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Drupal 7 - Now it is easier to use
It has been a long process that started three years ago, but finally Drupal 7 is available as an official release. The number of features and enhancements that have been included in this version of Drupal are vast, but one of the major enhancement of this release involve usability. Drupal has often been critiqued for being very hard to for the average user to use. The Drupal 7 team was determined to loose this stigma and much time and effort was dedicated to improving usability.
Why Use Drupal for Your Website Project?
There is a saying in the Drupal community, "There is a module for that". There are over 5,000 modules that can be essentially plugged into your website. If you can think it up, most likely someone else has already written a module for it. It is much more efficient for a site builder to use a tested and proven module then to write one from scratch. I know that I would rather spend my time on refining the look and feel of the website than writing a module from scratch.
Grammys Powered by Drupal
Following the success of the Drupal Emmy's website the Grammy's follow suit. The website was built and optimized to handle the surge of fans that would be visiting the site during the show. The Recording Academy moved to Drupal for its flexibility, speedy build-out, scalability, and performance under load.  Drupal was able to handle the load from visitors and this is the first time in years that The Recording Academy did not have any problems with their website during the show.
Drupal as a Replacement for Forum Software
In the past when a site owner wanted to implement a forum for their website they looked toward specific packages like phpBB or vBulletin.  These and other dedicated forum software are powerful software programs that have been around for many years with thousands of active users.  For most basic sites these work quite well.  The problem comes when you are trying to integrate one of these forum packages into an existing site or if you need to customize the forum.
Whitehouse.gov is Now Powered By Drupal
On Sunday the new whitehouse.gov website went live.  What is most notable about this launch is that the website is powered by Drupal! President Obama has on several occasions given his support for open source platforms.