2.4. Spotlight: Modules

As discussed in Chapter 1, modules allow you to turn on and off functionality within your Drupal website. There are two types of modules: “core” modules, which come with Drupal itself, and “contributed” modules, which are provided for free by the Drupal community and available for download from Drupal.org. This section discusses everything you need to know about modules.

2.4.1. Module Administration Page

The module administration page, available from Administer→Site building→Modules (admin/build/modules) and depicted in Figure 2-20, is where Drupal provides configuration options for your website’s functionality. Related modules are grouped together within fieldsets, and each module entry contains a description and an indication of which version is currently running on the site. This version information can be extremely useful when troubleshooting problems.