Drupal modules explanation
Sun, 12/30/2007 - 19:22 — pi - Category: (idea)
It would be cool to have a module for documenting an own setup.
Maybe this should be implemented in the profile generator.
But you can show all enabled modules with 'Used modules'.
List of modules are used on my website.| Name | Description | Version |
|---|---|---|
| ACL | Access control list API. Has no features on its own. | 5.x-1.5 |
| Administration Menu | Renders a menu tree for administrative purposes as dropdown menu at the top of the window. | 5.x-2.2 |
| Archive | Allows visitors to view content filtered by date. | 5.x-1.8 |
| Author Facet | Provides a facet for content authors. | 5.x-0.11 |
| Authorship | Allows for site admins to alter the submitted by field of a node | 5.x-1.2 |
| Backup and Migrate | Backup or migrate the Drupal Database quickly and without unnecessary data. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Bayesian filter | A bayesian filter. | 5.x-3.x-dev |
| BBCode | Allow the use of BBCode in your posts. | 5.x-1.1 |
| CAPTCHA | Base CAPTCHA module for adding challenges to arbitrary forms. | 5.x-3.1 |
| Clone module | Allows users to clone (copy then edit) an existing node. | 5.x-2.0 |
| Comment closer | Schedule automatic closing of comments for selected node types based on the age of the node | 5.x-1.1 |
| Comment mover | Move comments to other threads or convert them to nodes. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Comment Mail | Sends an email message when comments are posted to the site. | 5.x-0.1 |
| Computed Field | Allows the user to define computed values in custom content types. | 5.x-1.2 |
| Content Templates | Create templates to customize output of teaser and body content. | 5.x-1.8 |
| Content | Allows administrators to define new content types. | 5.x-1.6-1 |
| Content Access | Provides flexible content access control | 5.x-1.3 |
| Content Copy | Enables ability to import/export field definitions. | 5.x-1.6-1 |
| Content Taxonomy | Defines a field type for taxonomy terms | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Content Taxonomy Views | Views support for content taxonomy fields | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Content Type Facet | Provides a facet for content types. | 5.x-0.11 |
| Custom Error | Enables the creation of custom error pages for 404 and 403 errors. | 5.x-1.1 |
| Custom filter | Allows users to create their custom filters | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Date Authored Facet | Provides a facet for searching content by date of creation. | 5.x-0.11 |
| Database Administration | Directly administer your Drupal database. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Drupal FTP | An engine to provide FTP support to Drupal. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Duplicate filter | A duplication detecting spam filter. | 5.x-3.x-dev |
| Edit Authoring Information | Allows users with the right permissions to edit a node's author and/or date authored field. | 5.x-1.0 |
| Editview | Allows you to edit multiple nodes simultaneously through a view | 5.x-0.3 |
| External Links | Adds icon next to external links on the site. | 5.x-1.4 |
| Faceted Search | API for performing faceted searches. | 5.x-0.11 |
| Faceted Search UI | User interface for searching and browsing through multiple facets. | 5.x-0.11 |
| Faceted Search Views | Allows to use Views to display Faceted Search results. | 5.x-0.11 |
| Fasttoggle | Enables fast toggling of binary settings. | 5.x-1.0 |
| Fieldgroup | Create field groups for CCK fields. | 5.x-1.6-1 |
| Filter Default | Allows each role to have a default input format for nodes and comments. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Find URL Alias | Small utility to make finding aliased nodes easier | 5.x-1.3-3 |
| Flash Filter | A filter for Flash movies, not finished. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Flash node | Allows easy uploading and display of Flash content. | 5.x-4.1 |
| Front Page | Allows site admins setup custom front pages for the site. | 5.x-1.9 |
| Fuzzy Search | Enables site-wide fuzzy keyword searching. | 5.x-1.2 |
| GeSHi Filter | Provides a filter to highlight source code using the GeSHi library (Generic Syntax Highlighter) | 5.x-2.2 |
| Gotcha | Attempts to reduce spam traffic from the contact page. | 5.x-1.0 |
| Hotkey | Enables hotkeys (accesskey attributes) in Drupal | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Iconizer | Adds icons next to links in Admin-section, well-know protocols and files links. | 5.x-1.0 |
| Image | Allows uploading, resizing and viewing of images. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Image Attach | Allows easy attaching of image nodes to other content types. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Image Gallery | Allows sorting and displaying of image galleries based on categories. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| ImageMagick Advanced Options | Adds advanced options to the ImageMagick image toolkit. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Image Import | Allows batches of images to be imported from a directory on the server. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| ImageAPI | ImageAPI supporting multiple toolkits. | 5.x-1.0-beta |
| ImageAPI GD2 | Uses PHP's built-in GD2 image processing support. | 5.x-1.0-beta |
| Image | Defines an image field type. | 5.x-1.1 |
| IMCE | An image/file uploader and browser supporting personal directories and user quota. | 5.x-1.0 |
| IMCE Gallery | IMCE Gallery is a module to create albums for specific users. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Insert Block | Inserts the contents of a block into into a node using [block:module=delta] tags | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Insert view | Allows users to embed content lists generated by the Views module into node bodies. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Invite | Allow your users to send and track invitations to join your site. | 5.x-2.x-dev |
| Invite Statistics | Displays some statistics about sent invitations. | 5.x-2.x-dev |
| Javascript tools | Provides common methods used by Javascript Tools modules. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Linktocontent | Provides a small 'API' for TinyMCE plugins to work with drupal data and functionality. | 5.x-1.7 |
| Linktocontent Menu | Add links to menu items via a TinyMCE plugin | 5.x-1.7 |
| Linktocontent Node | Add links to nodes via a TinyMCE plugin | 5.x-1.7 |
| jquery.flash.js | Integration with Luke Lutman's jquery.flash.js Flash replacement plugin. This ships with SWF Tools, it does not need to be downloaded separately. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Mailhandler | Accepts submissions via e-mail. | 5.x-1.2 |
| Mailsave | Works with mailhandler to handle e-mail attachments. | 5.x-3.1 |
| Mailsave to image | Works with mailsave to create image nodes from incoming jpegs | 5.x-3.1 |
| Mailsave to image attach | Works with mailsave to create image nodes and attach them to the main node | 5.x-3.1 |
| Mailsave to CCK Imagefield | Works with mailsave to create CCK imagefield items from attached images | 5.x-3.1 |
| Menu Per Role | Allows restricting access to menu items per role. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Menu page | Allow menu items to become solid pages | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Menu Trails | Contains functions for utilization in your theme to keep Drupal's menu's active when looking at sub-sections and/or individual nodes. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Module Installer | Provides an interface in admin area for installing contrib modules. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Node Browser | An interface for navigating to nodes in various ways. | 5.x-1.1 |
| Node Find Replace | Allows global find and replace on node content. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Node images | Allows users to upload images and associate them to nodes. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Node Cloud | Turn a view into a cloud, using the fields of your choice | 5.x-1.0 |
| Nodeformpopup | Provides popup windows and bookmarklets to submit new nodes with ease. | 5.x-1.0 |
| Node Teaser | This module provides a separate teaser field. | 5.x-1.1 |
| Nodetype | Allows you to change the content type of posts while editing them. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Meta tags | Allows users to add meta tags, eg keywords or description. | 5.x-1.7 |
| Notify | Enables notifications of new content and comments by e-mail. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| 1 Pixel Out | SWF Tools support for 1 Pixel Out MP3 Player. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| OpenSearch Plugin | Provides browser search integration via the OpenSearch plugin protocal. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Option Widgets | Defines selection, check box and radio button widgets for text and numeric fields. | 5.x-1.6-1 |
| Page Title | Enhanced control over the page title (in the <head> tag). | 5.x-1.1 |
| Path Redirect | Redirect users from one URL to another. | 5.x-1.1 |
| Pathauto | Provides a mechanism for modules to automatically generate aliases for the content they manage. | 5.x-2.0 |
| Poormanscron | Internal scheduler for users without a cron application. | 5.x-1.1 |
| Prepopulate | Allows form elements to be pre-populated from the URL. | 5.x-1.2 |
| Privatemsg | Allow private messages between users | 5.x-1.8 |
| Pro and Con | Add Pros and Cons arguments to content. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Installation Profile Generator | Takes the current installation of Drupal, and creates an Installation Profile based on it | 5.x-1.1 |
| Quicktime | Support for .MOV embedding and Geoff Stearns QTObject replacement script. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Search config | Configure display of the advanced search form | 5.x-1.3 |
| Search Engine Referers | Extract search queries from search engine referers in the access log. | 5.x-1.1 |
| Search Type | Adds a type selector to search blocks to limit searches by content type or to search users. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| SimpleViewer | Unstable: Integration with SimpleViewer. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Site Browser | An alternative site navigation method for your site. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Site Documentation | Displays various pieces of information about this Drupal installation. | 5.x-1.5 |
| Site menu | Provides a block and sitemap from categories | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Spam | A collection of tools for detecting and managing spam. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Subscriptions | Allows users to subscribe to nodes and taxonomy terms. | 5.x-1.9 |
| SWFObject | Support for SWFObject by Geoff Stearns | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| SWF Tools | Provides a generic API for Macromedia Flash related tasks | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| SWF Tools Integration | Unstable: Provides useful integration options that can be switched on in the menu. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Taxonomy Batch Operations | Edit multiple taxonomy terms at once. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Taxonomy Facets | Provides facets based on taxonomy (categories). | 5.x-0.11 |
| Taxonomy Force all | Force the 'all' parameter to taxonomy URLs. | 5.x-1.1 |
| Taxonomy Image | Upload and associate images with taxonomy terms. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Taxonomy List | List terms under a specific vocabulary | 5.x-1.1 |
| Taxonomy Manager | Tool for administrating taxonomy terms. | 5.x-1.0 |
| Taxonomy Menu | Adds links to taxonomy terms to the global navigation menu. | 5.x-1.02 |
| Taxonomy Multi Editor | A mass category editor. | 5.x-1.0 |
| Taxonomy switch | This module allows you to move a term from one vocabulary to another, or to reclassify a node without editing it. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Taxonomy Theme | Map themes to nodes, taxonomy vocabs/terms or Drupal paths/path aliases. | 5.x-1.1 |
| Taxonomy import/export via XML | Makes it possible to import and export taxonomy terms via XML. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Teaser management | Allows you to apply new teaser settings on all or selected nodes, define teaser length per content type, etc. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Text | Defines simple text field types. | 5.x-1.6-1 |
| Text CAPTCHA | Provides a simple text based CAPTCHA. | 5.x-3.1 |
| TinyMCE | The most popular WYSIWYG editor for advanced content editing. | 5.x-1.9 |
| Token | Provides a shared API for replacement of textual placeholders with actual data. | 5.x-1.10 |
| UFO | Support for UFO by Bobby Van der Sluis | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Update status | Checks to see if your installation of Drupal and its modules are up to date. | 5.x-2.0 |
| Upload path | Organize uploaded files according to admin-specified rules. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| URL list | Creates a list of node URLs at /q=urllist.txt or (/urllist.txt for clean URLs) for search engine indexing. | 5.x-2.0 |
| Used modules | Display Drupal modules are used on your website (page and block) | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Extended user status notifications | Provides configurable email notifications when users are set to active, blocked, or deleted. | 5.x-1.1 |
| Usernode | Automatic creation and deletion of usernodes - one node for each user. | 5.x-1.3 |
| Userplus | The userplus module provides enhanced user administration features. | 5.x-1.1 |
| Util | The utilities module adds several utilities to Drupal, as well as a very pluggable system to add more. | 5.x-1.0 |
| View field | Defines a field type that displays the contents of a view in a node. | 5.x-1.2 |
| Views | The views module creates customized views of node lists. | 5.x-1.6 |
| Views Argument API | Allows modules to implement and use form elements to specify arguments in block and embedded views. | 5.x-1.6 |
| Bonus: monthly archive | Provides the classic monthly archive view as a default view. When activated, you will find the new view in administer >> views | 5.x-1.2-alpha1 |
| Bonus: Views Export | Plugin to export views to Comma Separated Values (CSV, opens in spreadsheet programs), or Doc | 5.x-1.2-alpha1 |
| Bonus: summary + full view | View type puts a summary on top and an argument below. | 5.x-1.2-alpha1 |
| Bonus: Tag cloud summary View | Displays summary View as a tag cloud. | 5.x-1.2-alpha1 |
| views_fastsearch | Defines a simple search filter for the views module. | 5.x-1.1 |
| Views RSS | RSS plugin for the views feed selector argument. | 5.x-1.6 |
| Views Theme Wizard | The views theme wizard helps create stub theming for views. | 5.x-1.6 |
| Views UI | The Views UI module allows you to create and edit views. | 5.x-1.6 |
| Visibility API | UI and API for path visibility similar to block visibility. | 5.x-1.2-1 |
| Wijering Flash | SWF Tools support for Jeroen Wijering Flash Players. | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| XML Sitemap | Creates an XML site map in accordance with the sitemaps.org specification. | 5.x-1.4 |
| XML Sitemap: Engines | Submits site map to search engines. | 5.x-1.4 |
| XML Sitemap: Node | Adds nodes to the site map. | 5.x-1.4 |
| XML Sitemap: Term | Adds taxonomy terms to the site map. | 5.x-1.4 |
| Zeitgeist | History of search and related features | 5.x-1.x-dev |