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Drupal
This is a content management system, it is built on a PHP framework and provides a flexible and scalable platform for managing websites of all sizes from simple blogs to complex enterprise portals. The core functionality revolves around content creation, editing, and publishing, it also functions as a content management framework. This means developers can extensively customize Drupal beyond basic content management, enabling it to support many experiences and applications.
Why I Think Small Businesses in Japan Should Use Drupal
One feature is its strong multilingual support built directly into the core, allowing businesses to manage content in Japanese and other languages easily ideal for reaching both local and international customers. Additionally, Drupal is renowned for its high security standards, a critical factor for small companies handling sensitive customer data. Its trusted status among governments and large organizations provides confidence in its reliability.
Value Drupal Brings
The value lies in its adaptability and scalability. That is different from more simplistic CMS platforms designed for basic sites, Drupal can scale as a business grows, accommodating complex workflows, granular user permissions, and large volumes of content. It enables business users to organize, reuse, and manage content efficiently while allowing for incremental additions of features such as e-commerce, personalized user experiences, and third-party system integrations. This scalability makes Drupal future-proof for expanding business needs.
Licensing and Cost Benefits
Drupal is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL), which makes it free to use, modify, and distribute. This open-source license eliminates costly software licensing fees common with proprietary CMS platforms. Besides cost savings, the open-source nature means Drupal’s community actively supports and improves the platform, providing security patches and feature updates an important benefit for small businesses wanting a secure and up-to-date solution.
Drupal vs. WordPress
I pick on WordPress because you see it everywhere here in Japan from really old EOL versions to the latest release. It enjoys widespread popularity for its simplicity and user-friendly interface, Drupal differentiates itself by offering many advanced CMS features natively. Drupal includes built-in multilingual support, detailed access control, and content workflows without heavy reliance on third-party plugins, which can sometimes pose security risks or performance issues in WordPress. Although Drupal has a steeper learning curve it is preferred when security, customization, and scalability are thought about.
Drupal as a Content Management Framework
It is more than just a conventional CMS. Its modular architecture and API-first design enable it to act as a content management framework that supports building customized applications. It also allows for extensive integration with other systems and can serve as a headless CMS, delivering content via APIs to mobile apps or multiple front-ends. Features like Layout Builder enable visual page design, and multi-site management simplifies maintaining several websites from a single installation. This flexibility positions Drupal as a platform suitable for a broad range of web projects beyond standard content publishing.
As you can see here at mintarc we have gotten hooked on a media wiki way of doing things, but if we were to ever use a CMS type system, Drupal would be the way for us.
It is a great tool to check out: https://new.drupal.org/home