{"id":113,"date":"2012-01-16T14:15:42","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T08:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/blog\/?p=113"},"modified":"2013-05-30T17:32:19","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T12:02:19","slug":"website-clones-you-can-build-with-drupal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/blog\/website-clones-you-can-build-with-drupal\/","title":{"rendered":"Websites and Website Clones You Can Develop with Drupal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drupal is an excellent choice for a\u00a0content management system (CMS). However, many people only see it as a simple CMS, a site to build a landing page or two. But Drupal is much more than that. Not only is Drupal easy to\u00a0theme, it\u2019s got a wide range of built in functionality and a large community powering the popular CMS.<\/p>\n<p>One of the great things about Drupal is that you can build almost any sort of site that you can imagine, with the help of a couple\u00a0modules. Want to go beyond the basics of a simple CMS? Drupal has an excellent API that allows you to extent nearly any aspect of the software. In fact, many people have started to talk about using Drupal as a framework, as it\u2019s robust, well written,\u00a0handles lots of traffic, and has a large and helpful\u00a0community.<\/p>\n<p>You can choose to <a title=\"Hire Drupal Developer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hiredevelopersindia.com\/hire-drupal-developer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hire Drupal developer<\/a> which is the best option out there in the market these days if you wish to grow your business without really expanding and spending on infrastructure and hiring on roll employees. So, if you\u2019re thinking about building your next big site, here are a few ways that you can take existing modules and turn a project quickly, without needing to make any custom modules.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"cursor:pointer\">What you\u2019ll learn in this article:<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/blog\/website-clones-you-can-build-with-drupal\/#1-digg-clone\" >1. Digg Clone<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/blog\/website-clones-you-can-build-with-drupal\/#2-blog\" >2. Blog<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/blog\/website-clones-you-can-build-with-drupal\/#3-news-portal\" >3. News Portal<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/blog\/website-clones-you-can-build-with-drupal\/#4-robust-user-site\" >4. Robust user site<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/blog\/website-clones-you-can-build-with-drupal\/#5-awareness-site\" >5. Awareness site<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/blog\/website-clones-you-can-build-with-drupal\/#6-twitter-clone\" >6. Twitter Clone<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/blog\/website-clones-you-can-build-with-drupal\/#7-file-storage-site\" >7. File Storage Site<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/blog\/website-clones-you-can-build-with-drupal\/#8-flickr-clone\" >8. Flickr Clone<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/blog\/website-clones-you-can-build-with-drupal\/#9-delicious-clone\" >9. Delicious Clone<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/blog\/website-clones-you-can-build-with-drupal\/#10-youtube-clone\" >10. YouTube Clone<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/blog\/website-clones-you-can-build-with-drupal\/#11-amazon-clone\" >11. Amazon Clone<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/blog\/website-clones-you-can-build-with-drupal\/#12-tumblr-clone\" >12. Tumblr Clone<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/blog\/website-clones-you-can-build-with-drupal\/#13-blogger-clone\" >13. Blogger Clone<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/blog\/website-clones-you-can-build-with-drupal\/#14-blog-network\" >14. Blog network<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/blog\/website-clones-you-can-build-with-drupal\/#15-news-aggregator\" >15. News Aggregator<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/blog\/website-clones-you-can-build-with-drupal\/#16-friendfeed\" >16. FriendFeed<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1-digg-clone\"><\/span>1. Digg Clone<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>There\u2019s plenty of\u00a0<a title=\"digg clone\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/digg-clone\" target=\"_blank\">Digg clone<\/a> software out there, but it\u2019s pretty simple to make a site that allows users to submit links to content, vote, comment and moderate the submitted links. It\u2019s even easier when that functionality is all wrapped up into a\u00a0single module. Digg creates an identical voting site that allows users to add web links, vote on them, share stories, and\u00a0many more features.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2-blog\"><\/span>2. Blog<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This is one of the most obvious and common uses for Drupal, but that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s not important. Drupal comes primed for blogging straight out of the box, and there are many modules available that can enhance the commenting and overall blogging functionality.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3-news-portal\"><\/span>3. News Portal<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>For those of you wanting a site that can showcase\u00a0<em>lots<\/em> of information like Yahoo! or some of the other news portals, Drupal has you covered. Thanks to an excellent module called\u00a0Views and some custom categories, you can quickly create many different types of content and display them in different ways on the homepage, to get you your own <a title=\"yahoo clone\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/yahoo-clone\" target=\"_blank\">Yahoo Clone<\/a>. Views is an indispensable module for a Drupal site.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4-robust-user-site\"><\/span>4. Robust user site<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Here is where I think Drupal shines brighter than most (if not all) content management systems. Drupal has an excellent user management system, user profiles and even\u00a0OpenID right out of the box. It also has modules that can connect to\u00a0Twitter,\u00a0Facebook, and it\u2019s easy to connect to other authentication gateways with the use of custom modules.<\/p>\n<p>Drupal also has a stellar module called\u00a0Organic Groups that allows users to \u201corganize\u201d themselves into groups. Each group can have it\u2019s own homepage, blocks, themes, taxonomy and more.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5-awareness-site\"><\/span>5. Awareness site<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>If you want to build a site specifically for a cause or organization, Drupal makes that easy as well. Aside from the Organic Groups Plugin and other community-friendly features, there\u2019s a\u00a0donation module that accepts payments from PayPal, and shows the donating users on a donation page.<\/p>\n<p>CiviCRM (demo) is a constituent relationship management solution module that was specifically created for advocacy and non-profit groups. Over 5,000 organizations use CiviCRM, and it\u2019s well-supported and has many sub-modules for more specific advocacy needs.<\/p>\n<p>Another great Drupal module for developing an awareness site is the\u00a0Connect module. Connect allows you to easily create petitions, emails or fax campaigns.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6-twitter-clone\"><\/span>6. Twitter Clone<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Yeah, yeah\u2026 the world doesn\u2019t need another\u00a0<a title=\"Twitter Clone\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/twitter-clone\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter clone<\/a>, right? Well, I tend to disagree. The concept of sites and communities built around short, cross-platform messaging systems are a phenomena that just aren\u2019t going away any time soon. With Drupal, it could be just as easy. Drupal\u2019s\u00a0Microblog module copies most of the features of Twitter. Micro-messaging, following users and public timelines.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7-file-storage-site\"><\/span>7. File Storage Site<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>File storage sites like\u00a0Drop.io or\u00a0Box.net could be created with Drupal and the help of a module like\u00a0Media Mover. Media Mover allows you to take uploaded files and copy them over to\u00a0Amazon S3, the highly-scalable data storage system.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"8-flickr-clone\"><\/span>8. Flickr Clone<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Photo sites like\u00a0Flickr and\u00a0Photobucket could also be created with the\u00a0Image module and Views. The Image module gives users the ability to upload images, and then creates thumbnails and galleries from the uploads. Users could also comment on the photos using the built-in commenting functionality in the <a title=\"Flickr Clone\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/flickr-clone\" target=\"_blank\">Flickr Clone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"9-delicious-clone\"><\/span>9. Delicious Clone<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>It turns out that making a bookmarking site like\u00a0Delicious is fairly trivial in Drupal. There are\u00a0several options for modules that give users the ability to post bookmarks to their <a title=\"Delicious Clone\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/delicious-clone\" target=\"_blank\">Delicious Clone<\/a> account.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"10-youtube-clone\"><\/span>10. YouTube Clone<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>If you want to build a video sharing site like YouTube, Drupal has some modules that can greatly help with that.\u00a0Flash Video adds functionality to convert uploaded files to flash, and then moves them over to Amazon S3 if desired. Flash Video also provides the ability to embed the videos in <a title=\"youtube clone\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/youtube-clone\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube Clone<\/a>, just like the big boys.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"11-amazon-clone\"><\/span>11. Amazon Clone<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Trying to recreate the powerhouse\u2019s ecommerce dominance is a tall order, but if any CMS is capable of it, it is Drupal. Drupal has a few stellar ecommerce modules like\u00a0Ecommerce and\u00a0Ubercart. Both of these modules have an extensive feature list that makes it easier to create an ecommerce powerhouse such as <a title=\"amazon clone\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/amazon-clone\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon Clone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"12-tumblr-clone\"><\/span>12. Tumblr Clone<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Creating a social aggregation site with Drupal is easy enough with the excellent\u00a0Activity Stream module. Activity Steam allows you to pull in user\u2019s activity on social sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Qik, StumbleUpon and many others.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"13-blogger-clone\"><\/span>13. Blogger Clone<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>If you want to start a blog host like\u00a0Blogger or\u00a0Wordpress.com, Drupal is easily equipped to do that. Drupal has a blog module that comes shipped with the package, and it allows every site member the ability to have a blog.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"14-blog-network\"><\/span>14. Blog network<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Blog networks like\u00a0Performancing and\u00a0WiseBread rely on Drupal to power their networks. This requires the use of the built-in blog module. Member\u2019s blog posts all end up on the homepage of the site by default, and you could modify how the member\u2019s blogs looked with the help of the\u00a0Views module.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"15-news-aggregator\"><\/span>15. News Aggregator<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>LifeRemix network site has been built with Drupal and a single module to aggregate all of the blogger\u2019s posts. The site updates itself without any personal monitoring. Similarly, other news aggregator site like <a title=\"EZineArticles Clone\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/zinearticles-clone\" target=\"_blank\">EzineArticles Clone<\/a> can also be developed using Drupal.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"16-friendfeed\"><\/span>16. FriendFeed<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>By utilizing the excellent\u00a0Activity Stream module, it would be quite easy to build a FriendFeed clone. As Drupal already comes shipped with an awesome set of user and profile modules, a quick FriendFeed clone could be made in a matter of hours, depending on the design skills.<\/p>\n<p>However, these are only a few examples of Drupal development. In fact, you can build many more <a title=\"Website Clones\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrypted.net\/website-clone\" target=\"_blank\">website clones<\/a> and applications using this popular CMS. 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