Jason W Sadler

I've been asked what Drupal is a few dozen times now and I would like to answer this question for those who've asked as simply as possible. Drupal is a Content Management System (CMS). In short, it allows content to be stored in a database away from the actual web page and the CMS (Drupal in this case) is designed to pull the information from inside that database and display that information to its users depending on the developer's and/or owner's needs and wants. A Drupal website is not an out-of-the-box system like the home theatre systems you'd find for less than a couple thousand dollars at Best Buy. It is more like the twenty-thousand dollar systems a home theatre system designer would create.

Drupal itself is just like an apple core or the chassis of your car, and in simple web terms all it really does is tie PHP (web page) and SQL (database) together, but from there it is up to the developer and his/her immagination and abilities. You could build a Facebook or an Ebay using Drupal... The sky is the limit.

I've spent over two years learning Drupal and I have only just begun to utilize what Drupal can do. If you'd like to learn more about Drupal check out drupal.org.