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Verify Email Addresses

Norio De Sousa — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:24:54 +0200

The last thing you want is a bunch of people registering on your site with fake email addresses. It usually results in untraceable spamming and a whole lot of admin.

Nip the problem in the bud by using Drupal's "verify email" module. You simply install it and configure some basics and, just like that, you've probably halved the amount of spam that will end up on your web site!

The email verify module can be irritating when it doesn't work properly, especially if you've configured it to actually check that the domain exists but I say that it's an annoyance we can live with.

User Registration Notification

Norio De Sousa — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:15:06 +0200

Drupal was made for community web sites but it lacks some of the most important features that a site like that requires.

One of those features (for a new site) is to be notified when someone registers so you can check out their profile, welcome them to the community and generally get the ball rolling.

As an example, I run a free article directory and I like keeping tabs on new users so that I can spot a spammer quickly and put an end to the trouble before it even begins!

Comment Mail - Keep Me Notified

Norio De Sousa — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:16:33 +0200

Drupal's commenting module is great. You can prevent anonymous people from posting junk by forcing that role to require approval before comments are approved.

Great stuff but a pain in the butt if you forget to log in to your site every now and again and check out the approval queue!

Comment mail allows you to set up your site like a regular blog so you get notified about new comments and each mail even includes links to approve or delete the comment it's mailing you about - brilliant!

Configuring it is a cinch - just install it and wait :)

Admin Menu - Keep it Standard!

Norio De Sousa — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:11:09 +0200

Admin menu is another one of those modules that I don't know how I'd live without! Before discovering it, I found Drupal a pain in the butt to administer. Reloading the page each time I tried to find something in the admin menu really slows things down.

For those of us that administer more than one web site, Admin menu is especially useful and a time-saver. It makes it easy to administer any site without spending too much time thinking about it.

Pathauto - SEO Mana from God

Norio De Sousa — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:51:08 +0200

Drupal's standard URLs are far from pretty. They suck.

First off, who's going to remember http://www.example.com/node/12762 over http://www.example.com/about-us.html? It's just not user-friendly. You kinda have to take a gamble each time you want to link to something in your own web site. And chicks don't dig it ;)