Drupal modules (Part I)

(Updated: added Drush module)

Well, Drupal is a way powerful but rather complex content management system (CMS). It can be built from the ground up. And for that you need to know what modules you want to use.

This post is the first of a series that will show the modules I use or I plan to use to redesign my old site, and of course, this blog.

So let's get started with some helper modules (those for make administrator life easier).

• Admin: a powerful module to make the administration easier. It adds a new and elegant administration interface which in my opinion is great.
• Advanced help: powerful help module, allowing other modules to show help with a clean interface.
• CAPTCHA: for blocking spam in forms, it adds a math challenge by default, but you may add also use a garbled image.
• Draft: have you ever been editing a post and the browser crashed, you push the wrong button and you lose what you were writing? This is for you, it helps to avoid loses of post by saving it as a draft.
• Drush: It is a very really useful module (well, not a real module but a helper for command line). If you are a command line junkie like me, you will love it. With this module you can download modules, update them, upgrade the database, update drupal, run cron, update multisite drupal modules and their databases!! You may even manage drupal with svn and cvs with this module.