Drupal has just stepped into a new light. Acquia has just announced their officially supported version of Drupal — Acquia Drupal.
This is definitely a big move in the open source world of Drupal. I think it is a great move. They have taken some of the best modules already available, mixed in some new things and are realising a version of Drupal that should be much more usable to non tech geeks.
Don’t get me wrong. I love Drupal, but it is freakin’ hard to get the thing to do the amazing things that it is capable of. I have spent many a week tearing my hair out configuring this and twirling that. If Acquia Drupal can lessen that by even a few hours (or days!) I will love them for it.
Well, what are you waiting for, get your download started and get installing. I know I will!
October 1st, 2008 at 3:42 am
We can’t wait to check this new development out and perhaps implement it in our projects that utilize Drupal!
http://www.boxcarstudio.com
October 3rd, 2008 at 4:24 am
Personally, I am very keen on WordPress and do not think to give Drupal anther try beyond what i did when I chose my CMS.
October 3rd, 2008 at 11:47 am
I think this is great idea.
I wish someone would do the same with Magento.
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:32 pm
@Boxcar Studio: So, have you kicked the tyres yet? I have given it a bit of a spin, but not enough to talk about yet.
@banago: Yes, WordPress is attractive. Out-of-the-box it just works and does what you want it to do. Drupal needs a bit more love… but when it is tuned it is a thing of beauty ;)
@slaction: Not familiar with Magento. What is it?
October 4th, 2008 at 8:44 am
Magento in a new open source e-commerce platform.
. It’s beautiful on the frontend, but terrible to work with from a developer standpoint due to the complexity of the framework.
October 5th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
This is really interesting. Ive always known is extremely powerful, there are some fantastic mods for it, but I still believe you really need to know php coding to get the most from it. Ill definately be checking this out though. Whats the support going to be like?
October 8th, 2008 at 9:38 am
@Nerz check out https://acquia.com/product-matrix. They are offering a range of subscriptions — from free to “call us for the price” :)
October 8th, 2008 at 9:39 am
@banago Another thought… Your reasons for using WordPress are exactly why Acquia was started. To make it easier to install and give a better experience to real world users.
October 9th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Thanks for information. Look a greats step for Drupal.