Increasingly
business owners are looking for Drupal developers for web designing assignments
for their companies, mostly because Drupal is an easy to use, versatile content management system (CMS). CMS is a tool that is used for content creation,
publishing and editing for websites.
Small organizations need a versatile and
dynamic platform for their website development since in the initial stages
there will be numerous changes that will have to be posted on an on-going
basis. Once the organization enters the
growth phase, their needs will increase, so easy expansion is required. These
qualities will also help them reduce costs through cutting on maintenance
expenses.
Scalable:
Mobile to Desktop
The beauty of Drupal is the level of
flexibility the platform offers to scale designs for PC screen size to
smartphone screen size. This is a feat that is most essential for websites
since a major
Figure 1: Device Share of Website Traffic for the 1st Quarters of 2012 and
2013
Mobile devices are gradually evolving as
the device of choice for browsing activities. Though they may never completely
take over the laptops or desktops (at least not in the short run), their importance
cannot be neglected. In fact, for e-commerce websites having a mobile website
is as essential as it is to have a desktop website.
Drupal
Theme Development
A Drupal theme includes a few PHP files, a
CSS file and an info file, that are used together for creating a unique,
customized design theme for the website development. A Drupal developer can
make the initial set-up for you and train you in the website maintenance
functions thereafter.
Drupal
CMS
Drupal’s CMS is very intuitive and can be
easily learned and executed even by those who do not have a strong technical
background. So, once your website has
been set up, you can get some hands-on training on how to maintain the site,
add new content (images, video clips, write something), modify links, insert
footers, copyrights etc. yourself.
Drupal has a very modern outlook and a
strong developer community that is open to all who want to get some quick tips
or advice to help them out of troubled waters. Its other great advantage is
that it is an open source platform with a secure architecture and authorization
to contribute content to the site can be given through secure channels to
visitors.
