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Ok hold on, rewind, back up a little there....... What the heck is Drupal, and what are these modules you want to tell me all about. Here's a quick overview:

Drupal is a free, open source, content management system. Put simply, its a platform you can build websites on. The modules are like simple bolt ons that enhance what it can do.

Here is a list of the modules we use most frequently. It may help those new to Drupal find the best solutions, without having to trawl through piles and piles of other modules.

CCK

CCK or the Content Construction Kit is the daddy of all drupal modules. It's purpose is to allow you to add custom fields, or various types, to any drupal node.

While browsing through Itunes, came across a brilliant podcast that focusses on everything web design and development.
If that's your thing, check out the Explicit Web Podcast

Keep up the great content guys!

Here are some fantastic utilities that are just so good and best of all they are free.

You can download nearly all of these in one go from www.ninite.com Just click what you want and download them all in one fell swoop. No tricky installations, no irksome next buttons.

Dropbox - An online secure backup drive, syncs with your pc disc invisibly. Allows you to collaborate and share files with people. https://www.dropbox.com/

Evernote - If you got a scanner get this, scan in a letter, bill, receipt, and it converts it into searchable text. Think of it like a giant shoebox under your bed. You can stuff it with all the gumphf you want, but find things from months back in an instant. https://www.evernote.com

We get asked quite often which are the best fonts to display a website.

Without a doubt sans-serif fonts, the ones without all the ticks and marks on the corners of all the letters, look much sharper on LCD monitors, and are easier on the eye.

CSS 3.0 supports downloadable fonts via the @font-face variable. which gives much more flexibility at the expense of users having to download your font files first..

Until CSS 3.0 is fully supported by all browsers, websites are safest sticking to the following font families:

Legible Web Fonts

Sans-Serif Fonts
font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-family: Arial,Helvetica,FreeSans,"Liberation Sans","Nimbus Sans L",sans-serif
font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,"DejaVu Sans Condensed",sans-serif

Serif Fonts
font-family: Georgia,"Bitstream Charter","Century Schoolbook L","Liberation Serif",Times,serif
font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,"Nimbus Roman No9 L","FreeSerif","Liberation Serif",serif;