January 5, 2011

Drupal 7 released

DrupalA PHP-based CMS known for flexibility — popular for large government and enterprise sites. 7.0 shipped on January 5, 2011 — a major usability and fields overhaul that powered government and enterprise sites for a decade.

What it was for

DrupalDrupalA PHP-based CMS known for flexibility — popular for large government and enterprise sites. 7 added Fields in core, better image handling, and a refined admin UIUser interface — the parts of software people see and interact with. — the version most large DrupalA PHP-based CMS known for flexibility — popular for large government and enterprise sites. shops ran until DrupalA PHP-based CMS known for flexibility — popular for large government and enterprise sites. 8/9 migrations. It paired with Views, Pathauto, and Commerce modules for complex content architectures.

People

  • Dries Buytaertcreator

Why it's here

DrupalA PHP-based CMS known for flexibility — popular for large government and enterprise sites. 7 was the stable peak of classic DrupalA PHP-based CMS known for flexibility — popular for large government and enterprise sites. before the SymfonyA PHP framework and component library — enterprise web apps and APIs across Europe. rewrite.

Why it mattered

Fields APIApplication programming interface — a defined way for programs to talk to each other or to a service. and UX improvements made DrupalA PHP-based CMS known for flexibility — popular for large government and enterprise sites. viable for large institutional deployments.

What it solved

DrupalA PHP-based CMS known for flexibility — popular for large government and enterprise sites. 6 required contrib modules for basic content modeling that sites expected in core.

Media

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