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The title says it all really. This is a directory of exciting/bold modules you might try out for your final assignment. Remember, you have to have a //reason// to use a tool before you pick it up – so determine what you want your site to do and then it should be clear which tools might inform //how// you execute your goals. Additionally, keep in mind that it is better to investigate a few tools thoroughly than try to use a dozen modules for the sake of it.

//Please note, while we can provide technical assistance any one of these modules could take hours of troubleshooting/tweaking to get ready for 'production' (final) deployment. Find out who in the class is using the same tools as you and consult and bounce ideas off them. If you get something work, write up some brief notes as your 'wiki progress report' to provide your peers with a resource – it is trite to say, but sharing is caring!//

[|Nodequeue] – Allows you to organize content in a view in an arbitrary order of your choosing (you pick)
 * Content**

[|Backstetch] – Allows you to use the [|jQuery Backstretch plugin] to use a resizeable background image behind your body element [|(demo)]
 * Background Images**

[|Facebook social plugins] – No explanation necessary. //I haven't used this module and can't vouch for how good this workflow is.// [|Service links] – integrate links to popular web services into your node views [|Twitter]– integrate Twitter into your site and serve/control the tweetstream through views
 * Social Media**

[|Flex Slider] – incorporates [|FlexSlider] (provides gesture support) [|jCarousel] – ([|demo] – see the 'dynamic example' links) [|jsTree]– "support for the jstree jQuery plugin" [|(demo)] [|Quick Tabs] – simple blocks of tabbed content [|(demo)] [|Views Coda] – suite of jQuery transitions [|(demo)] [|Views Accordion] – accordion menu for more efficiently storing information on a page [|(demo)] [|Views Slideshow] – which you've already been crudely introduced to [|Views Quicksand] [|(demo)]
 * Interface/Effects**

[|Colourbox] – one of the better lightbox tools for content handling within Drupal. [|(demo)] [|Embedded Media Field] – alternative to the Media module. [|GMap Module] – Integration with Google Maps API for using maps with Drupal. [|ImageCache Actions] – Advanced effects for image handling (watermarks, alpha blending, rounded corners, etc.) [|OpenLayers] – more involved geoweb toolkit for embedding maps in sites using the [|OpenLayers] javascript library, integrates with views. [warning: pretty involved] [|Media Module] – switchboard for many many popular media service APIs (flickr, vimeo, YouTube, etc. – really powerful)
 * Media**

[|CCK Blocks] – really powerful module that let's you place fields from a content type in any region on the page (as a block). Allows for more custom layouts. [|Exclude Node Title] – lets you turn off the page title on specific content types or individual nodes. [|Image Matrix] (based off [|Magazine Layouts]) [|Node Blocks] – "allows you to specify content type(s) as being a block".
 * Layout**

[|Nice Menus] – simple dropdown menus, it goes without say that your site might not warrant a menu with depth so use at your own discretion. [|(eg. demo)] [|Superfish] – alternative to Nice Menus
 * Navigation**