The presentation discusses Drupal, an open-source content management system. It notes that Drupal is part of a technology stack including servers, operating systems, databases, and web servers. The presentation also discusses Drupal's security track record and process for addressing issues. Finally, it compares Drupal to Joomla, noting Drupal's more powerful add-ons and flexibility while Joomla has more templates, and outlines benefits of Drupal like flexibility, reliability, and no license fees.
2. Technology stack
Drupal is part of a technology stack that
contains a number of important pieces:
Server
Operating system
Database.
Web server
PHP
Drupal
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3. Security
Drupal has a very good track record in terms
of security, and has an organized process for
investigating, verifying, and publishing
possible security problems.
Drupal's security team is constantly working
with the community to address security issues
as they arise.
Anyone using Drupal should subscribe to the
security mailing list (by editing your account
profile) in order to automatically keep up to
date with the latest security advisories of all
types.
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4. Drupal vs. Joomla
Drupal and Joomla are the two most popular
open-source cms solutions.
o Drupal is the superior CMS-Joomla has
many strengths and powers many great
websites. However, when it comes to building
a robust, feature-rich website, Drupal wins,
hands down.
Add-ons- Drupal functonality addons, called
"modules", are significantly more powerful
than their Joomla counterparts.
Joomla has many great templates available in
the community, and in this area, Joomla has
the advantage over Drupal.
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5. Benefit of Drupal / Why is
Drupal "the better choice"
Drupal is flexible and easy to extend
Drupal is reliable, efficient and robust
it provides a powerful, scalable, low
cost, high value solution.
no license fees and no vendor lock in.
free access to future upgrades and
security enhancements.
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