Glossary - B

Blocks are small, repetitive units of content positioned in a region of a page (left sidebar, header, footer, etc.). Example: A block containing the company coordinates displayed in the footer of all pages.

Often referred to as an online journal or journal, the blog is made up of posts that are the hallmark of time and are generally considered by date as you would for a newspaper. The Drupal blog module is one of the oldest in the CMS. Visit our Drupal Resources page to view an example of a Drupal blog.

Breadcrumbs is a navigational tool made up of hierarchical links that allows to locate onself in the site and to go back easily to the main headings.

Dries Buytaert is the founder of the Open Source CMS Drupal. He created the CMS in 1999 when he was in college with the initial idea of making a discussion forum. Since 2007, Dries Buytaert is Technical Director and co-founder of Acquia.