |
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Extensions:
A wide variety of extensions are available that can be integrated with the basic Drupal setup in order to provide enhanced and advanced functionalities such as discussion forums, blogs, shopping carts, podcasting, photo galleries etc. |
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Multiple sites:
The default Drupal installation enables multiple sites to be run from a single installation. |
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Search Engine Friendly URLs:
Drupal enables the generation of search engine friendly URLs. |
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Taxonomy:
The taxonomy module available in Drupal enables website content to be easily categorized and organized in a tree structure thereby making it easier for users to search for content. |
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Discussion Forum:
Discussion forum features are in-built in Drupal. The discussion forum module enables users to enter their comments pertaining to any content item appearing on the website and carry on a discussion on the same with other users. |
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Versioning:
Drupal maintains multiple versions of each content item thereby enabling administrators to track modifications to the content. Versioning also helps in restoring content of a previous version. |
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News Aggregator:
Drupal provides a built in News Aggregator that can be used to gather news/articles from other sites such as blogs etc. |
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Polls:
Administrators can choose to display opinion polls on the web pages. They can also specify the configuration parameters for the polls such as users groups that are allowed to vote, provide multiple options as answers to the poll question etc. |
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Multi-lingual:
Drupal provides support for multiple languages. Multilingual websites can be easily created using Drupal. |
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Reporting:
The reporting module (in -built with Drupal) provides administrators with detailed reports on site performance, event logs etc. |
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User Profile:
Drupal enables registered users of a website to create and share their profiles with others. |
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Content Linking:
Using the content linking features multiple content items/articles can be linked to form an online book. This feature can also be used to create FAQs, manuals etc. |
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Page Caching:
Caching helps in improving page generation time and reducing the load on the web server. |
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Contact Module:
Through the contact module available in Drupal users can send messages to each other through the website. |
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Directory Sites:
Websites developed using Drupal can connect to other directory listing websites. |
Advantages:
Drupal offers the following advantages to clients:
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Cost Effective:
Drupal is an open source application thus it is a more cost effective solution. |
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Support Community:
Drupal has a strong online support and developer community. Enhancements and updates are available at regular intervals. |
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Customizable:
Drupal has a modular architecture. Features/ functionalities can be easily added or removed to develop custom solutions that meet individual requirements. |
Drupal Consulting India
Technobyte Solutions provides the following services to its clients:
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Static site conversion :
Technobyte Solutions offers its services to update static websites to Drupal based web applications thereby easing the process of uploading and publishing content on the website. |
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Drupal installation :
At Technobyte Solutions, we provide assistance to our clients in setting up of the basic Drupal setup on their servers. Alternately, we also offer to host the application on our web servers. |
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Custom Drupal Templates :
We possess the expertise required to customize Drupal templates. As per the requirements of the clients we offer to customize the Drupal templates. The templates are customized as per the Drupal specifications. |
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Custom Extensions :
Technobyte Solutions can customize and develop a wide array of extensions, as per client requirements, in order to enhance and extend the basic functionality of the basic Drupal package. All extensions are customized as per the Drupal standards.
In case the client requirements are not met with the available extensions, we offer to develop Drupal extensions from the grounds up. The extensions can be integrated with the basic Drupal setup. |
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Integration with third-party applications :
Drupal can be integrated with other third party applications and tools. At Technobyte Solutions, we offer to integrate Drupal with applications such as SAP, Sage and SugarCRM, phpBB, vBulletin etc. |
Drupal Solutions: Technobyte Solutions possess the skills set required to develop customized Drupal solutions. Some of the solutions that can be developed using Drupal include the following: Gaming Websites
Technobyte Solutions has developed flash based gaming websites for clients that automate the process of uploading games to the website. The solutions developed by us enable administrators to categorize, organize and upload games to the website. Players can access the website, browse through the game categories and select a game to play. The performance of the website in terms of most popular games, top players etc can be monitored through the reporting module. The multilingual features of Drupal have been used to make the solutions compatible for various languages. Interactivity was built into the solution by integrating the discussion forums and newsletter subscription modules available with Drupal.
Online TV Guide
We have developed an online TV guide for our client. Through the Drupal CMS the client could create channel categories and upload programmer guides for each channel. In order to avoid a manual entry of the program schedule, we made use of XML feeds. All program data is stored in XML files, these files can be uploaded into the system. The data stored in the files is used to populate the program schedule for each channel. The front-end of the application enables surfers to browse and view the program schedules. Various components such as opinion polls, newsletter subscription etc were built into the solution. The solution was search engine optimized.
Classifieds
Our Drupal classifieds solutions enable clients to easily administer and manage a classified ads portal. The administrator can create categories based on which classifieds can be posted by users. Features such as 'bookmark this classified', 'print classified' etc were built into the solution. CAPTCHA functionality was integrated with the solution in order to determine whether the registration has been done by an automated software or a human. This helps in detecting and stopping automated spamming systems.
Corporate Websites
Technobyte Solutions has designed and developed websites for several corporates to provide them with a platform to share information about their services and products. The dynamic websites developed using the Drupal CMS eases the process of formatting, updating and organizing content.
Community Portals
The community components of Drupal such as discussion forums, blogs etc can be used to build community web sites. Based on the type of community component used, administrators are provided with controls to set up and manage the community site. E-commerce Applications
Ubercart, the shopping cart extension available for Drupal can be used to develop various e-commerce applications that can be integrated with the Drupal CMS. The solution provides clients with robust and scalable shopping cart applications that enable them to maintain and manage detailed product catalogs; and track and process online orders. Customers can browse through product catalogues and make purchases online. |
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