Drupal Planet

Semantic Web Techonologies in Drupal 7 and why this is huge

While everyone is excitedly awaiting for the big features of Drupal 7 like the improved UI, CCK in Core, file handling, new database layer etc - it may be the one feature most people don't talk about that will have the most impact in the long-term. RDFa.

Using Open Atrium in a small, Drupal-friendly, team

After 3 months of using Open Atrium as our main collaboration tool for one of our biggest projects we thought we'd share our experiences. If you are considering whether or not to use Open Atrium, hopefully you will find this useful.

Drupal's basic building blocks - the search for core

Any debate about the direction of Drupal development, and especially the recent one regarding Drupal core, can benefit from identifying what are the basic building blocks that define Drupal in the most fundamental way. A clear notion of what a Drupal core really is allows us to focus on how that should develop in the future. In trying to clarify my own ideas regarding Drupal's future direction I attempt to outline these building blocks here.

Along the way I also argue that these basic blocks are actually pretty excellent and can, if such a direction is adopted by the community, allow Drupal to become a fantastic framework on which to built a range of different applications.

DrupalCon Review - The Small Core movement

This debate goes to the heart of what Drupal should be. Is it a framework, a CMS, a social network creation tool or all of the above. The small core movement argues for Drupal itself to focus on the absolutely essential while installation profiles offer complete solutions that address specific use cases.

DrupalCon Review - Designers Vs Developers

As Drupal matures and its community grows the provisions made for end users to have a better experience and to enable designers to more easily mould Drupal into the appropriate looks and behaviours becoming increasingly important. The initial debates at the Drupal Conference were heated but the end results may well prove that it was all worth it.

A DrupalCon Review

Back home after my first Drupal conference and it was a great experience. I was obviously excited about Drupal's prospects before going, but the conference has renewed my confidence in the future of Drupal that is looking brighter than ever.

As a means to crystalize my thoughts I will try to sum up my experience of the conference and provide my own input on how I see (would like to see) the future of Drupal shaping up. The whole things is quite long so I broke it down to three parts - the community, the designers vs developers challenges and the small core movement.

Drupal Vs Pinax - a basic feature-by-feature comparison

We take a brief look at the Pinax system and compare it on a feature-by-feature basis with Drupal - as ever such comparisons are tricky things to do and we make no claims about the merits of underlying technologies. We just look briefly at what is written on the box of Pinax and how that compares with what we know of Drupal.

When to use Wordpress and when Drupal

Too often people pit Wordpress against Drupal - but it is not a question of one or the other. Rather it is about which one to choose given the task at hand.