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Top 12 Drupal Modules

by Joaquin Lippincott , CEO
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I just got back from Webvisions here in Portland. There were a number of interesting presentations and conferences are always good to get revitalized. One presentation that was of particular interest to me was by Sean Larkin of OpenSourcery, where he covered Drupal as a development platform.

Here's a quick summary of their top Drupal modules (please forgive me if I've made any errors):

  • CCK (Content Construction Kit) - allows you to add different field types
  • Views - allows custom queries
  • Contemplates - allows editing of presentation
  • Theme API Module - allows editing the header and footer w/o a Node
  • ImageCache - upload high quality images and create lower resolution versions; also allows adding borders, backgrounds, etc.
  • TincyMCE - best WYSIWYG editor
  • IMCE - a file manager that works with TinyMCE
  • Gmap - module for Google Maps mashup
  • PathAuto - module allows you preserve older URLs
  • CustomError - custom 403 & 404 errors without needing to create nodes for them
  • Ecommerce or Ubercart - robust ecommerce modules
  • Devel Module - helpful for developers; grab arrays and see what's in them

For theming the you can find custom themes in the Theme Garden or start from the Zen theme

Date posted: May 28, 2008

Comments

Sun, 11/18/2012 - 09:07

Seems drupal relies on its performance on hardware upgradation rather than caching. The built in drupal cache system has some drawbacks too. But on a high traffic drupal site a cache module is essential. Any cache module that is recommended or that can be considered as top module in drupal?

Sun, 11/18/2012 - 18:24

Boost and Memcache are the two most widely used.

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About the Author

Joaquin Lippincott, CEO

Joaquin is a 20+ year technology veteran helping to lead businesses in the move to the Cloud. He frequently speaks on panels about the future of tech ranging from IoT and Machine Learning to the latest innovation in the entertainment industry.  He has helped to modernize software for industry leaders like Sony, Daimler, Intel, the Golden Globes, Siemens Wind Power, ABC, NBC, DC Comics, Warner Brothers & the Linux Foundation.

As the CEO and Founder of Metal Toad, an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner, his primary job is to "get the right people in the room".  This one responsibility is cross-functional and includes both external business development functions as well as internal delegation and leadership development.

A UCLA alumni, he also serves in the community as a Board Member for the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce, and Stand for Children Oregon - a public education political advocacy group. As an outspoken advocate for entry-level job creation in tech he helped found the non-profit, P4TH, an organization dedicated to increasing the number of entry-level jobs in the tech industry, and is in the process of organizing an Advisory Board for the Bixel Exchange, a Los Angeles non-profit that provides almost 200 tech internships every year.

 

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