爲什麼Drupal在高等教育機構中獨領風騷
Drupal web technology is increasingly being adopted across the globe and is currently in use by massive organizations including The White House, McDonald’s, Twitter, IKEA and many more*. We can assume that big guys like these have taken the time to vet it. The reasons to choose Drupal are literally endless: pick n' choose modules, an army of developers contributing worldwide, cost effectiveness, always evolving, etc, etc. There’s no doubt why progressive institutions in higher education wouldn’t want the same. In fact, schools such as Harvard and MIT have been leading the charge with Drupal for over seven years.
在全球範圍內，Drupal網站開發技術被越來越多的採用，目前已經有大量的機構應用Drupal技術建設網站，包括美國白宮，麥當勞，推特，宜家等。我們可以猜測這些機構的負責人花時間來調查這個，選擇Drupal的原因是各種各樣的：N多選擇的模塊，全世界範圍內開發者的貢獻，成本效率，一直不斷的在發展等等。毫無疑問，這些都不是高校的積極進取的機構想要的。實際上，象哈佛和麻省理工這樣的學校已經使用Drupal長達7年之久。
The Drupal content management system is successful in the higher education space because it's been able to address key pain points that come along with managing and maintaining complex sites with hundreds of different "contributors" from various departments and schools. Managing a university's entire web presence, maintaining and implementing a current content strategy, and keeping compliant with campus-wide standards and accessibility guidelines isn't easy. Thankfully, Drupal addresses these challenges and is quickly becoming the top choice for higher education websites.
Drupal內容管理系統在高教領域是成功的，因爲它可以很好地解決管理和維護複雜站點所帶來的挑戰，要知道構建這些站點的都是來自於不同院系和學院的“貢獻者”，他們數以百計。管理一所大學的所有網站，維持和實現當前的內容策略，確保符合校園標準和訪問原則並不是件容易的事情。值得慶幸的是，Drupal解決了這些挑戰，並迅速成爲高教網站的首選。Quick facts about Drupal in higher education:
快速瞭解一下Drupal在高校中的事實：
Harvard, MIT, and every Ivy League school currently uses Drupal
哈佛(Harvard),麻省理工(MIT),和常春藤聯盟學校當前正在使用Drupal。71 out of the top 100 universities use Drupal
世界頂尖的前100所大學當中就有71所大學使用Drupal。28% of all sites use Drupal
所有教育類機構網站28%使用Drupal。In 2006, ImageX made the decision to develop exclusively with Open Source technology, particularly Drupal. With one of our key markets being higher education, it's really exciting to see the impact Drupal has had with all our clients, and even more so with the education sector as a whole. We're huge fans of the education sector because it's filled with brilliant people with great ideas. Unfortunately, it's also filled with bad websites. With the power of Drupal, we are here to change that.
在2006年，ImageX技術團隊（）決定採用開源技術獨立開發，特別是採用Drupal。由於高等教育是我們的一個主要的市場，令人激動的看到Drupal給所有我們的客戶已經產生了影響，尤其是教育部門。Luckily, school’s are beginning to recognize this and more and more are making the switch to Drupal as their CMS.
幸運的是，學校也開始認識到了這一點，越來越多地將他們的CMS（內容管理系統）改成Drupal。We develop and design in Drupal because it makes it easier for schools to create and maintain websites that are customized to their institution. We want you to be able to use your time to focus on the important task of engaging, enrolling and retaining students. By working with schools including Indiana State University, Portland State University, Stanford, Arizona State University, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, and the University of British Columbia, ImageX built a series of Drupal modules with a workflow specifically designed for higher education. We came to understand the obstacles that school’s face as well as the eagerness to propel into the future so we created a website accelerator package that we employ with each higher ed implementation.
我們爲Drupal做開發和設計，是爲了可以讓學校更容易按照自身的需求來建站以及後期維護。我們希望您能花時間在以下重要任務上：宣講、招募和保留學生們加入Drupal社區。通過與印第安納州立大學、波特蘭州立大學、斯坦福大學、亞利桑那州立大學、昆特侖理工大學及英屬哥倫比亞大學等學校合作，ImageX 創建了一系列專爲高等教育設計的Drupal模塊。我們瞭解學校所面臨的困難以及急於推進的心理，因此我們創建了網站加速包，並在每個高等教育的案例中佈署。With Drupal, schools can attain big cost savings and time efficiencies while making their (web) lives easier. Drupal is backed by a community of over 600,000 users and developers worldwide, who collaborate and work daily to ensure that the software is super easy to use, that it's always up to date and that it's always evolving as fast as the web is.
使用Drupal，學校在節省大量成本和時間的同時也更加輕鬆。Drupal由一個全球超過60萬用戶和開發者社區支持，他們天天相互協作，以確保該軟件非常容易使用。它總是不斷更新，並象網站技術一樣快速發展。Here's a few instances why Drupal and ImageX's accelerator package are appealing for higher education websites:
這裏有些例子，來說明爲什麼Drupal和ImageX的加速包對高教網站是有吸引力的：。Content Generation:
內容生成If you are in charge of generating content, you don't have to be a web expert. Drupal has a user-friendly interface that easily allows administrators to upload content, manage any media and even spin up a brand new additional site in minutes. Drupal at its core is a CMS - updating and creating new content is what it's built to do.
如果您負責內容生成，您無須成爲一個網站專家。Drupal友好的用戶界面可以很方便地讓管理員上傳內容、管理媒體甚至在幾分鐘內讓一個全新的網站正常運轉。Drupal的核心就是一個CMS-用於創建和更新內容。Reusable Content (Content Syndication):
內容再利用（內容聚合）Being able to create and edit content is one thing, but reusing content and disseminating it across different department and sub sites is another. With this key module for content sharing, creating and editing content that can be published and shared throughout different sections of the institutions site is simple. You can share specific news, events, media and information with any site within your network. You also get access to a library of already generated content.
便利的創建編輯是一方面，但是能將所創建的內容在各各不同部門和站點之間重複利用就是另一方面了。利用這個內容分享的核心模塊，所創建的和編輯過的內容能夠方便的這個體系的不同地方分享。你可以利用你的網絡分享不同新聞，事件，娛樂，信息。你同樣可以去獲取這些已經生成的內容。Branding & Design:
品牌&設計Staying on brand, being compliant with campus-wide standards and having the ability to adapt quickly has proved to be a hassle with other proprietary web platforms. With this accelerator in place, we're able to easily create awesome looking design templates that make for a consistent user experience across all of the schools' websites. But, there's also our Branding Dashboard that allows for unique customization so department sites can showcase their personality without straying too far from the brand guidelines.
在品牌上，滿足符合大學網站標準，同時能夠快速調整對於其他私人網站平臺來說十分困難。我們所有的條件卻能讓我們輕鬆地有利於所有學校使用的做出漂亮的模板。但是我們的品牌儀表同樣允某些網站不過分遠離我們標準的個性展現。Mobile & Accessibility:
移動&便利Once you have your website, you’ll want it to perform well too. We’ve ensured that we include features that increase user interaction. Feel confident knowing that every article you've created will be Search Engine Optimized from the start with meta-tags, page titles, descriptions and more. ImageX is an accessibility ambassador so we ensure our accelerators will always fulfill the promise of it being truly a ‘world wide web’ for everyone, including those with disabilities. Also, more students are viewing school websites from their phone or tablet than their personal computer, so we always design ‘mobile first’, and Drupal makes that process a breeze. This means that your site is going to look just as good on a small screen as it does on a laptop without having to develop a separate mobile site.
一旦你擁有一個網站，你同樣希望它能良好運行。我們確定我們的產品有良好的交互性這個特色。並確信您所創建的每篇文章都會根據主要標籤，文章名稱，描述以及更多方面進行搜索優化。IMAGEX是我們的傳播大師，它能確保我們的油門能夠真正的滿足實現讓每個人方便享用的網站這的諾言，這其中還包括那些殘疾人。同樣學生能夠利用他們的手機和平板電腦來瀏覽我們的網站。因此我們以移動端開發爲第一位。當讓這對drupal來說是小菜一碟。這意味着您的網站在小屏幕和筆記本電腦上表現得同樣好，而無需另行開發一個移動網站。It’s more clear now than ever that Drupal will save you a ton of headaches down the road, save you some money, keep you from being another "bad website", and show that your school values its diversity but stands together unified.
毫無疑問Drupal將您從大量令人頭痛的麻煩中解放出來，爲您省了錢，讓您的站點不再成爲另一個“壞站點”，同時還能展示您學校的多樣化並能將其統一起來。With the web evolving as fast as it does today, schools now have access to software like Drupal and specialized higher ed web development firms like ImageX. And what a relief! Imagine if we still had to look at websites like this?...
隨着當前網站技術的快速發展，學校現在可以使用象Drupal這樣的軟件以及象ImageX這樣專業的高教網站開發公司，這是件多麼令人愉快的事！想象一下，如果我們還不得不去看象這樣的網站？.....ImageX is an award winning open source web design and development firm with offices in Vancouver, BC and Los Angeles, CA. If you'd like to learn more about ImageX and our higher ed services, contact us and get started today.
ImageX是一個獲獎的開源網站設計和開發公司，辦公室地點在加拿大溫哥華和加州洛杉磯。如果您想要了解ImageX以及高等教育的相關服務，請現在就聯繫我們。
