Must have Drupal modules

by jaganath on June 3, 2007

Drupal is the CMS that is used for this website. One of the goals when I launched this site was to keep the site lean and mean with very little graphics and no flashy colors. I also use very limited set of modules apart from what Drupal came with. The following is the list, in no specific order. It is almost impossible to run a website without these plugins.

  1. Google Analytics. This plugin makes it pretty easy to integrate Google Analytics into your Drupal site. Who would want to live without Google Analytics?
  2. Views module. I generate the "Recent Posts" list on the left sidebar with this module. Took me sometime to figure it out. If you want the code, drop me a mail. I can export it for you.
  3. Taxonomy Menu. I use this to generate the list of currently used tags for my navigation bar. Probably I could have done it with the views module itself, but then, I am not an expert (yet) with Drupal.
  4. TinyMCE. Rich HTML editor. Makes it easy to integrate the TinyMCE editor with the CMS. Probably the best HTML editor out there.
  5. Akismet. Wordpress guys' killer spam buster. Almost no spams enter my comment lists after I included this module.

As you can see, I use very less number of modules apart from the default ones which ship with Drupal. I will keep this list updated as and when I add new modules.

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