Why Drupal?
Why not? Seriously, it is by far the best thing that happen to website development. Before I began using Drupal, I did it the old fashion way - HTML. I am not knocking HTML, it is essential. You should at least know the basics of HTML or at a minimum know how to find reference material for HTML code in Google.
But if you are a non-programmer, like myself, then you'll want to hard code as little as possible.
/**
* Caveat: I have picked up a little programming knowledge in the past
* few years and will inject little tid bits of knowledge along the way.
*
* Like I am doing now. The slash and asterisks you see are used to
* comment while writing code.
*
* The beginning slash followed by the asterisks lets the
* computer know to ignore all the text that follows
* until it is closed, like I am about to do now.
*/
Benefits:
- No need for any special programs, such as Dreamweaver or FrontPage, to build a site
- Access to your administration menu from any computer with an Internet connection
- Modules allow users to easily integrate new *bells and whitsles*
- Hundreds of themes to choose from make it easy to get the design and function you are looking for
- Thousands of users means that you are not alone when looking for tech support
- Thousands of developers means that new features are being added as you read this
- And having built in Content Management is better for Search Engine Optimization
With Drupal, any type of website is possible:
- Community web portals
- Discussion sites
- Corporate web sites
- Intranet applications
- Personal web sites or blogs
- Aficionado sites
- E-commerce applications
- Resource directories
- Social Networking sites[1]
Right out of the box you can create a blog, pages, stories, books, build a community, add forums, or add chatting - anything the "big guys" can do, you can do. And by far, the best thing about Drupal is that it’s a completely free open source software system distributed under the GPL ("GNU General Public License").
Still not convinced?
Check out the links below to see what else is possible with Drupal:
31 Remarkable Drupal Powered Sites
Happy Drupalling