Favorite Drupal Plugins

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Drupal is a content management system that allows system administrators to create and organize content, customize layout and presentation, and manage all routine tasks. Drupal is widely regarded as one of the best web application frameworks available. It is written in the PHP programming language and is open source, meaning the source code is free and open for anyone to use and modify. Drupal utilizes modules to complete these tasks. The Bivings Group (TBG) utilizes Drupal for a number of its clients, and tailor-integrates various modules based on their requirements. Below is a list of favorite Drupal modules TBG finds to be the most useful and powerful.

Contents 1 Content Construction Kit 2 Javascript 3 The Bivings Group 4 Other

[edit] Content Construction Kit

• Embedded Audio Field - Defines a field type for displaying third party music, podcasts, and other audio, such as podOmatic and Odeo.

• Embedded Image Field - Defines a field type for displaying images from third party providers, such as Flickr.

• Embedded Media Field - Provides an engine for modules to integrate various 3rd party content providers, such as Video Neighborhood, Image Neighborhood, and Audio Neighborhood.

• Embedded Media Import - Imports media from certain third providers, such as Flickr.

• Embedded Media Thumbnail - Allows custom thumbnails for Embedded Media Fields.

• Embedded Video Field - Defines a field type for displaying third party videos, such as YouTube and Google Video.

[edit] Javascript

• Active Search - Adds AJAX to standard Drupal search.

• Activeedit - Provides AJAX-based in place editing.

• Activemenu - Adds AJAX-based tree menu to navigation menu.

• AJAX submit - Makes designated forms submit via AJAX.

• Collapsiblock - Makes blocks collapsible.

• JS Calendar - Enables popup calendars for selecting dates using the jscalendar library.

• Tabs - A helper module for creating tabbed pages.

[edit] The Bivings Group

• TBG_NODETEASER - Allows users to write custom teasers for content.

• PMM Main - Stands for Plugable Mass Mailer. Enables users to create an e-mail and pass it along to a mass mailing application.

[edit] Other

• Event - Calendaring API, calendar display and export.

• Image - Allows uploading, resizing and viewing of images.

• Image Attach - Allows easy attaching of image nodes to other content types.

• Image Gallery - Allows sorting and displaying of image galleries based on categories.

• Image Import - Allows batches of images to be imported from a directory on the server.

• Organic Groups - Enables users to create and manage their own 'groups.'

• OG calendar - Displays calendars for groups.

• IMCE - An image/file uploader and browser supporting personal directories and user quota.

• Lists - Allows mailing lists subscriptions.

• Private - Allows users to mark content as private, and hide that content from visitors.

• TinyMCE - The most popular WYSIWYG editor for advanced content editing.

• Webform - Enables the creation of forms and questionnaires.

• JQuery Update - Updates Drupal to use the latest version of JQuery.

• Meta tags - Allows users to add meta tags, eg. keywords or description.

• Administrative Menu - Adds an alternative menuing system that makes it easier to access Wordpress admin tools.