05-23-2006, 11:36 AM
A Review of the newly released free open source Drupal version 4.7 content management system (CMS).
full article: http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl...11/1724255&from=rss
Drupal home page and downloads: http://drupal.org/
Drupal system requirements: http://drupal.org/node/270
Quote: What's new and different in Drupal 4.7
As the what's new in Drupal 4.7 video puts it, one of the main things that you get in Drupal 4.7 is "buzzword compliance." The key buzzwords flying around are AJAX/Web 2.0 and podcasting.
I've already mentioned the use of AJAX in the Drupal 4.7 upgrade wizard. Drupal 4.7 not only ships with a small set of AJAX "widgets" but also has comprehensive instructions on how to produce your own AJAX bits and pieces, using the modules framework, to plug in to the system. Worthy of special mention is the use of AJAX when categorising your content nodes, which I'll discuss below.
Podcasts have received special attention, with support for RSS inclusions making it easy to attach an MP3 podcast to a node. This is an area of ongoing development for Drupal, with the audio module from Drupal professionals extending this even further.
Of course, if you are installing or running a CMS, then the most important features are those that let you manage content. Drupal 4.7 has improved by leaps and bounds in this area, most notably with significant extensions to the already powerful category/taxonomy and menu systems...
full article: http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl...11/1724255&from=rss
Drupal home page and downloads: http://drupal.org/
Drupal system requirements: http://drupal.org/node/270