Examples of Features Found on Drupal Sites

Here's what we found after an hour of exploring the examples. Linked to some of the features is the module that might have been used to implement it. Most of those features without links are enabled as a core feature of Drupal with nothing extra needed.

Search Boxes

Multimedia

Compiling User Opinions & Data

Freshness

  • Display of a random x (picture, comment, posting)
  • Display of the latest x's
  • Featured x changed regularly by site owner
  • News headlines

Appearance

  • Tableless layout using css
  • User control of theme and text size [ Style ]
  • Option to format for mobile devices
  • Format for printing [ Printer-friendly Page ]
  • Control over which nodes appear and how
    [ CCK | Views ]

Communication Among Users

 

Navigation

  • bread crumbs
  • vertical navbar - expandable
  • vertical navbar - simple
  • navbar - horizontal tabs

eCommerce

Communication to Site Owner

Viral Marketing

Information

  • Important/useful links
  • Archive
  • FAQ [ faq ]
  • Events list [ Event ]
  • Countdown [ Countdown ]
  • Directories
  • Repositories
  • Galleries [ Gallery ]

This page supports the course EDTEC 700: CMS Design at http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec700/cms/