Posted by jumoke on January 21, 2011 at 11:24pm
I have to give all respect and admiration to the Developer(s) of this church site: http://www.ligonier.org/
You rock, you rule, you are absolutely awesome and I want to be like you when I grow up!
Now I hope you don't mind me getting some ideas from your site for a new church site I have started. And this goes out to anyone that has clues and ideas to share with me regarding this lovely church site as well : )
- What module did the slideshow?
- That amazing menu...oh my, what module is that? Looks like something "megamenu" would do. Can someone confirm?
- Those 3 boxes in the middle of the page, underneath the slide, how are those done? What module?
I look forward to hearing from anyone that knows. Thank you :)
-Ex
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No Drupal site
As far as I can discover, this isn't a Drupal site.
Yeah, but you gotta love this from the source code
<!--[if lt IE 7]><div id="ie6-warning">
<p><strong>You are using an outdated version of Internet Explorer</strong></p>
<p>While this website will work in the browser you are using, it is not optimized for legacy browsers.</p>
<p>To enjoy an optimal experience on this website, please <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/" title="Update Internet Explorer">update your browser</a> or <a href="http://firefox.com" title="Download Mozilla Firefox">download <strong>Firefox</strong>, a free, modern browser</a>.</p>
</div>
<![endif]-->
That in itself made the trip worthwhile.
But I have seen a number of Drupal sites that, like this one, seem to display the code resulting from all the modules and themes used without displaying the code that calls those modules and themes. I'm not sure how many, and I can't recall which ones, but I had it on pretty good authority that those were Drupal sites — for example, maybe one or two of the ones that were presented at DIWD, a DrupalCon, or a DrupalCamp as examples of sites done in Drupal.
So is the lack of any call to modules and themes in the code displayed on "View Source" a definite sign that the site is not a Drupal site?
If not, how is it possible to have those calls not appear in the page code?
And then what's the advantage to doing that?
And are there disadvantages?
Call them and ask them
The best way to find out is to send them and email and ask what did they use to build their site. The folks at ligoneer are eager to give help where they can.
Thanks guys. I stumbled upon
Thanks guys. I stumbled upon the site from a Drupal discussion thread, so i automatically imagined it was Drupal. I am realizing it's not. It breaks my heart : (
Hey rpeters, I'll try to contact them.
Here's a church site that is well-done in Drupal
http://www.hopeingod.org - Bethlehem Baptist in Minneapolis (John Piper's church)
I have emailed them about some of their modules before. They will let you know what they've used.
Thanks for the link ccoppen.
Thanks for the link ccoppen. This site is very well done. I like the way their content is organized as well. Glad to know they are receptive...I'll be in touch with them as well. Thanks : )
Ligonier.org - Options to Try
For the slideshow look into views_nivo_slider. A quick note, as mentioned here http://drupal.org/node/857444 this module is dependent on the alpha version of the jQuery Update module. With a little CSS, View Slideshow (which has a much larger user base and therefore likely to be better supported) could also be used.
For the menu look into menu_minipanels, gigamenu, megamenu. (I haven't personally tested any of these. If anyone has I'd love to hear your feedback.)
3.slider and jcarousel are 2 modules to consider for this feature.
Thank you so much Dean. I
Thank you so much Dean. I appreciate the pointers. I'll check them out : )