How We Drupal
Picking up a new framework can be as difficult (and sometimes moreso) as learning an entire computer language. On the drupal end of things, the community has yielded all sorts of time-saving tools that you can use to get up and running without even having to get your hands dirty with code. We’ve whipped up a short list of modules we commonly use and that have saved us considerable time.
| Name | Location | Must-Have | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| CCK | http://drupal.org/project/cck | X | Create complex content types |
| Zenophile | http://drupal.org/project/zenophile | X | One-click Zen sub-theme generator |
| WYSIWYG API | http://drupal.org/project/wysiwyg | X | Wrapper for several popular WYSIWYG editors |
| Path Auto | http://drupal.org/project/pathauto | X | Generates SEO friendly paths to content nodes |
| Token | http://drupal.org/project/token | X | Required by Path Auto |
| Admin | http://drupal.org/project/admin | X | |
| Views | http://drupal.org/project/views | X | Generate custom views of content |
| Zen Theme (theme) | http://drupal.org/project/zen | Simple XHTML compliant theme to use as starting point | |
| Devel | http://drupal.org/project/devel | Useful debugging tools – especially for themes | |
| i18n | http://drupal.org/project/i18n | Must for multilingual sites, especially for Drupal 5. Possible to do without when using Drupal 6. | |
| Image Cache | http://drupal.org/project/imagecache | Manages resizing images on server-side. | |
| Menu Block | http://drupal.org/project/menu_block | Add blocks for your menu item groups. | |
| About This Node | http://drupal.org/project/about_this_node | Gives quick access to a few node properties without going to the Edit page |
We tip our hat to the community at large and, on occasion, contribute some Drupal goodies ourselves!
