Blogging templates for Drupal

What is the most popular platform for bloggers? If we are a platform for stand-alone blogging it, of course, WordPress , the platform which is the standard and the de facto standard. However, WP is not the only CMS on the basis of which you can build a nice, cute and full-featured blog. Viable alternative to Wordpress can serve Drupal ! Do not believe me? I have prepared for you some suitable templates for Drupal, confirming this statement, but first a little background on the platform.

Drupal - a free (license GNU GPL) content management system (CMS). Because the platform is free, in its development and support included a lot of people around the world. Due to this for Drupal there is a huge number of additional modules and extensions, as well as Drupal templates from third-party developers, so the system has an excellent flexibility.

The main technical features of Drupal:

• translated into different languages ​​interface and support for content in different languages;
• meaningful URL;
• Support xml-formats;
• support for OpenID;
• advanced search;
• the ability to dynamically build the menu;
• role model access (different access rights to documents for different users);
• automatic load limit on the site (where appropriate);
• and much more

Popular modules for Drupal:

• advertising management system;
• mechanism captcha;
• block spam;
• Integration with galleries of images;
• e-commerce systems;
• and other

Powered by Drupal, thanks to the various modules can be assembled the site of almost any purpose, including a blog with good functionality. Some examples of suitable templates for the blog Drupal.

The template for Drupal "Corolla"



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Corolla - very nice and versatile template for Drupal, which is suitable for a wide blogging topics. Key features of the template:

• Tested and compatible with all popular browsers (IE 7/8, Firefox 3, Opera 10, Chrome 4);
• Flexibly configurable number of columns (1, 2, 3 columns);
• Just set the size and position of the sidebar and the elements;
• There are styles for printing (Print StyleSheet);
• Well-optimized code.

From the functional elements of the Drupal template in the demo version you can see a list of recent posts, comments, block the poll, menus, etc. If I understand correctly, then this pattern has two options for different versions of Drupal. Given what is now preparing to enter the seventh version of the template I posted it under it, download the second can, by going directly to the site source.

Drupal template "Marinelli"



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Marinelli hardly yield a good WP-pattern, generally visually would be difficult to immediately determine which way CMS is a template. Actually, in my opinion, this template for Drupal looks great! To the right of the main block of text you will find two columns with different blocks of information - there is a normal html text, as well as functional modules (the last comment, poll, the login box).

Key features of the template:

• Three sub-themes (Gnifetti, Giordani, Alagna);
• 3-column template;
• Banner management system;
• is optimized for SEO;
• Two different menus, one of which is a "drop down" by default;
• 4 separate stylesheet (layout.css, graphics.css, typography.css, links.css);

The template for Drupal "Analytics"



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Analytics - This Drupal template features a modern design that is perfect for blogs, and any other sites. The design contains three columns: in the center not only displays the last record, but there are also two blocks of information and a place to display a "special" publications (Featured). On the sides of standard function blocks are displayed - the menu, login, recent comments.

Key features of the template:

• The fixed width (optimized for 1024 pixels);
• Valid code (XHTML Transitional), layout without tables on DIV'ah;
• Tested and compatible with all popular browsers (firefox 2 + / opera9.x / chrome / ie6 +);

These three examples of just a small part suitable for sozdniya blog templates for Drupal, but I think even that was enough to convince you of their suitability, and maybe even wake up in someone interesting to get acquainted with the platform closer!