One of the first decisions you have to make when building a website is choosing a content management system (CMS). It is important to establish the objective of your site before you invest any elbow grease into your digital home..

1. Blogging
Everyone is doing it. In fact, there are some who feel that if ‘you ain’t bloggin’, you ain’t communicatin’. This is one of the most common uses for Drupalonians and one of the functions you will probably use on a daily basis. Drupal comes ready for blogging straight out of the box and has many modules available that will enhance your blog’s functionality.

There is a micro blog modulethat allows users the option to have their post titles posted to all enable microblogging services, such as Twitter and Facebook.

No one likes spam, or spam for that matter. BlogSpam provides a central location on your site where you can checks comments for various spam indicators.

2. News Portal
For those folks who want or need to have tons of information on their site, Drupal is the way to go. There is a module called Views that provides a flexible method for webmasters and designers to control how lists and tables are presented. It is basically a “smart query builder” that allows you to display information in uniquely different ways. In the words of Ferris Bueller, “it is so choice”.

3. User-Specific Site
Drupal prides itself in its user management system, with user profiles ready to be created from the get-go. It also comes with the ability to connect your website to Twitter and Facebook. A module called Organic Groups that allows people to organize themselves into groups that can have their own themes, language, taxonomy and the ability to be selective or not. It’s like middle school all over again!

These three utilizations of Drupal are just a glimpse into the possibilities of the popular content management system. Many Drupalonians will attest that it has been a guiding light for their online businesses.