![]() ![]() Pathauto creates what is called an alias and it properly associates the alias with the name Drupal creates and uses. As a technical point pathauto does not change how Drupal names new content internally. I use this because I would rather my content have a real name instead of the characters, numbers and node assignments that Drupal would otherwise use for my URLs. ![]() Pathauto – this allows for a helpful hand in creating URL names for new content. To get Mollum to work you will need to register for the service and configure the module. ![]() It can block comment and form spam (you can build forms and contact pages that allow people to send you messages through your website). Mollum – this is a spam filtering system. If you have pages on your site where people can leave comments, this will provide an option to allow them to receive an email when new comments are posted. I am specifically interested in and will be checking off some of the modules found towards the end of the Module page in a section with the heading Other.Ĭomment Notify – this allows for email notification of new comments. You have to pay for this support but since Acquia is run by some of the people that created and maintain Drupal istelf, the value they offer is well worth the price of paying for support. This is helpful but the real value they offer is an excellent support system for helping you to implement and run your Drupal website. Acquia distinguishes itself by putting together a collection of modules in their Drupal package that they think are commonly useful to a lot of different users’ needs. These are included with Acquia Drupal and I do want to turn some of these on.Īs an aside, any module that you find in the Acquia build of Drupal we have installed are available on the website. You probably noticed there are many other modules listed besides the Core-Optional ones we just selected. I check off these modules and to complete loading them I go to the bottom of the page and click on save configuration. Ping – a simple module that can be helpful for indexing and alerting others of new material on your site. Path – this helps with naming new posts and pages. I am not going to get into how to set up or make a blog entry for awhile so hold tight or do some or your own research if you want to learn how to blog with Drupal. After the blog module is turned on, whenever we go to the create new content page we will see an option to create a new blog entry. Drupal, as a total CMS solution, offers blogging as part of its functions. For each of the listed modules, I am placing a checkmark in the box that precedes their name.īlog – this should be self explanatory. Some of these are already checked off but I am going to implement a few more. Scrolling down the page a bit I come to a set of modules that are under a heading “Core – Optional.” These come with every build of Drupal 6 (the version that we are working with). For this we need to go to: Site Building> Modules Core Modules My next step is to turn on a few modules that are currently on my host server They are part of our Acqai Drupal build but are not presently turned on. My purpose here it to explain this process and not how to use any of the modules mentioned. Just like learning how to use Drupal takes some time and effort, some of the more complex modules can also require you to learn how to use them.įor now I am going to cover loading and turning on some of the modules I will be using. Others do things internally and you both never see, interact with, or change the functioning of the operations the modules create. Some modules require you to configure them once they are loaded or enable options you can select from once they are working. We have already gone through turning off one module that came preinstalled with our Drupal install: the Acquia Connector. Modules have a variety of uses and are contributed by Drupal developers and users. Modules provide a way of adding functions to your Drupal website without having to build them from scratch. ![]()
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