Drupal 6.x

The Read More Link (formerly “Read More Tweak”) module provides a quick and easy way to control the placement of your “read more” links on teasers and in rss feeds.

This module creates a drop-in, plug-and-play textual classified ad node type (ed_classified).

The Drupal Classified Ads module provides a quick and easy way to host textual classified ads on your Drupal 6.x and 7.x sites, with obsolete versions are also available for Drupal 4.7.x and 5.x. If you run multiple sites, or don't want to be bothered piecing together a classified ads type, this may be just the ticket.

Project page and official releases: http://drupal.org/project/ed_classified

Project news: http://features.osinet.eu/classified-ads-news

This code was taken from the Boost module and modified just a little bit. Please note that this implements a static cache of pages for anonymous users on your site. Read the Boost documentation to understand what this means.

Various users have reported that this .htaccess file works on the following hosts:

• 1and1.com
• byethost.com
• dotster
• ehostpros.com
• ehosting.ca
• hostmonster.com
• IXWebhosting.com
• mediatemple.net
• siteground.com
• Site5.com
• godaddy.com

There is no guarantee this will work for you though.

To enable a module, click Administer >> Site building >> Modules. The non-core modules are listed farther down. With 5.x, they now show you some of the inter-module dependencies. You can turn them on and "Save configuration" in order of the dependencies. For example, "Views UI" requires "Views", so you can turn on "Views" first, save the configuration, then turn on "Views UI." and save again.

"Do I need all these extras?"

Each module requires memory to run on your site

Before installing extra modules, you should consider the required functionality for your site, and only add a module if your site really needs it. Unnecessary modules consume memory and other resource needs of your site, and will make pages load slower. Because a module is popular or someone tells you that "every site needs it" doesn't mean that yours does. There are good sites that have been built with absolutely no contributed modules at all.

Also, you should focus on content, functionality, and configuration of your site before you consider how it should look (the theme), since that decision can be made later and may detract from your thinking about functionality and content.

Be selective

Themes are largely a matter of taste. For example, many people do not like to use a "fixed width" theme, but lots of people do. One nice thing about themes is that they are mostly independent of your content so you can switch them when you want. Caution, though, there are parts of your site (blocks, for example) that get built based on the theme, so switching themes can leave junk lying around to slow down your site.

Now, if you experiment with different themes and modules, you should also look at the Update Status page in the administration section and the Site Documentation module to make sure the modules are up-to-date and your site is clean.

Blocks are used to show extra information on pages, as is often seen in the left or right columns of a page.

Adding a 'Contact Information' block

Many websites include contact information in the sidebars. This is a very straightforward task to accomplish with Drupal.