Drupal is now considered as the most popular and feature-rich open source content management system. Today maximum number of websites are developed using Drupal development platform than its closest competitors.
The major benefit of using Drupal is the capability of the platform to build highly flexible and scalable websites pretty easily and that is the reason today most of the web developers are opting for Drupal platform to work on bigger and complex projects.
Drupal eCommerce developer has very easy job in developing complex websites because the modules or Add-ons are very simple to install and use. In this article we will discuss about some simple yet effective add-ons that is helping in building robust online portals.
Backup and Migrate
If you are a web developer, then you will be very familiar with the term backup and migrate. You would also know the amount of stress required to complete the process without any mistakes. However, backup is vital for any website so that it can be restored if some technical problem occurs.
The whole tedious process is now made very simple by using Backup and Migrate extension. It has now become one of the most favorite modules of Drupal for drupal website designing companies. It is giving the liberty to schedule the backup of your online portal as per your convenience.
Context
There was a time when the whole website was presented in a uniform way and today also it is considered as a professional way. However, there are many scenarios when certain pages need to look more attractive and different than normal pages.
In earlier versions this was accomplished by setting the theme for every special page, but now it can be easily done through context extensions. These extensions are very much useful when psd to drupal theme conversion process is used to design the website.
Media
Embedding media files in your online portal is definitely a game changer because it is the best way to keep your visitor engaged on your website. Earlier handling media files in drupal website were not easy but with the release of Media extension, it has become very easy job for the developers.
Moreover, inclusion of media files had very negative effect on the speed of the website but with this new extension there is no effect on the performance of the website.
Views
Every site owner wants to display lists in a unique and attractive way, but in this category Drupal had limits. If you want to customize the way list are displayed then you need to alter complete content. However, the release of view extension has broken this limit and now you can easily customize the way you want to display list on your online portal.
It is a kind of intelligent query builder that can fetch and display any kind of list let it be articles or posts or any other contents. 
Angela
