Drupal Modules: Rank, Rate, Review at DrupalModules.com

I usually don’t get all gooey and gushy when I write up a website, but this is one I like a lot: DrupalModules.com built by John Forsythe.

DrupalModules.com does a great job of taking the list of Drupal Module (which was nothing more than a raw information dump on the Drupal site) and wrapping it with a smattering of practical community features and thereby turning it into an extremely useful resource for Drupal developers.

It’s not only the site itself that shines, the people that use it are doing a bang-up job with the information they are contributing. The reviews are generally well written, they give examples of how people have used the modules in real life to solve problems and they link to other off site resources (examples of the module in action, tutorials) that help clarify what the module can do and how it does it.

In comparison, Drupal.org lists the modules and has a short blurb–usually written by the maintainer who, even though he knows the module the best, often does a terrible job explaining the modules capabilities and uses. Lots of data, not much information.

DrupalModules.com is a big step forward.

By the way, John has also developed a nifty search engine for sifting through the Drupal code base appropriately called DrupalCodeSearch.com.

TinyURL-like Module for Drupal – Tweeters Take Note!

Just ran across a nifty little module for Drupal called Knurl.

“Knurl is a module that provides a URL shortcut and redirection service similar to TinyURL or TightURL.”

Every time I see a short URL I think: hey, there is something that can can be sent on Twitter. Or by SMS. Seems like this would be a great module for somebody that wanted to interface to send messages via Twitter the Twitter API or SMS news.

This module will be rattling around the back of my mind until I come up with a way to use it.

Drupal Top Modules: UnSpun

Polling / voting apps are always good fun.

I ran across this poll of top Drupal modules on Amazon UnSpun.

My favorite Drupal modules CCK and Views? Right at the top!

I noticed UberCart for the first time; I never noticed that module before. It looks interesting!

My First Drupal Convert

Sajal gets why Drupal rocks. Go Sajal!