Drupal supports many different types of content, but the king of them all is the node. Nodes contain static copy and markup (usually) authored via Drupal's admin. The majority of pages in most Drupal sites are nodes. They come in many different flavors, such as basic pages, blog entries, products, and press releases.

In this tutorial video we see how Drupal manages content and how nodes work. If you are new to Drupal, this video will help get you oriented quickly for productive content management.

It was a startling introduction to my LevelTen Interactive tenure.

Walking in with very little knowledge about Content Management Systems was a bit intimidating for a newbie at a Drupal shop.

Kayla quickly put LevelTen’s 2010 CMS Intelligence Report in my hands for a crash course on all things CMS-related.

If history has taught us anything (which, quite frankly, is questionable), it’s that the power of a good underdog should never be ignored. Time and time again, the “no one believed in us” card is applied to produce a shake-up at the top of a hierarchy.

I'm proud to announce that LevelTen Interactive is now an official Acquia Silver Partner.

Acquia, co-founded by Drupal founder Dries Buytaert, provides products, services, and technical support for the Drupal content management system.

The team at LevelTen is extremely proud to be associated with one of the premier companies in the Drupal space.

If you missed the big news this weekend, WhiteHouse.gov has officially made the switch to using open source platform, Drupal as its content management system over the proprietary CMS platform that was in use before.

According to a great blog post by Nancy Scola at TechPresident:

In the very first episode of Speak Easy Drupal, the LevelTen staff compare and contrast a variety of content management systems. While the focus of this podcast is comparing Drupal, Wordpress and Joomla, attention is also given to open source vs. proprietary systems. You'll learn the differences between each CMS, strengths, differences, and when you should use each.

What's the Quick Takeaway?

The simple answer is that there isn't any. Each CMS has it's clear strengths and weaknesses. If you're looking for a quick answer, here's the lowdown:

Wordpress

Along with the adoption of Drupal as LevelTen’s recommended CMS/development framework, comes the need for best practices for Drupal design themes. Whether the design theme is pre-designed or is created from scratch, there are several things to keep in mind. LevelTen has some advice that can be extended to designers, developers, and management teams, when choosing a template or custom designing for Drupal or a similar CMS platform.

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