{"id":4247,"date":"2019-12-30T18:04:04","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T12:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/?p=4247"},"modified":"2025-02-26T12:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T06:43:08","slug":"drupal-maintenance-can-offer-a-seamless-user-experience-for-the-visitors-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/drupal-maintenance-can-offer-a-seamless-user-experience-for-the-visitors-in-2020","title":{"rendered":"Drupal Maintenance Can Offer a Seamless User Experience for The Visitors in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_72 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/drupal-maintenance-can-offer-a-seamless-user-experience-for-the-visitors-in-2020\/#Why_a_Drupal_Maintenance_Plan_is_Essential\" title=\"Why a Drupal Maintenance Plan is Essential?\">Why a Drupal Maintenance Plan is Essential?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/drupal-maintenance-can-offer-a-seamless-user-experience-for-the-visitors-in-2020\/#What_is_a_Maintenance_Plan_and_What_Comes_Under_it\" title=\"What is a Maintenance Plan and What Comes Under it?\">What is a Maintenance Plan and What Comes Under it?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/drupal-maintenance-can-offer-a-seamless-user-experience-for-the-visitors-in-2020\/#Is_Drupal_Maintenance_Really_Rewarding_for_Business_Growth\" title=\"Is Drupal Maintenance Really Rewarding for Business Growth?\">Is Drupal Maintenance Really Rewarding for Business Growth?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Maintaining your Drupal business website properly could easily double your potential market value as customers often look for a secured website through which they can avail various services or purchase products. It is true that there are several components of a Drupal site that can hinder the security and many custom modules, core application, base themes and contributed modules should be updated for better performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It is only by maintaining your Drupal web development that you can get all the issues fixed as early as possible and also ensure a smooth, secure and flawless performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_a_Drupal_Maintenance_Plan_is_Essential\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #008000;\"><strong>Why a Drupal Maintenance Plan is Essential?<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">About a decade ago, business owners could only create a static website display pictures and publish content and then leave the site unattended for a year. But the scenario has changed a lot today and you can\u2019t simply lineup features and functionalities even for a few days. Since your organization\u2019s reputation, business operations and market dominance are at stake every now and then, it is crucial to prepare a proper Drupal maintenance plan so that all the operations can be completed within time and you have a strong online presence without any downtime.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_a_Maintenance_Plan_and_What_Comes_Under_it\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">What is a Maintenance Plan and What Comes Under it?<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A Drupal maintenance plan is a support strategy that solely depends on the requirements of the clients.\u00a0 Based on the functionalities, website scale and version, the support and maintenance initiatives can be easily customized. However, there are some industry standard models that caters to a variety of businesses. While there are numerous aspects that a maintenance model covers, here are a few that we have listed for your reference:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Hosting infrastructure maintenance<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Third party module or extension integration<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Version upgrade<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Error of bug resolution<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Security updates<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Backup and recovery<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Troubleshooting<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Minor feature improvements<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">All the activities that are taken care of by <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/drupal-maintenance-and-support\/\">Drupal maintenance company in India<\/a><\/span> offers the agreement that differs from business to business. For example, if your business is a startup or operates at an intermediate level, then a standard plan would be enough for you. Again, if you operate at the enterprise level, then you might have multiple websites with similar functionalities across them and in such a case, an enterprise Drupal maintenance and support plan would be the best, which will of course include regular health check of the website for malware or any outdated functionalities, immediate security upgrades, 24*7 support, bug detection cum resolution and etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Also Read:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"\/blog\/the-journey-of-drupal-from-1-0-to-drupal-8\">The Journey of Drupal from 1.0 To Drupal 8<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_Drupal_Maintenance_Really_Rewarding_for_Business_Growth\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Is Drupal Maintenance Really Rewarding for Business Growth?<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Your website may be full of imperfections like disabled call to actions, malfunctioned pop-ups, glitches, lags that can easily drive the visitors away. Hiring an agency that will support your Drupal website round the clock will surely ensure that the visitors don\u2019t experience any flaws. With all around support, you don\u2019t have to compromise on the reputation of your business and your visitors will also return for more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Uncompromised Security<\/strong>:<\/span> There are various parts in the Drupal site that can help you increase your user base. Acquisition of customer information by the intruder can be a worst case scenario. Drupal maintenance company can help to keep the security and patches updated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Prevent Functionality Failures<\/strong>:<\/span> Payment gateway crashes, content updation issues, button disabilities, inactive contact forms and etc. are some of the functionalities that may not function properly. With a support service, you can easily reduce the failures and even control the damage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Performance and Speed of the Site:<\/strong><\/span> The speed of the site depends a lot on the backend function that may undergo certain fluctuations. And if this is too frequent, then you may lose business opportunities. Your website should load within a time of 4 seconds and proper maintenance services can help to maintain the time to first render, time to first response and the overall load time of the website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Thus to conclude, it can be said that a Drupal website is best when it is maintained on a regular basis and all sudden abnormalities are taken care off.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Also Read:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"\/blog\/differences-between-drupal-7-and-drupal-8-from-a-technical-and-business-perspective\">Differences Between Drupal 7 and Drupal 8 From A Technical and Business Perspective<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maintaining your Drupal business website properly could easily double your potential market value as customers often look for a secured website through which they can avail various services or purchase products. 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