Drupal meets the needs of different types of web sites from community to news portals, from corporate sites to educational institutions, from media sites to international sites. Learn about the building blocks that power these sites in Drupal CMS Features.
Here are some case studies that showcase some of the ways Drupal has been applied:
Community Portal Sites
If you want a news web site where the stories are provided by the audience, Drupal suits your needs well. Incoming stories are automatically voted upon by the audience and the best stories bubble up to the home page. Bad stories and comments are automatically hidden after enough negative votes. Examples: Fast Company | Team Sugar | Kerneltrap
Business Community Sites
Leading organizations recognize the need to engage publicly with their customers, providing space in their web properties for fostering community and dialog around their products and services. Drupal combines traditional web site components with social media elements to create social business software allowing customer engagement and open conversation. Examples: Symantec Connect (case study)
News Publishing
Drupal is great for newspapers and other news organizations. Examples: Savannah Now | NowPublic | Popular Science (case study) | DNAinfo.com case study
Aficionado Sites
Drupal flourishes when it powers a portal web site where one person shares their expertise and enthusiasm for a topic. Examples: ia/ | Dirtbike
Intranet/Corporate Web Sites
Companies maintain their internal and external web sites in Drupal. Drupal works well for these uses because of its flexible permissions system, and its easy web based publishing. No longer do you have to wait for a webmaster to get the word out about your latest project. Examples: Yahoo! Research
E-Commerce Web Sites
Drupal has 2 main E-Commerce modules: Ubercart and E-Commerce. With these modules, full fledged E-Commerce B2B and B2C sites can be built. These modules provide features such as coupons, payment integration and shopping cart right out of the box. Examples: Cargoh- Marketplace (Case Study)
Resource Directories
If you want a central directory for a given topic, Drupal suits your needs well. Users can register and suggest new resources while editors can screen their submissions. Example: Entomology Index
International Sites
When you begin using Drupal, you join a large international community of users and developers. Thanks to the localization features within Drupal, there are many Drupal sites implemented in a wide range of languages. Examples: cialog
Education
Drupal can be used for creating dynamic learning communities to supplement the face-to-face classroom or as a platform for distance education classes. Academic professional organizations benefit from its interactive features and the ability to provide public content, member-only resources, and member subscription management. Examples: WPA | Amherst College | Penn State University | DATC | Portland State University
Art, Music, Multimedia
When it comes to community art sites, Drupal is a great match. No other platform provides the rock solid foundation that is needed to make multimedia rich websites that allow users to share, distribute, rate, and discuss their work with others of similar interest. As time goes on, Drupal will only develop stronger support for audio, video, images, and playlist content for use in multimedia applications. Examples: MTV United Kingdom | Sony Music | Project Opus | Warner Brothers records | Ads of the World
Social networking sites
Drupal has many of common features used in social networking sites. You can build a collection of social networking applications around for your site or use Drupal as a white label social networking service. Examples: imbee | GoingOn | DrupalSN
Virtual worlds
Drupal's e-commerce systems and native ability to manage traditional forms of content such as weblog posts and news articles have been used to successfully manage virtual economies with virtual and real-world currencies. Examples: Digital Dollhouse (case study)
Conference and "camp" websites
In the Drupal community, we naturally use the Drupal software to announce, organize and manage conference websites, such as DrupalCons and DrupalCamps.. Examples: DrupalCamp LA (case study) | DrupalcampNYC10