Why we use Drupal Content Management

There are many high quality and innovative Content Management Systems out there, and we've tried many of them both in testing and in production. However after years of this, there is one framework that we seem to come back to time and time again.

Consult and Design International build web applications on Drupal software which has a significant impact on the success, usability and security of the platforms we create. Drupal is a powerful, quickly-changing and adaptable platform that provides enhanced integration and a fast evolution.

Developed by a community of over 250,000 developers across the world who all use the system to provide web applications to clients or for their own personal use, the Drupal system is composed of a number of "modules" which allow for simple adding on of different options such as internet radio management, project management tools and Intranet features.

These modules are provided as “open source” which means that they are freely available for use and indeed to be further developed, on the basis that if you develop useful new modules, adaptations of already existing modules or just fix a bug – then you contribute it back to the community. It is a concept of sharing and therefore results in the collaboration of many hands and minds instead of the work of just a few and is being used by and supported by governments in the UK, France, Belgium and New Zealand. We actively promote the use of open source software to the extent our entire systems are built on these principles (php, mysql, apache).

By using the Drupal framework, alongside our expert developers, designers and server management, Consult and Design are able to provide:

• A lower cost of development
• Faster implementation time
• More secure and reliable software that has already been tested on hundreds of websites
• Support from a community of thousands of developers across the world

The development team at Consult and Design International are leading implementers of Drupal based solutions and associate members of the Drupal community. As such, our clients are able to capitalise on the many benefits available through this constantly evolving community.

Drupal is currently implemented on thousands of multi-user collaborative and community sites and is a system of choice for organisations such as:

United Nations, Yahoo, MTV Europe, Amnesty International, Warner Brothers, Coalition for Change, NATO, e-Learning Institute and the UK Office of the European Parliament.

For more information about Drupal please visit: http://drupal.org