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What Drupal Modules Should I Use?. Tom Sliker BroadstreetConsulting.net Tsliker@Sliker.com. Drupal Core vs Contrib. 19 Core Modules Contributed Modules Everything Else! 5000+ Contrib Modules available. How to Decide What Modules?. Acquia Drupal Lullabot Podcast #40 and #80
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What Drupal Modules Should I Use? Tom Sliker BroadstreetConsulting.net Tsliker@Sliker.com
Drupal Core vs Contrib • 19 Core Modules • Contributed Modules • Everything Else! • 5000+ Contrib Modules available
How to Decide What Modules? • Acquia Drupal • Lullabot Podcast #40 and #80 • This presentation – www.BroadstreetConsulting.net/pptwww.DrupalSouth.com/presentations • Other
Podcast #40 – Top 40 Modules(May 2007)http://www.lullabot.com/podcasts/drupal-podcast-40-top-40-projects • 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