Drupal Based Museum Site Goes Live Using Drupal

Thanks for pointing out the old cruft. I'm afraid of how much might be online still.

Here is a list of modules used:

• attached node
  • filter cache is annoying
  • have to use devel.module to empty cache after every node edit
• attachment
  • going to replace with CCK's filefield when stable
  • had to use CVS version
• CCK
  • we're going to replace all flexinode types with CCK before moving forward
  • anyone know a good method to mass convert all flexinode information to CCK?
• date
  • KarenS has been awesome with updating this module (thanks!)
• devel
• event
  • not going to use this module anymore after we convert all nodes to CCK
  • going to use views and CCK date modules instead
• filemanager
  • going to replace with CCK filefield once it becomes stable
  • had to use CVS version
• flexinode
  • cannot wait to get rid of this module
  • CCK was not ready when we started the redesign
• image
• imagefield
• img_assist
  • filter cache is super annoying
  • must dump cache after every edit to view during theming
  • hoping node attach or something imagefield related can replace this module somehow
• insert_view
  • not using currently, but might be helpful
• jstools
• marksmarty
  • highly recommended, making this list on this site suuuucks
  • our inhouse editor has already learned how to make edits on the site with absolutely no HTML knowledge (more time for me to do useful Web projects)
• pathauto
  • saves a ton of time on setting URLs
  • this is going to be great with CCK for custom URL paths
• poormanscron
• porterstemmer
• search404
• search_config
  • the search related modules makes searching better and integrate it more elegantly into the site. Switching to the new site has created lots dead links and bookmarks; search404 means people won't be completely frustrated by missing pages.
• views
  • used on homepage, exhibitions, calendar, and works of art
  • can foresee this module becoming the most widely used module on the site with CCK
• weight
  • an absolute necessity to put nodes in order without having to change dates

It would seem that we used a gallery module to for our works of art, but they are made with flexinode. We are going to convert them to CCK, use categories (not the module) for which area of the collection they belong (photography, sculpture, etc.), and use views to sort them by date created, or any other desired sort result.

Our template.php file has about 300 lines of overrides. Modules are great, but you really have to dig kind of deep to get desired results. The entire site was done without touching anything core.

I hope others can learn from our experience, and we welcome any feedback, criticisms, or developing advice (modules, theming, etc.).

Thanks!