What is a node?





  
  
       
  
  
nodes are a complex matrix of navigation points in a website
 
After a visitor types in your URL they get a 'home page'.
 
  •  Your Home Page could be considered node/1.
  •  The visitor then clicks on the About Page, node/2.
  •  Next they click on the Products Page, node/3...  etc.
So what is the big deal and why call something a node?
 
 If that same visitor was to click on your Blog, are blog / journal entries also considered a page? Say you are a high tech webmaster and you have some audio on your site. The visitor then goes to your Audio jukebox and clicks on a streaming MP3 to hear your favorite tracks. Maybe the visitor goes to the video player and watches your product demonstration....
Definition:
Node is a navigation point where a visitor can retrieve information data like Text Blocks / Images / Products / Files / Audio / Videos / Stories. 
 
Within Drupal there are powerful ways to modify and present information.  Go to the Story Teaser Views for more information.  Don't think of your website as a bunch of pages but instead a collection of nodes.  We have produced sites with over 1,000 nodes of content and growing.
 
 
 
 
Website Techincal Tip:
 
The use of node id allows direct pathing for internal links.  With the use of Clean URL's the  adminstrator can change each website node path into a keyword rich URL, over and over again, while your internal URL linking scheme remains intact.
 
 A very powerful advantage of using our system, covered in the WebMASTER Plans .