Using Drupal's Search API to Create a Sitewide Search Feature
Drupal’s Search API is a powerful tool that allows you to create custom searches on any entity known to Drupal, using any kind of search engine. Typically, you would use the same database source to create the search indexing, however for large sites, this is not recommended and you should use something like the Search API SOLR additional plugin to help make sure that there isn't any performance issue with your website. For now, I'm...
10 Essential Drupal Contrib Modules every Website Should Have
Having experience with Drupal for over 5 years, I wanted to share my thoughts on what essential Drupal contributed modules that I love to have in my sites. These modules help me not just with site development, but also management, SEO, and more! But first, let me explain what Drupal is, what and how the community contributes to its module system, and then what contributed modules I personally recommend. What is Drupal? Drupal is an...