Drupal has over 6000 contributed modules, so it can be difficult to decide which modules to use. This presentation gives you guidance on how to evaluate contrib modules

2. http://Groups.Drupal.org/South-Carolina
http://www.meetup.com/SC-Drupal-Users-Group

3. What Drupal Modules Should I Use?
Tom Sliker
BroadstreetConsulting.net
Tsliker@Sliker.com
@tsliker

4. Drupal Core vs Contrib
• 19 Core Modules (Drupal 6)
• Contributed Modules
• Everything Else!
• 5000+ Contrib Modules available
Aggregator Contact Path Taxonomy
Blog Content translation Poll Tracker
Blog API Forum Profile Trigger
Book Menu Search Upload
Comment OpenID Statistics

5. How to Decide What Modules?
• Acquia Drupal
• Lullabot Podcast #40 and #80
• This presentation –
www.BroadstreetConsulting.net/ppt
www.DrupalSouth.com/presentations
• Other

6. Acquia Agent Filefield Markdown Filter
Acquia Site Information Fivestar Voting Mollom
Acquia Search Google Analytics Pathauto
Administration Menu Image
Printer, e-mail and PDF
versions
Advanced Help Image API Tagadelic
Apache Solr Search
Integration
Image Assist (aka
"img_assist") Token
Calendar Imagecache Views
Content Construction Kit
(CCK) Imagefield Voting API
Comment Notify Link (CCK) Webform
Date (CCK) Lightbox2

7. Acquia Agent Filefield Markdown Filter
Acquia Site Information Fivestar Voting Mollom
Acquia Search Google Analytics Pathauto
Administration Menu Image Printer, e-mail and PDF
Advanced Help Image API Tagadelic
Apache Solr Search Integration Image Assist Token
Calendar Imagecache Views
Content Construction Kit (CCK) Imagefield Voting API
Comment Notify Link (CCK) Webform
Date (CCK) Lightbox2

8. Acquia Agent Filefield Markdown Filter
Acquia Site Information Fivestar Voting Mollom
Acquia Search Google Analytics Pathauto
Administration Menu Image Printer, e-mail and PDF
Advanced Help Image API Tagadelic
Apache Solr Search Integration Image Assist Token
Calendar Imagecache Views
Content Construction Kit (CCK) Imagefield Voting API
Comment Notify Link (CCK) Webform
Date (CCK) Lightbox2

9. Acquia Agent Filefield Markdown Filter
Acquia Site Information Fivestar Voting Mollom
Acquia Search Google Analytics Pathauto
Administration Menu Image
Printer, e-mail and
PDF
Advanced Help Image API Tagadelic
Apache Solr Search Integration Image Assist Token
Calendar Imagecache Views
Content Construction Kit (CCK) Imagefield Voting API
Comment Notify Link (CCK) Webform
Date (CCK) Lightbox2

10. • Podcast #40 – Top 40 Modules(May 2007)
http://www.lullabot.crom/podcasts/drupal-
podcast-40-top-40-pojects
• Podcast #80 – Top 40 Modules (Nov 2009)
http://www.lullabot.com/podcasts/lullabot-
podcast-80-top-40-drupal-modules-revisited

11. • Podcast #40 Noteworthy modules:
– Devel
– Panels
• Podcast #80 Noteworthy Modules
– Backup and Migrate
– Filefield Sources
– Captcha / ReCaptcha
– NodeQueue
– Ubercart
– Admin Role*
– Poormans Cron*

12. WYSIWYG Editors
• CKEditor (formerly FCKEditor)
• TinyMCE
• WYSIWYG Module
– allows for either WYSIWYG editor
– no additional module required

13. Evaluating Modules
• Drupal Module Project Page
• Usage Statistics
• Google Search “Issues” or “Problems”
• Local Drupal Group / Word of Mouth

17. What Did I Miss?