At Freelock Computing, we've helped a few dozen companies get started with a content management system to manage their web sites. We've done a lot of work with the popular Joomla package, but have kept an eye on Drupal for customers with more sophisticated needs. Here's a great introduction to the underlying architecture of Drupal, providing a context for developers and site administrators to start using it:
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