Uses of Drupal

Any enterprise that requires a fair amount of working with content is a likely

candidate for Drupal, but, because of its extensibility and flexibility, you are really

not very limited in any sense. The following list shows the most common uses at

present and comes from the case studies page (http://drupal.org/cases) on the

Drupal site:

Community Portal Sites: If you want a news website where the stories are provided by

the audience, Drupal suits your needs well. Incoming stories are automatically voted

upon by the audience and the best stories bubble up to the homepage. Bad stories and

comments are automatically hidden after enough negative votes.

News Publishing: Drupal is great for newspapers and other news organizations.

Aficionado Sites: Drupal flourishes when it powers a portal website where one

person shares their expertise and enthusiasm for a topic.

Intranet/Corporate Web Sites: Companies maintain their internal and external web

sites in Drupal. Drupal works well for these uses because of its flexible permissions

system, and its easy web-based publishing. No longer do you have to wait for a

webmaster to get the word out about your latest project.

Resource Directories: If you want a central directory for a given topic, Drupal suits

your needs well. Users can register and suggest new resources, while editors can

screen their submissions.

International Sites: When you begin using Drupal, you join a large international

community of users and developers. Thanks to the localization features within

Drupal, there are many Drupal sites implemented in a wide range of languages.

Education: Drupal can be used for creating dynamic learning communities to

supplement the face-to-face classroom or as a platform for distance education

classes. Academic professional organizations benefit from its interactive features,

and the ability to provide public content, member-only resources, and member

subscription management.

Art, Music, Multimedia: When it comes to community art sites, Drupal is a great

match. No other platform provides the rock solid foundation that is needed to make

multimedia-rich websites that allow users to share, distribute, and discuss their work

with others. As time goes on, Drupal will only develop stronger support for audio,

video, images, and playlist content for use in multimedia applications.

Social networking sites: Drupal has many of common the features used in social

networking sites. You can build a collection of social networking applications for

your site or use Drupal as a white label social networking service.