drupal

Looking for the best modules in the dense sea of contributed projects? Here are some important module lists that may help you choose.

The first one from Drupal.org, shows the most used modules:
- Project usage overview

And from DrupalModules.com, top rated and top favorited modules:
- Top Drupal Modules by Rating
- Most Favorited Drupal Modules

Finally, from Lullabot, their top 40 list:
- Top 40 Projects

The Drupal.org site has a great deal of information on how to theme for Drupal 6. Here is an overview with links to the longer articles.

If you have never themed Drupal before, you are probably wondering about what is involved in the process. Theming for Drupal requires an understanding of:
- Proper front-end web development: (x)HTML + CSS
- The Drupal terminology / theme content tags
- PHP knowledge is a plus, but not necessary

This is a basic video demonstrating the new Drag And Drop capabilities of the Drupal 6 interface. Its advantage becomes more apparent on the Blocks admin page that can get cluttered with larger sites.