My second Drupal site htpcmachine.com

Hi,

I'm working on my second Drupal site.

Modules used:

Administration Menu
Plugin Manager

Advanced Taxonomy Blocks
Jquery Menu
Aggregator
DHTML Menu
Taxonomy Menu
Web Links

Theme used:
Plutado
Designed by David Plutado Fugate

This site is basically a collection of links and eventually I will add some original content of my own about building a Home Theater Personal Computer or "HTPC" machine.

When designing this site the very first module I installed was the Plugin Manager. I really think this one should be part of the Drupal core since it gives the admin user the ability to install modules and themes without leaving the Drupal environment. It's really convenient and if you happen to be on a network with ftp firewall restrictions (like a public library or school) you can still build your site by installing modules and themes since the ftp transaction is occuring between your hosting server and the Drupal repositories.

The other discovery I made, is that the Web Links, Taxonomy Menu, and Advanced Taxonomy Blocks modules work well together. It was sort of an accident, but as it turns out my navigation menu updates automatically based on any new groups I add to the Weblinks module. So basically all I have to do to maintain the site now, is to just add new links to the Web Links module.

I changed the CSS for the login|create account link that was part of David Plutado's design to visibility:hidden, but if the site gets more traffic as I add more content then I can always turn the link back on and let user's submit their own links. Not quite ready for that just yet. :-)

Any comments or suggestions are welcome... the site is http://htpcmachine.com/

Thanks -phersotty