Nathanael's Blog!

So I added some new drupal modules to my site today. The ones I added are DHTML Menu, Backup and Migrate, and SimpleMenu.

These are my favorite modules because they make my life a million times easier. 1st - the DHTML menu makes it so easy to navigate through the administration links without having to reload all the pages. For any 1st drupal user, this is a must because going through all links to find the section you are looking for is very slow and unnecessarily difficult.

The 2nd one is SimpleMenu. This create a small menu in a little bar at the top of the page where you can also administer your site. The beneift of that Simple Menu is that when you change your sites theme, sometimes it makes the navigation tree look like garbage. When that happens, it is very handy to have the Simple Menu available.

And last - the 3rd necessary module is Backup and Migrate. I don't know how to use this module like a pro, but I have tested its ability to backup my drupal database and re-import. Now if only they would hurry up and finish with the backup and migrate files module which will also backup the file structure for your drupal install. This is also necessary because you don't want to re-import a database when the necessary modules don't exist or any lines of code are gone. In the meantime though, I will just have to use Hostgators built in file saving mechanism.

So that is all for now. Off to study some more drupal! :)