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Acquia

Acquia is a CMSMatch.com Editors Choice
Editor
85
Score
100%
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CMSMatch.com Editor's Choice

Sat, 06/19/2010 - 06:50

Acquia-Drupal is the ultimate CMS framework. Use this software to build a custom CMS. Where other CMS's are restricted to their own internal logic, developers may use Drupal to freely design their own. workflows. Powerful community extensions such as Views and Content Construction Kit ((already included in the Acquia distribution) make Drupal suitable for corporate and world class websites. Acquia developments are always ported back to the community Drupal version.

Acquia is an enhanced Drupal-engine CMS with (not required) commercial support packages. Drupal is a wildly popular social publishing system that blends web content management and social media capabilities with a massive library of powerful extensions - all supported by a thriving open source community.

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Specifications

Additional Information
Available Languages: How many languages are available for the software. 
50
Cost Estimate: The expected 12-month cost of ownership in USD$. This includes monthly fees! 
$0.00
Learning Curve:  
Intermediate
License:  
GNU General Public License (GPL)
One-Click Updates:  
Limited (Add-on)
Standards Compliance Level:  
High
Site Setup Wizard:  
Yes
Stability:  
Mature
Version:  
6.x
Hosting Requirements
Application Server:  
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Unknown
Database:  
MySQL or PostgreSQL
Operating System:  
All major OSs
Programming Language:  
PHP, JavaScript, CSS
Web Server:  
Apache, IIS, Lighty, nginx
Root Access:  
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Unknown
Shell Access:  
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Unknown
Specific Demands:  
Special PHP modules may be required for core and extension functionality.
Web Space: Minimum requirement 
30 MB
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Functionality

Site Administration
Administration Dashboard: Shows an overview of administrative functions, similiar to a Windows Desktop, with icons, administration menu's and other functionality. 
Limited
Drag and Drop Interface:  
Yes
File and Document Manager:  
Yes (Add-on)
Google Analytics:  
Yes
Inline Content Administration:  
Yes
Internal Search for Admin:  
Yes
Link Checker:  
Yes (Add-on)
Mass Upload:  
Yes (Add-on)
Media Library:  
Yes (Add-on)
Metadata:  
Yes (Add-on)
Offline Maintenance Page:  
Yes
Online Administration:  
Yes
Personal Dashboard:  
Limited
Site Navigation Management:  
Yes
Statistics:  
Yes
Translation Strings Management:  
Yes (Add-on)
Workflow Engine:  
Yes (Add-on)
Zip Archive Support:  
Yes (Add-on)
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Page Editing
Clipboard:  
No
Copy / Paste from Office:  
Yes (Add-on)
Email Content to Site:  
Yes (Add-on)
External Editor:  
Limited (Add-on)
Image Auto Thumbnails:  
Yes
Image Editing:  
Yes (Add-on)
Image Resizing:  
Yes (Add-on)
Macro Language:  
Limited
Server Page Language:  
Yes
Spelling Checker:  
Yes (Add-on)
Trash Bin:  
Yes (Add-on)
Undo History:  
No
WYSIWYG Editor:  
Yes (Add-on)
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Content Management
Archives:  
Yes
Content Categorization:  
Yes
Content Construction Kit:  
Yes
Content Staging and Merging:  
Limited (Add-on)
Content Tagging:  
Yes
Content Templates:  
Yes (Add-on)
Custom Content Types:  
Yes
Import-Export:  
Yes (Add-on)
Printer, Email and PDF Versions:  
Yes
Revisions and History:  
Yes
Scheduling:  
Yes (Add-on)
Subscriptions:  
Yes (Add-on)
Tag Cloud:  
Yes
Voting and Rating:  
Yes
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Users
Avatars: Avatars are personalized icons linked to a visitor's email address. 
Yes
Buddy List:  
Yes (Add-on)
Memberlist:  
Yes
Memberlist Search:  
Yes
OpenID Login Support:  
Yes
Paid Content Subscriptions:  
Yes (Add-on)
Private Messaging System:  
Yes (Add-on)
Public User Page:  
Yes
Registration Form:  
Yes
Registration Form Custom Fields:  
Yes
User Access Control:  
Yes
User Contributions:  
Yes
User Groups:  
Yes
User Points / Karma Rating:  
Yes
User Preferences:  
Yes
User Profiles:  
Yes
User Signatures:  
Yes
Who's Online List:  
Yes
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Layouts, Design and Templates
Content Type Theming: Give different content types their own layout and theming options, e.g. blog posts and categories. 
Yes
Drag and Drop Layouts:  
Yes (Add-on)
Granular CSS Classes: Allows CSS styling of every single div or span, one way or another, without hacking into the core software. 
Yes
Web-based Template Management:  
Yes
Scheduled Theming: Schedule a theme for Christmas or other special arrays of dates. 
Yes (Add-on)
Style Wizard:  
Limited
Sub Theming: Change the layout of parts of a main theme, e.g. columns, listings or blocks, based on specific criteria. 
Yes
Template Language:  
Yes
Theming / Skinning:  
Yes
URL Path Theming: Theme pages based on their URL, e.g. individual layouts for /sitemap and /contact. 
Yes
 
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Extended Functionality

Core Applications
Advertising Management: Manage ads, clicks and views for clients throughout your website. 
Yes (Add-on)
Affiliate Tracking:  
Yes (Add-on)
Chat:  
Yes (Add-on)
Commenting System:  
Yes
Contact Form:  
Yes
Contacts Management:  
Yes (Add-on)
Calendar:  
Yes
Events Management:  
Yes (Add-on)
FAQ Management:  
Yes (Add-on)
File Repository and Distribution:  
Yes (Add-on)
Forms and Surveys:  
Yes (Add-on)
Full-Text Document Search: Index the content of PDF, DOC and other files for search. 
Yes (Add-on)
Internal Search Engine:  
Yes
Graphs and Charts:  
Yes (Add-on)
Guestbook:  
Yes (Add-on)
Helpdesk / Ticketing System:  
Yes (Add-on)
HTTP Proxy:  
No
Lightbox (or variants):  
Yes (Add-on)
Link Management:  
Yes (Add-on)
Live Chat:  
Yes (Add-on)
Media Gallery:  
Yes (Add-on)
Newsletter Management:  
Yes (Add-on)
Polls:  
Yes
Sitemap:  
Yes (Add-on)
Streaming Audio Management:  
Yes (Add-on)
Streaming Video Management:  
Yes (Add-on)
XML Sitemap for Search Engines:  
Yes (Add-on)
Tests, Quizzes and Raffles:  
Yes (Add-on)
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Flexibility
Interface Localization (l10n):  
Yes
Internationalization (i18n):  
Yes
Language Negotiation:  
Yes
Multiple Domains Management:  
Yes (Add-on)
Multi-Site from 1 Codebase:  
Yes
Multi-Site from 1 Database:  
Yes
Right to Left Language Support:  
Yes
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Interoperability
Section 508: Create a barrier free website for the disabled and otherwise impaired. 
Yes (Add-on)
CGI Mode Support:  
Yes (Add-on)
Content Syndication (RSS):  
Yes
Database Query Editor:  
Yes (Add-on)
Database-to-Web External Databases:  
Yes
FTP Support:  
Yes (Add-on)
iCal:  
Yes (Add-on)
Text Browser Support:  
Yes (Add-on)
UTF-8 Support:  
Yes
W3C XHTML Compliant:  
Yes
WAI Compliant:  
Yes
WebDAV Support:  
Yes (Add-on)
Web Services API:  
Yes
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Mobille Internet
Device Capabilities Caching: Stores a list of known devices and capabilities locally for faster access. 
Limited (Add-on)
Device Capabilities Detection:  
Yes (Add-on)
Device Groups:  
Limited (Add-on)
SMS Support:  
Yes (Add-on)
Templates per Device Group:  
Limited (Add-on)
Unique Mobile Content:  
Yes (Add-on)
Site Wizard for Mobile Site:  
Yes (Add-on)
 
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Environment

Performance
Advanced Caching: Caching is a way to pre-build and store dynamic pages and database queries for faster access. 
Yes
Automatic Meta Tags:  
Yes (Add-on)
Bandwidth Optimization: Reduce the file size of page elements, inlcuding CSS, JavaScript and Media 
Yes
Database Optimization:  
Yes (Add-on)
Database Query Caching:  
Yes
Database Replication:  
Yes (Add-on)
Friendly URLs:  
Yes
Load Balancing:  
Yes (Add-on)
Minify Javascipt:  
Yes
Search Engine Optimization:  
Yes (Add-on)
Static Content Export:  
Yes (Add-on)
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Security
Audit Trail:  
Yes
Captcha Anti-Spam:  
Yes (Add-on)
Content Approval:  
Yes
Database Backup/Restore:  
Yes (Add-on)
Pluggable Authentication:  
Yes (Add-on)
Email Verification:  
Yes
Error Reporting:  
Yes
Kerberos Authentication:  
Yes (Add-on)
LDAP Authentication:  
Yes (Add-on)
Login History:  
Yes
NIS Authentication:  
No
NTLM Authentication:  
Yes (Add-on)
Password Encryption:  
Yes
Sandbox:  
Yes (Add-on)
Scheduled Backups:  
Yes (Add-on)
Session Management:  
Yes
SMB Authentication:  
No
SSL Support:  
Yes (Add-on)
Versioning:  
Yes
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Support
Certification Programme:  
Yes
Code Skeletons:  
Yes
Commercial Manuals:  
Yes
Commercial Support:  
Yes
Community Forums:  
Yes
Developer Community:  
Yes
Issue Tracking:  
Yes
Mailing Lists:  
Yes
Online Help:  
Yes
Support Network Subscription:  
Yes
Trainings and Seminars:  
Yes
User Conferences:  
Yes

Comments

el7cosmos (0)
Sun, 10/04/2009 - 06:36

Re: Acquia

4

I'm gonna look at this acquia...

Bryan House (0)
Sun, 10/04/2009 - 05:10

Great review, but Acquia Drupal not a fork

Thanks for the kind words, this is a great review - I'm happy to see we scored so high in the comparison.

One quick clarification - Acquia Drupal is not a fork of Drupal.  It is exactly the same code that is available on http://drupal.org. Acquia Drupal is simply a packaging of Drupal core and a collection of essential community contributed modules from d.o into a package that provides an advanced starting point for someone new to Drupal, as well as an expanded footprint for a base Drupal install.

Acquia Drupal is in sync with Drupal core security updates on d.o and includes module updates when its updated, as well.

Thanks again for the review.

Bryan House

Marketing Director

Acquia

 

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