Drupal: Internet Lego - What Modules Do I Use?
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The document discusses useful Drupal modules for various functions like content creation, theming, importing data, accessibility, and social sharing. It recommends modules like CCK and Views for building custom content types and displaying content, Backup and Migrate for backing up the database, and Mobile Theme for customizing the mobile view. The document also lists distributions like Open Atrium, UberDrupal, and Pressflow that integrate common features to provide an out-of-the-box solution for specific use cases.
Drupal: Internet Lego - What Modules Do I Use?
- 1. Drupal: Internet Lego What Modules Do I Use? Penn State Drupal Camp 2011 Tuesday, July 2, 13
- 2. My Info Eric Aitala e: ema13@psu.edu t: @aitala w: www.ericaitala.com Tuesday, July 2, 13
- 3. Content CCK • Content Creation Kit • Create new content types • Book Reviews Views • Sort and query content • Group Book Reviews by Author or Genre Tuesday, July 2, 13
- 4. Naming Sanity Path 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 Tuesday, July 2, 13
- 5. Safety & Sharing Backup & 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 Tuesday, July 2, 13
- 6. UI Enhancements Administration 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 Tuesday, July 2, 13
- 7. Big Changes VBO • 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 ! Tuesday, July 2, 13
- 8. Make it Shiny WYSIWYG • Add a Rich Text Editor for HTML • CKEditor,TinyMCE, etc. Image Field + • Add images to your pages Imagecache • Auto thumbnails Imagecache Actions • Image manipulation Tuesday, July 2, 13
- 9. Import User 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 Tuesday, July 2, 13
- 10. Theming Contemplate • Custom theming w/o coding Mobile Theme • Choose a mobile theme to display Vertical Tabs • Changes tabs Skinr • Modular theming Tuesday, July 2, 13
- 11. Meta Google Analytics • Track stats XML Sitemaps • Create XML maps for search engines Node Words • Meta tags per node Site Map • Regular site map with RSS Tuesday, July 2, 13
- 12. Social Add 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 Tuesday, July 2, 13
- 13. Accessibility Accessible Content • Accessibility testing for content. Tuesday, July 2, 13
- 14. 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! Tuesday, July 2, 13
- 15. Distributions Open 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 Tuesday, July 2, 13