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What Drupal Modules Should I Use?

Tom SlikerBroadstreetConsulting.net

Tsliker@Sliker.com@tsliker

Drupal Core vs Contrib• 19 Core Modules (Drupal 6)

• Contributed Modules• Everything Else!• 5000+ Contrib Modules available

Aggregator Contact Path Taxonomy

Blog Content translation Poll Tracker

Blog API Forum Profile Trigger

Book Menu Search Upload

Comment OpenID Statistics

How to Decide What Modules?

• Acquia Drupal• Lullabot Podcast #40 and #80• This presentation –

www.BroadstreetConsulting.net/pptwww.DrupalSouth.com/presentations

• Other

Acquia Agent Filefield Markdown Filter

Acquia Site Information Fivestar Voting Mollom

Acquia Search Google Analytics Pathauto

Administration Menu ImagePrinter, e-mail and PDF versions

Advanced Help Image API TagadelicApache Solr Search Integration

Image Assist (aka "img_assist") Token

Calendar Imagecache ViewsContent Construction Kit (CCK) Imagefield Voting API

Comment Notify Link (CCK) Webform

Date (CCK) Lightbox2

Acquia Agent Filefield Markdown Filter

Acquia Site Information Fivestar Voting Mollom

Acquia Search Google Analytics Pathauto

Administration Menu Image Printer, e-mail and PDF

Advanced Help Image API Tagadelic

Apache Solr Search Integration Image Assist Token

Calendar Imagecache Views

Content Construction Kit (CCK) Imagefield Voting API

Comment Notify Link (CCK) Webform

Date (CCK) Lightbox2

Acquia Agent Filefield Markdown Filter

Acquia Site Information Fivestar Voting Mollom

Acquia Search Google Analytics Pathauto

Administration Menu Image Printer, e-mail and PDF

Advanced Help Image API Tagadelic

Apache Solr Search Integration Image Assist Token

Calendar Imagecache Views

Content Construction Kit (CCK) Imagefield Voting API

Comment Notify Link (CCK) Webform

Date (CCK) Lightbox2

Acquia Agent Filefield Markdown Filter

Acquia Site Information Fivestar Voting Mollom

Acquia Search Google Analytics Pathauto

Administration Menu ImagePrinter, e-mail and PDF

Advanced Help Image API Tagadelic

Apache Solr Search Integration Image Assist Token

Calendar Imagecache Views

Content Construction Kit (CCK) Imagefield Voting API

Comment Notify Link (CCK) Webform

Date (CCK) Lightbox2

• Podcast #40 – Top 40 Modules(May 2007)http://www.lullabot.crom/podcasts/drupal-podcast-40-top-40-pojects

• Podcast #80 – Top 40 Modules (Nov 2009)http://www.lullabot.com/podcasts/lullabot-podcast-80-top-40-drupal-modules-revisited

• Podcast #40 Noteworthy modules:– Devel– Panels

• Podcast #80 Noteworthy Modules – Backup and Migrate– Filefield Sources– Captcha / ReCaptcha– NodeQueue– Ubercart– Admin Role*– Poormans Cron*

WYSIWYG Editors

• CKEditor (formerly FCKEditor)• TinyMCE• WYSIWYG Module

– allows for either WYSIWYG editor– no additional module required

Evaluating Modules

• Drupal Module Project Page• Usage Statistics• Google Search “Issues” or “Problems”• Local Drupal Group / Word of Mouth

What Did I Miss?