Recently the Irish Drupal community helped three Irish non-profits as part of a Drupal n'Go challenge. It was a great weekend and at the end of the event, we had three fantastic new websites. You can read more about the event at Drupal community hits Galway and helps three Irish charities.
For those of you who are interested in how the sites were constructed, I've put together the following "site recipes".
Zikomo Ireland
About: Zikomo Ireland is a Galway-based registered charity group that is committed to fostering long-term self-sufficiency in southern Malawi. They work in partnership with rural communities to ensure that their projects have a lasting, positive impact on people's lives in one of the poorest regions in the world.
Site: http://www.zikomo.org
Theme: the theme was based on the contributed theme "drupify".
Modules:
- Blog:
- blog (core), dblog, comment
- Image gallery:
- views, cck, filefield, imagefield, imageapi, imagecache, imagefield, lightbox2, taxonomy, zikomo_custom (implements hook_term_path)
- Rich text editor:
- wysiwyg, imce, imce_wysiwyg, FCKeditor
- News letter:
- simplenews, mimemail
- Administration & miscellaneous:
- adminrole, admin_menu, backup_migrate, better_formats, contact (core), googleanalytics, mollom, pathauto, token
Rural Science Association
About: The Rural Science Association is a nascent professional organization which comprises of individuals from all parts of Ireland (generally residing in rural areas) who hold or are currently studying to obtain a formal qualification in the discipline of rural development.
Site: http://www.ruralsa.ie
Theme: the theme was based on the contributed theme "acquia marina".
Modules:
- Blog:
- blog (core), dblog, comment (core)
- News:
- views, story content type
- Constitution:
- book (core)
- Executive committee:
- cck, imagefield, views
- Job listing:
- cck, date, link, views
- Application form:
- webform
- Event calendar:
- cck, date, calendar, gmap, location, views
- Forum:
- forum (core), advanced_forum
- Image gallery:
- views, cck, filefield, imagefield, imageapi, imagecache, imagefield, lightbox2
- Podcasts:
- audio, getid3, views
- Video:
- cck, embedded media field (emfield), views
- News letter:
- simplenews
- User profiles:
- profile (core)
- Rich text editor:
- wysiwyg, imce, imce_wysiwyg, tinymce
- Administration & miscellaneous:
- admin_menu, contact (core), googleanalytics, mollom, pathauto, token
Shadowbox Theatre Company
About: Shadowbox Theatre work with both the elderly and groups of people living with mental health problems and intellectual disabilities through theatre.
Site: http://www.shadowboxireland.com
Notes: this site was built as part of a demonstration and some finishing touches are still needed.
Theme: contribute theme 'shallowgrunge' (may change)
Modules:
- News items:
- story content type
- Image gallery:
- views, cck, filefield, imagefield, imageapi, imagecache, lightbox2
- Rich text editor:
- wysiwyg, imce, imce_wysiwyg, tinymce
- Administration & miscellaneous:
- admin_menu, contact (core), googleanalytics, mollom, pathauto, token

Comments
Good Recipes for fast site development.
This is a good recipes for fast development of websites for newcommers to drupal.
Thanks for sharing.
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