My Favorite Drupal Tools.md

6/25/2013 - 2:32 PM

Must Have Modules

Chaos Tools - Needed for every Drupal module on the planet. Ever. Throughout time.
Magic - Some D8 functionality, including scripts in the footer.
Module Filter - Filter tool for your modules page.
Devel - Helpful development tools
Administration Menu - Install this and disable that worthless Toolbar.
CKeditor - WYSIWYG editor.
IMCE - Manages images and works directly with CKeditor.
Speedy - JS and CSS compression.
Libraries API - Consolidates external libraries into a central location. Makes module upgrades a breeze. Also allows modules to share libraries.
Pathauto - Creates paths automagically.
Metatag - Adds old school meta tags and new ones like open graph and twitter cards.
Views - Soon to be part of core, but a must for D7.
Backup and Migrate - It does that.
Block Class - Allows CSS classes to be added to blocks.
Token - Tokens are small bits of text that can be placed into larger documents via simple placeholders, like %site-name or [user].
Token Filter - "Token Filter is a very simple module to make token values available as an input filter."
XML Sitemap - Automatic sitemap XML creation.
Find Content - Allows you to search for your content.

Context Mobile Detect - Detects mobile devices and allows you to control behavior with Context
Context Block Disable - Disable certain blocks in specific contexts.

Login Destination - Alters the destination of a user's login.
CAS - Central Authentication Service (Used at UConn)
- CAS Attribute Tokens - In order to retrieve additional user information like name, email, affiliation, etc.
- Session Cookie Lifetime - Adjust the cookie lifetime of authenticated users.
Context - If/then rules for display.
Gravatar - Uses Gravatar images for user profiles
Webform - Custom web forms.
Form Builder - GUI Builder for Webform.
Workbench - An editorial console.
Services - The missing web services provider for Drupal.
External Links - Adds external link icons to... external links.
SEO UI - Groups SEO-type options into one menu.
Site Verify - Verify site ownership with search engines.
Boost - Enhanced static page caching. Module author recommends Boost for shared environments but not for dedicated hosts. Use Varnish on dedicated hosts.
Menu Block - "It provides configurable blocks of menu trees starting with any level of any menu. And more!"

Open Framework - Open Framework is a new Drupal base theme that builds off of Twitter Bootstrap and provides a simple yet powerful way to create complex responsive layouts.