Hong Kong Drupal User Group
(HKDUG)
Introduction of some most popular Drupal modules
DrupalCamp Hong Kong2014 July 12th
Francis Yan
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Drupal user & contributorhttps://drupal.org/user/863988
HKDUG Co-organizerhttps://groups.drupal.org/drupalhk
PantaRei Design
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providerContent Management System (CMS) with Drupal
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Outline
What is a Drupal module?
Site building related modules
SEO related modules
Publishing related modules
Q&A
What is a Drupal module?
Extend and customize Drupal functionality
Maintained by around 34,000 developers
15,345 modules available in Drupal.org Date : 2014-07-13
200 modules in DruStack
distributionhttps://www.drupal.org/project/drustack
Site building related modules
CCK
Views
Context
Date
Entity Reference
Field Group
Link
Site building related modules (con't)
Menu Block
Pathauto
Webform
CCK
Add custom fields to nodes using a web browser
Moved to Drupal 7 core
https://www.drupal.org/project/cck
Views
Create dynamic content filtering using a web browserFilter
criteria
Field display
Display format
Relationship
https://www.drupal.org/project/views
Context
Manage contextual conditions and reactions
Centralized management for multiple elements
https://www.drupal.org/project/context
Date
Contains a flexible date/time field type
Provide API that other modules can useDate popup
Date repeat
Calendar
https://www.drupal.org/project/date
Entity Reference
Relate entities to one anothernodes, terms, users, etc...
Integration with Views
https://www.drupal.org/project/entityreference
Field Group
Group fields together
HTML wrappers e.g. tabs
https://www.drupal.org/project/field_group
Menu Block
Display menu link from specify level, e.g.Starting from Level
2+
Only Level 2 and 3
https://www.drupal.org/project/menu_block
Pathauto
Automatically generates URL/path aliasesNodes
Taxonomy terms
Users
Showing /about-us instead of /node/1
https://www.drupal.org/project/pathauto
Webform
Making surveys in Drupal
Sent an e-mail to administrators and users
Results can be exported
https://www.drupal.org/project/webform
SEO related modules
Google Analytics
Path Redirect
Link Checker
Search 404
Metatag
XML Sitemap
Google Analytics
Adds the Google Analytics web statistics tracking system
https://www.drupal.org/project/google_analytics
Path Redirect
Specify a redirect from one path to another path
Avoid broken link after website revamp
https://www.drupal.org/project/path_redirect
Link Checker
Extracts links from your content
Periodically tries to detect broken hypertext links
https://www.drupal.org/project/linkchecker
Search 404
When page not foundperforms a search on the keywords in the
URL
https://www.drupal.org/project/search404
Metatag
Automatically provide structured metadata
Help improve the rankings and display in search engine
results
https://www.drupal.org/project/metatag
XML Sitemap
Creates a sitemapConforms to the sitemaps.org specification
Helps search engines to more intelligently crawl a website
Automatically submit to search engine
https://www.drupal.org/project/xmlsitemap
Publishing related modules
Nodequeue
Workbench
Scheduler
Nodequeue
Collect nodes in a list
Given to choices subject to individual will
Integrated with Views
https://www.drupal.org/project/nodequeue
Workbench
Provide unified and simplified UI for users
Customizable editorial workflow that integrates with the access
control
https://www.drupal.org/project/workbench
Scheduler
Allows nodes to be published and unpublished on specified
dates
Depends on cron job
https://www.drupal.org/project/scheduler
References
https://www.drupal.org/project/drustack
http://roborr.net/blog/website-development/35-must-have-drupal-modules-your-next-project
http://www.axzm.com/top-25-drupal-7-modules
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