Aug.14th.2024

The benefits of using Drupal for enterprise websites

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In the digital age, your business's competitiveness heavily relies on the platform your website is built on. Among the available CMS options, Drupal stands out for its power and flexibility. Here's how choosing Drupal can revolutionize your business and why 8P Design, the Drupal agency in Montreal, is the ideal partner for this journey.

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Why Choose Drupal for Your Enterprise Website?

1. Tailored to Your Specific Needs

Drupal is known for its exceptional flexibility. Whether you need a simple site or a complex platform with multiple features, Drupal can be tailored to your specific needs. Drupal modules allow for adding and customizing features without requiring complex development.
Drupal uses a "hook" and "API" system, enabling developers to customize or modify core functionalities without altering the source code. This modular approach means you can extend your site with custom modules, such as Views for data manipulation or Rules for task automation, precisely meeting your specific business requirements.

2. Maximum Security for Your Business

Security is a priority for any business. Drupal offers robust security with regular updates and an active community dedicated to continuous security improvements.
Drupal has a dedicated security team, the Drupal Security Team, constantly working to identify and fix vulnerabilities. The CMS also follows a strict "secured by design" policy, implementing secure coding practices from the design phase. Additionally, contributed modules undergo a rigorous review process before being available on the platform.

3. Guaranteed Performance and Scalability

Websites built with Drupal can handle large amounts of traffic without compromising performance. Whether your business is growing or planning future expansion, Drupal can scale with you.
Drupal efficiently manages high loads with advanced caching mechanisms like Varnish or Redis, and optimization modules such as BigPipe, which speeds up page rendering by serving critical content first. For scalability, Drupal can be integrated with distributed database solutions like MariaDB or PostgreSQL, supporting high-traffic sites and seamless expansions.

4. Simplified Content Management

Drupal excels in managing complex and large volumes of content. It allows precise organization and categorization, making it easier to manage and update your content.
Drupal's entity management module enables complex content structuring through customizable content types, reusable fields, and entity relationships. This is reinforced by modules like Paragraphs or Field Group, allowing editors to create rich, varied layouts without coding knowledge.

5. SEO-Optimized

Good SEO is essential to increase your website's visibility. Drupal is designed to be SEO-friendly, with built-in features that facilitate search engine optimization. Our SEO specialists leverage these features to improve your search rankings and attract more organic traffic.
Drupal simplifies SEO management with modules like Yoast SEO or Metatag, allowing fine control over each page's metadata. Additionally, Drupal's built-in URL alias management system ensures URLs are both user-friendly and SEO-optimized, enhancing search engine rankings.

6. Perfect for a Global Audience

For businesses operating internationally, Drupal offers robust multilingual support. It allows for easy creation of multilingual sites, crucial for reaching a global audience.
Drupal excels in multilingual capabilities with the core Locale module managing interface translations, and modules like Content Translation or Entity Translation enabling site content to be translated into multiple languages while maintaining a single instance of each content entity, simplifying multilingual content management.

7. Community Support and Continuous Innovation

With a large developer community and abundant resources, Drupal benefits from constant support and continuous innovation. By partnering with us, you gain not only our expertise but also the support of the Drupal community, ensuring always cutting-edge solutions.
Drupal is supported by an active global community of developers, designers, and digital specialists collaborating through events like DrupalCons, camps, and daily contributions on drupal.org. This collaboration drives continuous improvement and the rapid adoption of the latest web technologies, such as React for user interfaces or GraphQL for data querying.

Your Partner for a High-Performance Drupal Site

Since 1998, we have been developing intuitive websites and custom web applications. As a 360° web agency, we master all aspects of your business's online presence. From strategy to execution, we offer comprehensive support for your digital projects.

What We Offer:

  • Web Strategy: We develop tailored strategies to maximize your online impact.
  • Custom Development: Our expert developers create customized solutions tailored to your specific needs.
  • Intuitive Design: We design attractive, easy-to-use user interfaces.
  • Support and Maintenance: We provide continuous support and proactive maintenance to keep your site performing and secure.
  • With powerful ideas, professional work, and outstanding support, we are the ideal partner to develop and optimize your Drupal site.

Contact Us

To learn more about our Drupal development services and discover how we can transform your online presence, contact us directly. We are here to support you at every stage of your digital project.