Have you ever thoght about building a drupal based site but have little or no idea of what modules to use?
Wouldnt it be great if we had a cookbook generator or web app generator which lists the best user suggested module combinations to create a particular web based drupal system. These may include an e-music store, supermarket, blog, facebook-like community, youtube-like sites, forum based sites, sports team/competiton sites, academic learning environment etc. I am proposing something like this based on the drupal.org site or someone with bandwidth can donate an adddress to host such a site. Any thoughts?

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Toppy’s picture

This would be an excellent addition to Drupal or any CMS for that matter. It is my opinion that this is a major problem/fault with many Open Source CMS's. You can waste days trying to find workable modules to use. I flip-flop from looking at CMS's to writing a custom site because of this.

I think adding this to Drupal would be very beneficial to the project and in attracting/keeping users. Specially if the suggest modules clearly indicate which version they're compatible with, what the state of the project is, the state of the code (beta, RC, deprecated, etc) and maybe a few more little details.

I have a few dormant domains I could look at and ample room on my host. I'd have to see if any of the domain names would suit the project though.

Shane
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ericG’s picture

isn't this what installation profiles are all about? http://drupal.org/project/Installation+profiles

frazras’s picture

It is the first time I am seeing installation profiles however it doesn't directly address the problem, I was thinking more of an "installation profile wizard" where you would specify the type of things you need done and based off your response a custom selection of modules is presented. With all the information that Toppy suggested.

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ericG’s picture

the initial idea is nice but really complex and to a large extent is an attempt to create a program that responds with human intelligence.

I'd say that if you really want to see something like this happen, you should work with the folks on getting more installation profiles available. A next step in that could be a more dynamic method of selecting profiles, with luck you could get from where we are now to where you want to be in a couple years of effort and coordination. Good luck, I'm excited to see what comes from your continued input and efforts on this front.

flash guy’s picture

Hi, I'm interesting to create some image - gallery site with templates on Drupal.
PLZ advise some modules.

frazras’s picture

There is the image module that comes with image gallery - then you could top it off with the lightbox module. Gallery 2 can also be used but I never actually tried it.

"I would rule the world - If only I had the source code"
R.A.Smith -- "ƒrÅzRâ§"
http://www.exterbox.com

"I would rule the world - If only I had the source code"
R.A.Smith -- "ƒrÅzRâ§"
http://www.exterbox.com