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Community Plumbing

I just found out we (my work) get to go to DrupalCon DC in March! Drupal is an open source content management system. I’m fairly new to all this (web design), but imagine WordPress + neverending possibilities. With Drupal you could build a regular website, a blog, an online store, a message board, a community site, a magazine, social networking, or ANYTHING really. Drupal itself is free and opensource, and extra functionality is added by modules, all created and supported by the community. We’ve already built a few sites with it, including an online grocery store – I am looking forward to learning how to do more. This sounds dry but it is fun I swear.

Learning curve: Drupal may be powerful, but it is also complex. The key is overcoming its steep initial learning curve. Most casual users are willing to sacrifice features for ease of use making Drupal less popular than more user-friendly CMSs despite its enhanced functionality.

It took me 6 months to come around and admit I like Drupal. Here are some gorgeous Drupal sites.

Bob Dylan
Human Rights Watch
Italian Space Agency (nice use of purple!)
Warner Brothers Records
Harvard Science &
DrupalCon DC Website!