Drupal websites for YWAM Centers
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Drupal is a great tool for building your YWAM Center's website. Drupal provides all the tools you need to grow your website and the flexibility to manage access control according to your needs. Since September 2008, Acquia offers Drupal site management and technical support services for every budget, check out their services if you are new to Drupal or the open source community.
In the process of becoming acquainted with Drupal and building their first website, many people are frustrated with how complicated it seems. Drupal includes only basic functionality in the default or "Core" setup. Additional functionality is added by installing "Contributed Modules." The problem is that there are thousands of contributed modules, and many different ways to accomplish any given task.
This page aims to help you in the process of building your first website and guide you in selecting and setting up contributed modules. Most often you will be directed to existing articles, videos, and other resources in order to help you with a given task.
[NOTE] As an Open Source program, Drupal is constantly changing versions and contributed modules are often in various stages of readiness. This page is going to focus on Drupal 6.x which provides many features that are extremely useful to YWAM Centers.
[Update] As of August 2009, Drupal 6.13 is the preferred version for building new YWAM sites. Key modules CCK and Views have reached their official 2.5 and 2.6 releases respectively. Image module is still in alpha, but has proven stable enough for use.
To begin with, head over to Lullabot.com to download the video "Installing Drupal 6" by Addison Berry. This videocast will show you how to download and install Drupal on your web hosting server.
If you don't have a web hosting account yet, or you would just like to try Drupal 6.x on your own computer first download the Acquia Drupal Stack Installer from Acquia's Download Page. Alternately, you can download the "Install a Local Web Server on Windows XP" video from Lullabot.com for instructions on how to use WAMP.
If you are looking for a web hosting account, begin by comparing the "shared hosting" options offered by various companies in your area. 1and1, a large international hosting company, offers reliable options for as low as $3.99 per month.
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Articles and Information about Drupal:
Trying to decide if Drupal is right for you? These articles will help you learn more about Drupal's features and strengths.
- Here's why Drupal is your best choice | topnotchthemes.com
- 10 Reasons to use Drupal | webdesign10.com
- Why Drupal | powerfulcms.com
Who Else Is Using Drupal?:
According to Drupal Sites there are over 3,000 websites built using Drupal. Dries Buytaert, the founder of Drupal, has compiled a list of Fortune 500 Companies using Drupal as well as other significant Drupal sites. Here are just a few companies that are using Drupal:
- Adobe
- Discovery Channel
- Disney
- DivX
- FedEx
- MTV
- NATO
- Nike
- Nokia
- Sony
- Ubuntu
- United Nations
- Warner Brothers
- Yahoo!
Modules Useful For YWAM Centers:
For useful reviews and comparison of Drupal 6 modules, visit www.drupalmodules.com
- Admin Role
- Administration Menu
- Advanced Help
- Contact Forms
- CCK
- Flashnode
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Internationalization
- Image
- Image Assist
- Localization Client
- Mollom
- Pathauto
- Poormanscron
- Token
- Views
