Modules needed

The following modules should be installed before following along with the guide:

• CCK
• Views
• Advanced Help
• Custom Breadcrumbs
• Pathauto
• Token

You also need these modules for image handling. Some may be alpha or beta versions, but are fine to use:

• Filefield
• ImageAPI
• Imagefield
• ImageCache
• Lightbox2

Optional modules

These modules will be used in the lesson, but are optional:

• Transliteration (sanitizes the characters of uploaded filenames)
• FileField Paths (allows renaming of uploaded files with predetermined patterns/data)
• Global Redirect (prevents duplicate content penalties from search engines when using Path or Pathauto)
• Administration Menu (not related to the guide, but is a must-have for working quickly and effectively with Drupal)

Before beginning, ensure that you have installed and enabled the required modules listed above (and the optional modules if you wish to). Many of the modules have additional "sub-modules" that come with them. You should enable "all" of these sub-modules for this guide EXCEPT as outlined below.

Sub-modules not to enable:

• Do not enable Content Permissions module until or unless you plan to choose the permissions for how every user's Role can view every single field you create (a very powerful feature, but also very time consuming). If you don't need this, then do not enable the module. Warning: if you enable Content Permissions module, every field will immediately be unviewable by any other user besides the main site administrator, until you specifically grant each Role access to view the fields. If you already enabled Content Permissions module, disable it now.
• If you don't need it, you can skip enabling the "FileField Meta" sub-module.
• If your server does not support ImageMagick, then you can skip enabling the "ImageAPI ImageMagick" sub-module.
• You should not enabled the "Advanced help example" module.

Some sub-modules do not become available for installation until after you first enable the parent module, or enable another module which that module is dependent on (dependencies are shown in green and red text next to every module). Continue enabling modules in multiple passes until every module required has been enabled.