Hosting/Open Source/CMS
Drupal is a free software package that allows an individual, a community of users, or an enterprise to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website. Drupal can be installed on our linux servers using either the Pro Ultima Hosting or the Pro Business hosting.
Easy Set Up
It is easy to setup a new Drupal website with Hostingireland. It is simply a case of logging into your hosting account and opening the softaculous tool. This tool lets you install a large number of open source software, Drupal is one of the options available. When you choose Drupal, it takes you through a simple step by step installation and once it is finished, you are ready to go.
Large Open Source Community
Drupal is an open source project, which means everyone has access to the source code of the project and can even contribute code of their own that may be included in the project. Drupal being open source also means, there are a lot of knowledgeable people willing to pass on their experience to others.
Easy Administration
Drupal is a full CMS (content management system), this means it allows you to administer your website with a set of well developed tools.
Extendable
With more than 6,000 additional add-on modules, Drupal can meet the vast majority of your site's requirements. But if you are a developer and would like to build a custom module for your website, then this can be done also.
E-Commerce
There are many Drupal modules that help you to integrate e-commerce and advertising into your site. Drupal Commerce and Ubercart provide a shopping cart system that simplifies store and order management forms, creates shopping carts with themes and product listings, and allows you to receive donations, run an auction site, and much more.
Customisable
Themes allow you to change the look and feel of your Drupal site. You can use themes contributed by others or create your own. You can download new themes from http://drupal.org/project/Themes
