Drupal Modules

The project link for the d.o site is on the page ... just not where you would expect it.

On each module page there is a section called "Details:".
Under that section there is a "Project Page:" prompt and the name of the module after that.

The prompt is actually the link to the d.o/project/xxx page.

Just click that one.

See below for what you are looking to find.

------ Details: section items sample -----
Maintainer: merlinofchaos
Links:
Project Page: views
Issue Queue
Read documentation
View usage statistics
CVS Instructions
Categories: Content display, Views

The d.o. Project Page link is right where I'd expect it on the individual project pages...

However, I want that d.o. Project Page link in the drupalmodules.com *Search Results* -- not just the individual project's page.

Sorry if that wasn't clear.

My current process on this site is:
1. Search for module(s).
2. Click module title in results to view drupalmodules.com project page(s)
3. Click on Project Page link to get to the module's d.o. page.

I want to remove step #2.

Can you tell me why you prefer the drupal.org project pages? I've been thinking about adding some other features to module pages here, so any input on making them better is welcome.

> Can you tell me why you prefer the drupal.org project pages?

I guess I could give specifics like: more maintainer info, issue statistics, related project/discussions, and wider page width...

However, I think the real, underlying reason is that d.o. is where the project -- and all it entails -- really exists. Nearly all of the links listed here on a project page here direct to d.o.; the downloads, the users, the docs, the issues...

The development happens there, the community is there. I'm going to troll the issue queue before I download a new module.

I'm going to click the download link from d.o. because I trust it [more]. Or, more likely, go to the release notes page to copy the CVS tag, (now there's something you might list on the project pages here...)

I don't want to make this into a "why don't you put your time into improving d.o. instead?" because I appreciate what you're doing here. You provide functionality that doesn't exist there, (and prove it should.) This site, as an alternative option, provides incentive and ideas for improving d.o.

But divergence away from d.o. and duplication of efforts concerns me, and I wonder if you have a notion of where you'd like the overlap to begin and end. Or, following Drupal's contrib => core philosophy, if there's a goal for getting the functionality you're creating here rolled back into d.o...

Thanks!

Thanks, that's useful feedback.

Drupal.org does a good job of hosting projects and the issue queues, so I don't want to replicate too much of that here.

My main goal with DrupalModules is to facilitate discovery, to make it easier to find good modules. That's why I concentrate on search, ratings, and reviews.

I want to keep the search pretty simple, pulling in too much data will slow it down and crowd the interface. But, you're right, it'd probably be useful to have d.o links in the search results. I'll have to think about it.

Thanks!

So, I thought about it, and this has now been implemented :)

Thanks much!!