When we last saw our plucky hero, he was well on his way down into the perilous caves of the Drupal administrative interface. What dark secrets will he find there? What mysterious creatures are lurking in the shadows just waiting to pounce? Will he wander aimlessly in the void of nothingness? Where did I put my car keys? Did I feed the dog before I left the house? What's this thing on my hand ... (Damn that A.D.D.)
In this episode, we pick up with the real hands-on fun by rummaging through the different options and configuration settings and we even learn a new word: Simplexity
In last week's episode, we learned that our beloved main character had toiled through the dreaded process of reviewing and evaluating a number of CMS / Content Publishing systems in his quest to find the perfect system for his new project. From a long list of candidates, four finalists were chosen to go to the final rounds and the rest were sent home with lovely parting gifts. This week, we pick up our story with a hands on evaluation of the first of the finalist, Drupal!
About a week ago, I decided to put together a development community web site where developers, designers, and architects would have a place where all aspects of development and design can be discussed. I shopped around for a decent web host, which took about a week of research, sorted through the reviews and purchased my domain and hosting plan. I will say that reading through web hosting reviews is quite a task in itself, and I may post my experiences and all the "fun" stuff I ran across during my research in another article, but I digress.