In less than one day’s time, I created my personal web site on Drupal 5.7. I decided to roll with 5.x instead of 6.x because there are more modules supporting 5.x at this point. I did play with 6.x and liked its improved features, such as replacing weights with moveable items (e.g. menu items). So, once more modules are ported to work with 6.x, I will make the move. As I install a fresh copy for my personal web site, I upgraded the Infolab site from 4.7 to 5.7. The process was a breeze because of Lullabot’s upgrade video. And I expect that the upgrade from 5.x to 6.x will be a breeze as well.
I like Drupal as a CMS for the following reasons:
- Active development: At the time of writing this blog, Drupal has started its 7.x project development.
- Strong community support: Contributions on theme, modules and documentation.
- Easy to set up a site: Now that I am more and more familiar with the Drupal core, it only takes a day to get a site up with all the bells and whistles.
- Open source: I can learn from other programmers and designers.
If I were to suggest how to improve this already great CMS, here are three:
- More video tutorials: This could be very helpful for first time Drupal users.
- Most frequently used modules: A list of most frequently used modules can be helpful given the large number of modules.
- Module consolidation: I saw this happened for the Flickr module. Module consolidation can reduce the number of modules. This reduction can arguably increase the ease of adoption of Drupal.
