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	\| 15 Jan 2007 <ref>{{cite web \|url=http://drupal.org/node/109494 \|title=Drupal 5.0 \|author=Wittens, Steven \|publisher=Dries Buytaert \|date=15 January 2007 \|accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref>		\| 15 Jan 2007<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://drupal.org/node/109494 \|title=Drupal 5.0 \|author=Wittens, Steven \|publisher=Dries Buytaert \|date=15 January 2007 \|accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref>
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	\| 13 Feb 2008 <ref>{{cite web \|url=http://drupal.org/node/221219 \|title=Drupal 6.0 \|author=Hojtsy, Gábor \|publisher=Dries Buytaert \|date=13 February 2008 \|accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref>		\| 13 Feb 2008<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://drupal.org/node/221219 \|title=Drupal 6.0 \|author=Hojtsy, Gábor \|publisher=Dries Buytaert \|date=13 February 2008 \|accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref>
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	\| 5 Jan 2011 <ref>{{cite web \|url=http://drupal.org/node/1015392 \|title=Drupal 7.0 \|author=Byron, Angie \|publisher=Dries Buytaert \|date=5 January 2011 \|accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref>		\| 5 Jan 2011<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://drupal.org/node/1015392 \|title=Drupal 7.0 \|author=Byron, Angie \|publisher=Dries Buytaert \|date=5 January 2011 \|accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref>
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			\| 19 Nov 2015<ref name="Drupal80">{{cite web \|url=https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/core!CHANGELOG.txt/8.0.x \|title=Drupal 8.0.x CHANGELOG.txt \|publisher=Dries Buytaert \|accessdate=02 May 2016}}</ref>
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	On March 5, 2009, Buytaert announced a code freeze for Drupal 7 for September 1, 2009.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://buytaert.net/drupal-7-code-freeze-september-1st \|title=Drupal 7 code freeze: September 1st \|author=Dries Buytaert \|publisher=Dries Buytaert \|date=5 March 2009 \|accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref> Drupal 7 was released on January 5, 2011, with release parties in multiple countries.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://buytaert.net/drupal-7-to-be-released-on-january-5th-with-one-ginormous-party \|title=Drupal 7 to be released on January 5 (with one ginormous party) \|author=Dries Buytaert \|publisher=Dries Buytaert \|date=21 December 2010 \|accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref> As of this release, maintenance for Drupal 5 has stopped, and only Drupal 7 and Drupal 6 are maintained.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1012/S00048/xplain-hosting-drupal-7-quickstart-training-seminar.htm \|title=Xplain Hosting Drupal 7 Quickstart training seminar \|publisher=Scoop \|date=16 December 2010 \|accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref>		On March 5, 2009, Buytaert announced a code freeze for Drupal 7 for September 1, 2009.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://buytaert.net/drupal-7-code-freeze-september-1st \|title=Drupal 7 code freeze: September 1st \|author=Dries Buytaert \|publisher=Dries Buytaert \|date=5 March 2009 \|accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref> Drupal 7 was released on January 5, 2011, with release parties in multiple countries.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://buytaert.net/drupal-7-to-be-released-on-january-5th-with-one-ginormous-party \|title=Drupal 7 to be released on January 5 (with one ginormous party) \|author=Dries Buytaert \|publisher=Dries Buytaert \|date=21 December 2010 \|accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref> As of this release, maintenance for Drupal 5 has stopped, and only Drupal 7 and Drupal 6 are maintained.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1012/S00048/xplain-hosting-drupal-7-quickstart-training-seminar.htm \|title=Xplain Hosting Drupal 7 Quickstart training seminar \|publisher=Scoop \|date=16 December 2010 \|accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref>

			On November 19, 2015, version 8.0 was released, which improved the front end, entity system, and menu handling system as well as simplified site administration and added a new configuration management system.<ref name="Drupal80" />

	==Features==		==Features==

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	Features of ~~Elgg~~ include<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://drupal.org/features \|title=Drupal CMS Benefits \|publisher=Dries Buytaert \|accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref>:		Features of Drupal include<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://drupal.org/features \|title=Drupal CMS Benefits \|publisher=Dries Buytaert \|accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref>:

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{{Infobox software
| name = Drupal
| title = Drupal
| logo = [[Image:Drupal_logo.png|160px]]
| screenshot = 
| caption =
| collapsible =
| author = Dries Buytaert
| developer = Dries Buytaert and other [http://drupal.org/node/21778 core developers]
| released = {{Start date|2001|01|15}}<ref name="d7changlog">{{cite web |url=http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/CHANGELOG.txt/7/source |title=CHANGELOG.txt - Drupal 7 |publisher=Dries Buytaert |accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref>
| discontinued =
| frequently updated = yes
| programming language = PHP
| operating system = Cross-platform
| platform =
| size =
| language = Multilingual
| status =
| genre = Blog software<br />Content management system
| license = GNU General Public License v2/v3
| website = [http://drupal.org/ Drupal.org]
}}

'''Drupal''' is a free open-source content management system (CMS) and content management framework (CMF), used as a back-end system for at least 2.0% of all websites worldwide<ref>{{cite web |url=http://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management/all |title=Usage of content management systems for websites |publisher=W3Techs |accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://trends.builtwith.com/cms/Drupal |title=Drupal Usage Statistics |publisher=BuiltWith |accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref> ranging from personal blogs to corporate, political, and government sites, including WhiteHouse.gov and data.gov.uk.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archive.org/details/Css3TheFutureIsNow |title=The State of Drupal 2010 speech |publisher=Internet Archive |date=10 March 2010 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref> It is also used for knowledge management and business collaboration.

==Product history==

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right"
|-
! Major Version
! Release Date
|-
| 1.0
| 15 Jan 2001 <ref name="d7changlog" />
|-
| 2.0
| 15 Mar 2001 <ref name="d7changlog" />
|-
| 3.0
| 15 Sep 2001 <ref name="d7changlog" />
|-
| 4.0
| 16 Jun 2002 <ref name="d7changlog" />
|-
| 5.0
| 15 Jan 2007 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://drupal.org/node/109494 |title=Drupal 5.0 |author=Wittens, Steven |publisher=Dries Buytaert |date=15 January 2007 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| 6.0
| 13 Feb 2008 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://drupal.org/node/221219 |title=Drupal 6.0 |author=Hojtsy, Gábor |publisher=Dries Buytaert |date=13 February 2008 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| 7.0
| 5 Jan 2011 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://drupal.org/node/1015392 |title=Drupal 7.0 |author=Byron, Angie |publisher=Dries Buytaert |date=5 January 2011 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
|}

Originally written by Dries Buytaert as a message board, Drupal became an open-source project in 2001.<ref name="history">{{cite web |url=http://drupal.org/node/769 |title=History |publisher=Dries Buytaert |accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref> ''Drupal'' is an English rendering of the Dutch word "druppel," which means "drop" (as in "a water droplet").<ref>{{cite web |url=http://translation.babylon.com/Dutch/to-English/druppel/ |title=Druppel: Dutch to English Translation |publisher=Babylon Ltd. |accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref> The name was taken from the now-defunct Drop.org website, whose code slowly evolved into Drupal. Buytaert wanted to call the site "dorp" (Dutch for "village") for its community aspects, but mistyped it when checking the domain name and thought the error sounded better.<ref name="history" />

A community now helps develop Drupal,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://groups.drupal.org/node/1980 |title=Growth Graphs |author=Koenig, Josh |publisher=Dries Buytaert |date=5 December 2006 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref> and Drupal's popularity is growing rapidly. From May 2007 to April 2008, Drupal was downloaded from the Drupal.org website more than 1.4 million times, an increase of approximately 125% from the previous year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Drupal Download Statistics - 2008 |url=http://buytaert.net/drupal-download-statistics-2008 |author=Buytaert, Dries |publisher=Dries Buytaert |date=14 July 2008 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Drupal Download Statistics - 2007 |url=http://buytaert.net/drupal-download-statistics-2007 |author=Buytaert, Dries |publisher=Dries Buytaert |date=21 May 2007 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref>

As of February 2012, hundreds of thousands of sites have used Drupal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://drupal.org/project/usage/drupal |title=Usage statistics for Drupal core |publisher=Dries Buytaert |accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref> These include hundreds of well-known organizations,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://buytaert.net/tag/drupal-sites?page=27 |title=Drupal Sites |author=Dries Buytaert |publisher=Dries Buytaert |accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref> including corporations, media & publishing companies, governments, non-profits,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://engineindustries.com/blog/jason/list-nonprofit-npo-ngo-websites-using-drupal |title=List of Nonprofit, NPO, NGO Websites Using Drupal |author=Kirk, Jason |publisher=ENGINE Industries |date=13 December 2009 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref> schools, and individuals. Drupal has also won several Packt Open Source CMS Awards<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.packtpub.com/open-source-cms-award-previous-winners |title=Open Source Awards Previous Winners |publisher=Packt Publishing |accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref> and won the Webware 100 three times in a row.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://drupal.org/Drupal-2009-webware-100-winner |title=Drupal is a Webware 100 winner for the third year in a row |author=Lal, Kieran |publisher=Dries Buytaert |date=19 May 2009 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13546_109-10237630-29.html?tag=mncol |title=Webware 100 winner: Drupal |publisher=CNET |date=19 May 2009 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref>

On March 5, 2009, Buytaert announced a code freeze for Drupal 7 for September 1, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buytaert.net/drupal-7-code-freeze-september-1st |title=Drupal 7 code freeze: September 1st |author=Dries Buytaert |publisher=Dries Buytaert |date=5 March 2009 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref> Drupal 7 was released on January 5, 2011, with release parties in multiple countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buytaert.net/drupal-7-to-be-released-on-january-5th-with-one-ginormous-party |title=Drupal 7 to be released on January 5 (with one ginormous party) |author=Dries Buytaert |publisher=Dries Buytaert |date=21 December 2010 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref> As of this release, maintenance for Drupal 5 has stopped, and only Drupal 7 and Drupal 6 are maintained.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1012/S00048/xplain-hosting-drupal-7-quickstart-training-seminar.htm |title=Xplain Hosting Drupal 7 Quickstart training seminar |publisher=Scoop |date=16 December 2010 |accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref>

==Features==

Features of Elgg include<ref>{{cite web |url=http://drupal.org/features |title=Drupal CMS Benefits |publisher=Dries Buytaert |accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref>:

* categorize with taxonomy
* automatic friendly path urls
* custom lists
* content association
* content management types including video, text, blog, podcasts, and polls
* user management
* real-time statistics
* optional revision control
* user-based roles and security
* content interaction control
* pre-defined site configurations
* presentation-based design layer
* expandability with modules
* aggregation, feed, and search engine connection capabilities
* social networking integration
* external media and file services

==Hardware/software requirements==

System requirements vary depending on which installation of Drupal is preferred. Please consult Drupal's well-documented [http://drupal.org/requirements system requirements page].

==Videos, screenshots, and other media==

Screenshots for Drupal 7 can be found on [http://drupaleasy.com/blogs/ultimike/2009/05/screenshots-drupal-7-so-far Drupal Easy].

An extensive series of video tutorials for Drupal 7 can be found on the [http://www.leveltendesign.com/tutorial/course/getting-started-drupal-7 LevelTen Interactive] website.

An online demo of Drupal 7 can be found [http://foundationdrupal7.com/ here]. Username and password is "admin".

==Entities using Drupal==

Examples of entities using Drupal include:

Alabama Environmental Council, Best Buy, California Institute of the Arts, Council of Writing Program Administrators, Davis Applied Technology College, Forrester Research, Garmin, IKEA, Iowa State Entomology Index of Internet Resources, OpenClinica, Penn State University, Popular Science, Portland State University, Stanford Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Symantec, Tesla Motors, The Economist, Twitter, Yahoo!

A full directory of Drupal users can be found at the [http://drupal.org/cases Drupal website] and at [http://buytaert.net/tag/drupal-sites Dries Buytaert's blog].

==Further reading==

* {{cite web |url=http://drupal.org/documentation |title=Documentation on Drupal |publisher=Dries Buytaert}}
* {{cite book |author=Beighley, Lynn; Seamus Bellamy |title=Drupal for Dummies |location=New York |publisher=For Dummies |edition=2nd |year=2011 |isbn=1118083482}}

==External links==

* [https://github.com/drupal/drupal Drupal] on GitHub
* [http://buytaert.net/ Dries Buytaert's blog]

==References==
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