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Drupal is commonly used in the education industry as software for websites and complex digital content management systems (CMS). Drupal websites are prominent at University of California campuses. At UCSF, we offer several Drupal-related services to better serve the university community and improve UCSF’s online presence. Drupal services include website hosting and University website templates.

Website templates for UCSF using Drupal software

Drupal software is the foundation for the UCSF Site Builder platform, and includes prebuilt website templates for free UCSF use. Drupal also is the foundation for the Echo portal project.

The IT Web Services team maintains these sets of Drupal web features and aligns them with University standards for branding, accessibility, security, and more. Site Builder templates are relatively easy to set up and maintain. Learn more about UCSF Site Builder.

Web hosting for UCSF Drupal sites

UCSF provides Drupal web hosting services to ensure a secure environment for our websites. If you need hosting for your custom Drupal website please see About Web Services Managed Hosting.

Web skill specializations at UCSF

At UCSF, the people who use Drupal software have three general skill specializations.

• Website Business Owner: At UCSF a website Business Owner is a person who is responsible for their site adhering to UCSF policies. They also may determine overall site strategy and who has access to develop, edit, and publish site information.
• Website Day-to-day Technical Support (Drupal and WordPress): This is the person who routinely updates a website. Job titles may vary, such as Content Manager, or people may maintain a website in addition to other work.
• Drupal Coding and Development: A Drupal developer at UCSF is someone who uses PHP, HTML and CSS to build Drupal modules and themes for University websites.