A few weeks ago, I was thinking about how to launch a blog. I stumbled upon Drupal...
My goodness! After installing the package and doing some exercises, I was very much impressed! Would it be possible to create a complete website with this tool? Oh yes, no doubt about that! It proved to be a complete CMS Construction Kit, as written somewhere else at this forum.
Ever since I'm thinking about using Drupal for my clients sites. But, as a newbie in webdesign wonderland, I am thinking about how to organize maintenance. Not the maintenance of content, therefore is Drupal (hey, hey!). No, I mean maintenance of Drupal files and databases, i.e. when a new version comes out.
Do you guys have a lot of experience with this?
Some questions I have:
- Whenever a new version comes available, what do you do: contact all the clients having a Drupal powered website? And if yes, what is the message like? Or is it too good to be true, to care that much about clients?
- When installing a new version, what do you do: send a bill (per hour / per activity), offer this kind of activity for free (as a prove of service), or else?
- How long does it take to update a Drupal powered website from one version to another? Do things change a lot? Does it need a lot of technical knowledge (I managed to setup my own site)? Or is it the same trick over and over again?