Drupal Modules

During the last two weekends, I've spent a lot of time tinkering with Drupal. I discovered some useful modules that I had not found before.

SEO Checklist: This module is a good Drupal checklist for Search Engine Optimization (SEO). It will automatically check to see if you have certain Drupal modules installed that are important to SEO.

Rotor Banner: This module provides a block in which you can provide "rotating" content. It can be images, or text, and each piece of content will fade into the next. It's pretty cool looking and I was really impressed when I saw it in action.

Nice Menus: This module provides drop-down/left/right expandable menus if your current Drupal theme doesn't already provide them.

Pathauto: This module automatically creates aliases for your content based on the content's title. I was glad to find this module because I was tired of creating URLs for every single piece of content I created.

Search 404: This module replaces the standard 404 error page by doing a site search on the keywords in the URL.

Google Analytics: This module adds Google Analytics support to your website, which is good, because I had thought I had installed my GA tracking code when apparently I hadn't.

LiveJournal CrossPoster: This module cross-posts content from your Drupal site to a LiveJournal account (like I'm doing with this post).

Twitter: This module allows you to update your Twitter account whenever you add new content to your Drupal website, among other things. If you install the Twitter application on Facebook it will also update your Facebook status. On my Drupal module wishlist is a Drupal module that will update your Facebook status without needing Twitter as a go-between.

Also on my wishlist is either a Drupal module or a WoWArmory addon to show my latest WoW achievements in the sidebar -- right now I am doing it manually.