Module a Day with Andrew Riley

Module a Day with Andrew Riley episodes:

• 06.28.2011

  #082: Google Analytics

  I'm trying out changing the podcast over to a screencast to save time typing up notes and give more to the user (by actually seeing what I'm talking about.) Please note, this is far more "from the hip" than the...

  
• 09.19.2010

  #081: Better Formats

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/better_formats The Better Formats module allows you define default input formats as well as change settings around the display of the input formats group on the node pages. Who: Technical and non-technical users When: Use this module when...

  
• 09.18.2010

  #080: Nodequeue

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/nodequeue The Nodequeue module allows you to classify nodes in a FIFO queue that does not use Taxonomy. Who: Technical and non-technical users When: Use this module when you want to classify nodes into a logical group that...

  
• 09.17.2010

  #079: Nodewords

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/nodewords The Nodewords module inserts meta tags into your document head. Who: Technical and non-technical users When: Use this module when you want to include keywords, descriptions and other meta tags in your head. All non-intranet sites should...

  
• 09.15.2010

  #077: Typogrify

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/typogrify The Typogrify module modifies the output of your text fields to do things like style all capitol words and change out quotes. Who: Technical and non-technical users When: Use this module when you care a lot about...

  
• 09.13.2010

  #075: Context

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/context The Context module provides an alternate way to assign blocks to your pages. Who: Technical users When: Use this module when you need more flexibility than what the traditional blocks module offers or you want to export...

  
• 09.12.2010

  #074: Site Directory Migrate

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/sitedir_migrate The Site Directory Migrate module allows you to rename your directory in /sites in a multi-site install without breaking links to your filesystem. Who: Technical users When: Use this module when you run a multi-site install and...

  
• 09.11.2010

  #073: Style Stripper

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/stylestripper The Style Stripper module allows you to choose exactly which CSS files are loaded for you site (including CSS covered by other modules). Who: Technical users When: Use this module when you want to stop a specific...

  
• 09.10.2010

  #072: URL alter

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/url_alter The URL Alter module allows module authors to easily re-write both incoming and outgoing URLs without having to resort to writing their own custom_url_rewrite. Who: Module authors only When: Use this module when you need to change...

  
• 09.09.2010

  #071: Semantic CCK

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/semantic_cck The Semantic CCK module allows you to modify the HTML tags and classes that wrap your CCK fields Who: Technical users When: Use this module when you don't want to use the default markup provided by CCK....

  
• 09.08.2010

  #070: WYSIWYG ImageField

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/wysiwyg_imagefield The WYSIWYG Imagefield module allows your users to upload images through the WYSIWYG interface while cleverly hiding it in your node under a CCK field. Who: Technical users When: Use this module when you want to allow...

  
• 09.07.2010

  #069: Views carousel

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/viewscarousel The Views carousel module allows your views to displays information as horizontal or vertical JavaScript carousels. Who: Technical and non-technical users When: Use this module when you want to have data scroll from side to side or...

  
• 09.06.2010

  #068: Sub-path URL Aliases

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/subpath_alias The Sub-path URL Alias module maps "ugly" paths to more user and SEO friendly paths. Who: Technical and non-technical users When: Use this module if you don't want to see a URL like node/1/edit Where: I couldn't...

  
• 09.05.2010

  #067: CAPTCHA After

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/captcha_after The CAPTCHA After module allows you to only display the CAPTCHA after X number of failed attempts so normal users don't have to deal with CAPTCHAs. Who: Technical and non-technical users When: Use this module when you...

  
• 09.04.2010

  #066: Faceted Search

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/faceted_search The faceted search module allows you to break up your default Drupal search into Facets (smaller pieces). These facets can then break down by content type, taxonomy, date and many other facets. Who: Advanced users When: Use...

  
• 09.03.2010

  #065: filedepot

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/filedepot The filedepot module allows you to upload files to Drupal as well as configure permissions, mark favorites, broadcast messages and even version files. (It has a Windows client too) Who: Technical users* (This is too generic, you'll...

  
• 09.02.2010

  #064: CacheExclude

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/cacheexclude The CacheExclude module allows the site administrator to exclude specific pages from being cached. It works on a very simple pretense of changing one global variable. Who: Technical users When: Use this module when you have things...

  
• 09.01.2010

  #063: Heartbeat

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/heartbeat The Heartbeat module allows you broadcast actions that you've done on the site. Who: Technical users When: Use this module when you want to let your users see what other users are doing like saving nodes, adding...

  
• 08.31.2010

  #062: Activity

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/activity The Activity module allows you broadcast actions that you've done on the site. Who: Technical users When: Use this module when you want to let your users see what other users are doing like saving nodes, adding...

  
• 08.30.2010

  #061: EPSA Crop - Image Cropping

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/epsacrop The EPSA Crop module allows you to crop uploaded images via JavaScript. Who: Technical and non-technical users (a technical person must set this module up) When: Use this module when your users will be uploading photos but...

  
• 08.29.2010

  #060: Cobalt

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/cobalt The Cobalt module allows to quickly navigate though Drupal only using a keyboard (ie: typing your destination rather than using menus). Who: Technical and non-technical users but people who use Drupal for hours on end will get...

  
• 08.28.2010

  #059: Drag'n'Drop Uploads

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/dragndrop_uploads The Drag'n'Drop module allows users to upload files by dropping that file on a text area. Who: Technical and non-technical users When: Use this module when your user has a qualified browser and you don't want them...

  
• 08.27.2010

  #058: Views UI: Edit Basic Settings

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/views_ui_basic The Views UI: Edit Basic Settings module allows administrators to give users limited access to views so those users can't really screw up anything super important. Who: Technical users When: Use this module when your users need...

  
• 08.26.2010

  #057: Semantic Views

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/semanticviews The Semantic Views module allows you to clean up and modify the HTML output by Views 2 without having to ever touch a template file. Who: Technical users When: Use this module when you want to change...

  
• 08.25.2010

  #056: SWF Tools

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/swftools The SWF Tools module allows you to easily embed flash in a variety of ways without having too much technical knowledge. Who: Technical and Non-technical users When: Use this module when you want to allow your users...

  
• 08.24.2010

  #055: XML Sitemap

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/xmlsitemap The XML Sitemap module allows you to create a sitemap for search engines in an automated manor and then submit them to the search engines. Who: Everybody who has a public facing Drupal site should use this...

  
• 08.23.2010

  #054: Feed Path Publisher

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/feed_path_publisher The Feed Path Publisher Module allows you to add link tags to the HTML head without having to hack up your page.tpl.php. Who: Technical and non-technical When: Use this module when you have created RSS files (usually...

  
• 08.22.2010

  #053: Private Upload

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/private_upload The Private Upload module gives you a way to allow users to upload files to a private directory while still keeping your file downloads public. Who: Technical and non-technical When: Use this module when you want to...

  
• 08.21.2010

  #052: Author Pane

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/author_pane The Author Pane module gives you a themeable block that provides basic information about the author of the node. Who: Technical users (due to the way you add fields, in PHP directly to the template file, yuck!)...

  
• 08.20.2010

  #051: Views Send

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/views_send The Views Send module allows you to send mail using Views Bulk Operations. Who: Technical users When: Use this module when you want to select nodes as a basis of sending out a bulk email while using...

  
• 08.19.2010

  #050: Data

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/data The Data module is the successor to Table Wizard. It allows you to bring external data into Drupal and allows users to consume that data through standard interfaces like nodes and Views. Who: Technical users When: Use...

  
• 08.18.2010

  #049: Fast File Transfer with X-send file

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/xsend The Fast File Transfer with X-Send file module is a module to help users on Apache with private file downloads enabled speed up the download process. Who: Technical users - This module requires the Apache web server...

  
• 08.17.2010

  #048: Translation Management

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/translation_management The Translation Management module is pretty much what Drupal has been missing for translating sites. If I had to sum it up in a few words I would call it a Translation Manager. This is a great...

  
• 08.16.2010

  #047: Module Filter

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/module_filter The Module Filter module allows administrators to quickly find modules by name (it ignores descriptions and required modules) in the modules screen without having to resort to Command F/Control F. Who: Technical and non-technical users When: Use...

  
• 08.15.2010

  #046: Signup

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/signup The Signup module allows your users (anon and registered - if setup that way) to sign up for nodes. This could be events, normal page nodes just about anything. Who: Technical and non-technical users When: Use this...

  
• 08.14.2010

  #045: Menu Block

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/menu_block The Menu Block module allows you to take multiple level menus and split out their contents at various levels and put them into blocks. Who: Technical users (since the configuration can be confusing) When: Use this module...

  
• 08.13.2010

  #044: Scheduler

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/scheduler The Scheduler modules allows you to schedule the publishing and un-publishing of nodes based off of date and time. Who: Technical and non-technical users When: Use this module when you need to publish (or unpublish) a node...

  
• 08.12.2010

  #043: Content Access

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/content_access The Content Access module allows you to specify view/edit/delete permissions on a node by node bais for roles while hooking into rules. Who: Technical users (Non-technical users can use it but why do non-technical users need to...

  
• 08.11.2010

  #042: String Overrides

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/stringoverrides The String Override Module allows you to redefine just about any output string in Drupal (even if it was created by a module or core!) Who: Technical and non-technical users When: Use this module when there is...

  
• 08.09.2010

  #040: Transliteration

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/transliteration The Transliteration module takes UTF-8 characters and converts them down to ASCII so you don't get mangled file names or URLs. Who: Technical and non-technical When: I use this module on all of my sites to prevent...

  
• 08.08.2010

  #039: Image Resize Filter

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/image_resize_filter The Image Resize Filter module dynamically resizes the images your users upload/reference in text areas to match the height and width specified in the image tag. Who: Technical and non-technical users When: This is another good module...

  
• 08.07.2010

  #038: Cache Actions

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/cache_actions The Cache Action module enables Rules to monkey around with your various caches. Who: Technical users (only because rules can be confusing at times) When: I'm slightly scratching my head on when you would need a force...

  
• 08.05.2010

  #036: modr8

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/modr8 The modr8 (moderate) module provides a non-node access method of node moderation. Who: Technical and non-technical users When: Use this module when want to have moderation for your nodes and need it to be bloody simple and...

  
• 08.04.2010

  #035: Better Exposed Filters

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/better_exposed_filters The Better Exposed Filters module adds additional options to your exposed filters in Views. Who: Technical and non-technical users but I have a feeling only Technical/UI people will find the true value of the module. When: Use...

  
• 08.03.2010

  #034: Taxonomy Image

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/taxonomy_image The Taxonomy Image module is a suite of modules that allow you to attach images to your taxonomy terms. Who: Technical and non-technical users When: Use this module when you want to associate images to taxonomy terms....

  
• 08.02.2010

  #033: Indexing HTML Attributes

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/index_htmlattr The Indexing HTML attributes module allows you to index (for search) items that are inside HTML tags which would normally be ignored by search. Who: Technical users (It really helps to know HTML) When: Use this module...

  
• 08.01.2010

  #032: View Unpublished

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/view_unpublished The View Unpublished module fine tunes your permissions to allow specific roles to see unpublished nodes of specific types. Who: Technical and non-technical users. When: Use this when you want specific users to preview unpublished nodes. This...

  
• 07.31.2010

  #031: Radioactivity

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/Radioactivity The Radioactivity module allows you to give energy (popularity) to your content through a variety of methods and then has the energy bleed off at a specified rate. Think Digg front page. Who: Technical and non-technical users....

  
• 07.30.2010

  #030: File Aliases

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/file_aliases The File Aliases module allows you to alias where files are in your system so they don't appear to be stuck in /sites/default/files. Who: Technical and non-technical users When: So far I've thought three uses for this...

  
• 07.29.2010

  #029: IE CSS Optimizer

  Module Link: http://drupal.org/project/ie_css_optimizer The IE CSS Optimizer module allows you to get around the 31 stylesheet limit in Internet Explorer by combining your CSS files while leaving out your theme file and selected module. Who: Themers When: I use this...