Drupal

Drupal has a number of tasks that need to run on a regular basis. The index for the search engine of the website needs to be indexed regularly to make sure all new content is added to the index. The xml sitemap can be submitted that way. All these "housekeeping items" can be initiated by cron.

On checking and rechecking my website for the right sitemap, working on more content for the drupal section I discovered that in the latest updates for the xml sitemap, the original node names are used! So my xml sitemap contained entries to http://www.jasperkooij.com/node/32 instead of http://www.jasperkooij.com/drupal/content-rewriting-drupal-and-web-page-...

Rewriting content, reorganizing content or updating the file names of pages of a website can happen over time. It is almost a given that pages or structure or even the Content Management System of a website can change. It is really not a big deal. Not redirecting your indexed pages on the search engines however is a very big deal! With drupal it takes a little investigation to get it right.

Drupal is a content management system, like there are so many around these days. I have been using drupal now for almost 2 years and after dealing with various content management systems, it is still my tool of choice.

Drupal does take a bit getting used to since it does not provide demo content but it remarkably lightweight and very changeable and adaptable.