Drupal is one of those few powerful content management systems that can do almost anything that is thrown at it. It is free and it comes loaded with numerous modules, add-ons etc that make managing a website almost a breeze. But before integrating them into your website, you need to have a fair understanding of their features. You may bark up the wrong tree if you fail to figure out which Drupal modules are good for the health of your website and which are not. Unless you have fair authority on Drupal, you are bound to make mistakes. Here in this article, we are going to include some of the best Drupal modules that can give boost to your website’s functionality:

Automatic Nodetitles
It is a small but highly efficient Drupal module that lets users generate titles of content based on a number of different criteria such as user’s name, date of creation, parent node etc.

ImageCache
With Image Drupal module, moderator can define and adjust the size of any images uploaded by any user. ImageCache is an extension of Image Drupal module as it lets you set up presets of image processing like desaturating color, resizing images, sharpening, scaling, resizing by aspect ratio, rotating, cropping etc.

Flag
This is another useful Drupal module that you should integrate in your website to monitor spam and submissions, which are against the submission guidelines. If you integrate this module in your website, users will be able to flag content that they found offensive or inappropriate. It is a big time saver and it is highly effective.

Nodewords
If you want to add visibility to your website, keywords need to be added in certain nodes such as posts, announcements, pages etc. This module will let you specify key phrases on a node-by-node basis. Moreover, you can even track website’s performance on those keywords via Google Analytics or Drupal core’s statistics-tracking feature.

Nodequeue
This Drupal module comes equipped with a simple drag-and-drop interface that lets users order any queue manually. In addition to that, with Nodequeue, you will be able to add and remove nodes from the queues even if you do not have any permission to edit the node. Nodes can be collected by users in an arbitrary ordered list if you integrate this module.

Organic Groups
If you wish to create mini communities centered on specific issues in your website, this Drupal module can come in handy. Organic Groups let your users create and maintain public and private groups. Users can post messages directly in these groups if they wish so. You can encourage communication in your website by integrating this Drupal module.

Success of a CMS web development project is invariably and intrinsically associated with the efficiency of your chosen HTML editor. Choosing wrong or inefficient HTML editor can have disastrous impacts on your ongoing CMS web development project and that means you have to be a bit more cautious to ensure smooth completion of a project next time.

You may be comfortable with an HTML editor but as an expert CMS web developer, you need to have a viable alternative so that you stay above the fray even in a critical situation. Here in this article, we are going compile a long list of HTML Editors that may prove highly effective:

CKEditor: – CKEditor is highly sophisticated WYSIWYG editor that offer almost unlimited compatibility. It is basically a JavaScript application and it works with almost all types of server technologies. This HTML Editor is compatible with almost all modern web browsers for example: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari, Mozilla Firefox etc. What is all the more interesting about CKEditor is that it is even compatible with the old Internet Explorer 6.

CKEditor is available under flexible Open Source and commercial licenses and it can be integrated in any application easily and effortlessly.

TinyMCE: – It is another powerful HTML WYSIWYG editor that is based on JavaScript. It is good at converting HTML TEXTAREA fields to editor instances. Despite its innumerable advantages, it is extremely easy to manage and you can integrate it into any content management systems without facing any trouble.

WYMeditor: – It is primarily a web-based WYSIWYM editor that is crafted carefully to create well structured XHTML code. The codes that are generated by this HTML editor conforms to the W3C XHTML specifications. Some other features of WYMeditor are:

• • It is highly customizable. You can change plugins, force attributes and themes if you wish.
  • It is easy to integrate with any CMS.
  • It is compatible with almost all modern browsers.
  • For saving and loading content, AJAX can be used seamlessly with this HTML editor.
  • It is available for free.

jWYSIWYG: – It is an inline content editor that allows users to edit HTML content. It is more or less a viable alternative of WYMeditor but this is not half as feature rich as the WYMeditor. However, it is still good at creating tables and some other basic tasks.

NicEdit: – It is another popular HTML editor that is extremely lightweight and at the same time, it is compatible with almost all major web browsers. It can be easily integrated into any CMS within few second. What’s more, it can be employed for converting standard text areas to rich editing.

YUI Rich Text Editor: – This HTML editor works fine with YUI library and it is highly customizable. A high level of customization is possible with YUI Rich Text Editor, as there are options for advanced implementations.