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Features of MicroDrupal

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication

The key principle

MicroDrupal is a web-factory new generation based on Drupal 8. MicroDrupal does not use the Drupal native multi-site architecture but rather an architecture similar to what the Domain contributed module offers, but according to a radically different approach, an approach that no longer focuses on configuration but on content. Sites managed by a MicroDrupal site factory are treated as content, and thanks to this approach their creation and management is radically simplified.

The key word of MicroDrupal that guides its development is simplicity. Because simplicity means ease of use, scalability and maintainability. One of the major challenges that MicroDrupal wants to address is not the generation of a site instance, but the management and maintenance of a multitude of sites, similar or different, over the long term.

The basic functionalities

MicroDrupal natively has an architecture to offer as standard the functionalities that one would expect from a website.

SEO

MicroDrupal is natively optimized for SEO natural referencing. Metatags, redirections, own URLs etc. are managed globally or at the level of each site according to your needs and means.

Performance

All MicroDrupal-powered sites benefit from the revolutionary cache system available with Drupal 8. Your sites will respond at lightning speed to your visitors' requests.

Responsive

All sites powered by MicroDrupal are natively responsive and can be adapted to the terminal used to view your websites.

Users

Assign users to each site in a few clicks to delegate certain rights automatically, according to several predefined user profiles.

Share

Sharing content from one site or the master instance to other sites, while ensuring SEO, is no longer a challenge that causes excessive complexity.

Diffusion

You can simultaneously distribute information on all the sites of a MicroDrupal instance, or a selection of sites, with a few clicks.

Design

Customize the appearance of each site instance with the ability to associate with each one a customized style sheet that can be modified from the site itself.

Statistics

Connect each website to your Matomo platform (Piwik) or Goggle Analytics to get advanced statistics on the traffic to your sites.

A based-component approach

A component allows you to provide a structured layout, simple or complex, of a specific element of a page. Compose your pages with as many components as you want. Each page, each article, each type of content has the same components that allow you great flexibility in their layout.

Container

Organize your components in a container so that you can organize their layout according to several responsive columns.

Slideshow

Create and insert where you want a responsive and accessible slideshow or carousel.

Image

Create sections containing an image and position the image in a few clicks: right, left, top, background, etc.

Links

Create simple links, to place a menu, or links with an advanced design according to your needs.

Popin

Insert popins to provide additional information without overloading the content of your pages.

Picto

Use pictograms to better structure your content and make it more readable.

Video

Simply insert and integrate remote videos hosted on the most popular platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, etc.

Text

Because it is ultimately an essential component, giving you great flexibility in the formatting of classic or atypical content.

Map

Integrate a Map and customize your style with a few clicks.

Listing

Create landing pages or dedicated listing pages, according to your needs and the nature of your content, to automatically bring up the latest published articles.

Form

Create your forms once, and reuse them anywhere: on a dedicated page, within a content page, on a section of your site.

Variants

Create variants of your components with a little touch of CSS magic and make them accessible to editors simply.

Your component

Creating your own component takes a few hours / days depending on its complexity, and make it available instantly on all your sites.

The different types of sites

MicroDrupal has two different types of sites as standard: a one page site and a generic site. You can create as many types of site as you need and associate them with content types, custom features that can be reused at will.

Site one page

Site one page

This type of site consists of only one page. You can select which sections of the single page will be used to automatically generate the navigation menu. Simple and quick to implement, to create immersive sites for which the writing work remains reasonable.

Generic site

Generic site

This type of site has a dedicated main menu, and several generic content types to quickly create content pages or time articles. Useful site when the information to be presented requires a minimum of structuring or to improve its positioning in natural referencing with the creation of optimized pages.

Your own type of site

Your type of website

Simply create as many new site types as necessary and reuse the components already available. Event sites, community sites, catalogue sites, brand sites, business sites, etc. Use the power of Drupal to extend these new types of sites with dedicated or more generic content types.

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