Drupal: Internet Lego

What Modules Do I Use?

Penn State Drupal Camp 2011Tuesday, July 2, 13

My InfoEric Aitala

e: ema13@psu.edu

t: @aitala

w: www.ericaitala.com

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ContentCCK

• Content Creation Kit

• Create new content types

• Book Reviews

Views

• Sort and query content

• Group Book Reviews by Author or Genre

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Naming SanityPath Auto

• Alias URLs by content title automatically

• node/22 becomes review/the_hobbit

Transliteration

• Rename uploaded files automatically

• Cover Image ?.jpg becomes cover_image.jpg

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Safety & SharingBackup & Migrate

• Backup your database

• Import your database

Features

• ‘Modularizes’ your configuration

• Move from testing to production.

• Give your ‘Book Review’ setup to someone else!

Seedling

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UI EnhancementsAdministration Menu

• Adds a menu for admins

• Access admin functionality easier

Simple Menu

• Adds a menu for users.

• For creators and editors to access their functionality easier

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Big ChangesVBO

• Views Bulk Operations

• Make changes to multiple nodes

• Publish, promote, delete

Search & Replace

• Search for text and replace across entire website

• Body, teaser, and CCK text fields only. CCK link issue!

Linkchecker !

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Make it ShinyWYSIWYG

• Add a Rich Text Editor for HTML

• CKEditor, TinyMCE, etc.

Image Field +

• Add images to your pages

Imagecache

• Auto thumbnails

Imagecache Actions

• Image manipulation

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ImportUser Import

• Import via CSV including roles

• Works with Role Expire module

Node Import

• Import Nodes via CSV

• Works with many contrib modules

• Does not work with Forums or Polls

Feeds

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ThemingContemplate

• Custom theming w/o coding

Mobile Theme

• Choose a mobile theme to display

Vertical Tabs

• Changes tabs

Skinr

• Modular theming

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MetaGoogle Analytics

• Track stats

XML Sitemaps

• Create XML maps for search engines

Node Words

• Meta tags per node

Site Map

• Regular site map with RSS

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SocialAdd This

• Share w/ social networks

Twitter

• API integration

Sexy Bookmarks

• Port of WP Plugin

• Share w/ social networks

FB Connect

• Login via FB

• See FB Friends

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AccessibilityAccessible Content

• Accessibility testing for content.

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Find Modules• http://www.nicklewis.org/40-essential-drupal-6-

modules

• http://www.padizine.com/blog/35-drupal-modules-you-absolutely-need/

• http://www.mediacurrent.com/blog/jays-list-my-top-50-ish-drupal-contributed-modules

• Google it!

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DistributionsOpen Atrium

• ‘intranet in a box’

UberDrupal

• ‘online store in a box’

Open Publish

• ‘publication in a box’

Pressflow

• Speed optimized Drupal

ELMS

• E-Learning (PSU!)

Drupal Commons

• Social business Drupal

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Find Distros

• http://drupaldistrowatch.com/

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