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Other modules might help you build your site. I tested a number of modules for this and other sites. This list includes modules I used on other sites or that I tried for this site and they did not do exactly what I wanted. The tested modules are described so that you may learn more about what the modules do and do not do. In some areas there are several alternatives and you need only one.

aggregator
This module aggregates RSS and RDF feeds. I will look at it when I look at RSS.
archive
Archive displays a calendar of older content. If I implement an archive then I will look at this module.
blog
This module helps you keep a regularly updated web page or a blog. Currently I am creating a different type of data.
blogapi
If I were creating a blog using a program that uses XML-RPC then I would try blogapi.
contact
This module lets users create personal contact forms which is something I will look at in the fututre.
drupal
With this module you can log in to several sites using a Drupal ID on a central server. There are real privacy, responsibility, and security issues to consider before using this module. You might use it if you have several private web sites and control all the sites.
forum
Forums are good. I will look at this module later.
locale
Enables the translation of the user interface to languages other than English. I do not have content in other languages so I have not used this module. Drupal has several developers actively working through Drupal code to ensure the code handles multiple languages and charactersets.
massmailer_rolelists
The MassMailer module builds a single set of mailing lists. Massmailer_rolelists adds the option to build separate mailing lists based on the role of the user. You could assign a different role to each department of an organisation and let them build separate mailing lists. An example might be to have sales people handle lists for customers and have the personnel department handle mailing lists for staff.
massmailertemplate
Add templates to massmailer. I may use this after I get massmailer working.
menu_otf
Use this module if you use the menu module in Drupal 4.6.0. The menu module lets you manually set up menus. The menu_otf module lets you create the menu entry when you create a page. I used menu_otf for a while until I had the taxonomy modules doing what I want. In Drupal 4.7.0 the best part of menu_otf will be built in to the standard menu module.
ping
Ping is a way to tell other sites that your site is updated.
poll
The poll module sets up multiple choice questions in a poll. I am currently using the survey module and may test poll next.
profile
Your users get more choice if you add module profile to expand their current profiles. I may add this module when the range of information on my site expands.
queue
Module queue lets your users moderate content which is good and dangerous at the same time. Your users could change content in a way that is not consistent with your site. I will try forum before introducing user moderation because people expect a less consistent content in forums.
throttle
You can reduce your server load by letting the throttle module take shortcuts. Throttle talks with individual modules which means one small change by throttle could introduce an unknown number of changes in the way your web site works. I suggest carefully testing the impact before using throttle.

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