Introducing Drupal (for developers)

Out of the box, Drupal performs all of the standard functions of a web-based content management system:

• Visitors can view published information on the site; navigate through menus, view listings, and individual pages; and so on
• Users can create accounts and leave comments
• Administrators can manage the site configuration and control the permissions levels of users
• Editors can create, preview, and then publish content when it is ready
• Content can be syndicated to RSS, where feed readers can pick up new articles as they are published
• With several built-in themes, even the look and feel of the site can be changed easily

With Drupal 8, the scope of what a site builder can do has greatly increased. Core multilingual capabilities make it much easier to configure the site to use multiple languages, creating content listings a few clicks away out of the box, and content management, in general, has greatly improved.