Modules add extra functionality such as forums, shopping carts and contact pages to your site. There are hundreds of modules for Drupal so there is bound to be something for all your needs. Here is a list of modules recommended for any site:

Recommended modules

• SEO Checklist - A checklist to ensure your site is optimised for search engines
• Link Filter - Easily create links to other pages
• Meta Tags - Add meta data to your pages to improve SEO
• Page Title - Allow you to specifically change the title of the page in the generated HTML

You can download modules from the Drupal Modules site. Once you have downloaded them they need to be unpacked and uploaded into a specific folder on your server. Unpacking the module should create a folder containing all the module files. This folder should be uploadaded to either be the /modules folder or the /sites/all/modules folder. After uploading, go to Administer > Site Building > Modules. Scroll down and you will see the new module either in it's own section or just a new addition to an existing section. Check the enabled box and the module is now ready for use. Don't worry if you can't immediately see the module working on your site, it may need some configuration first or some other settings changed first.

To give you an idea of the configuration that is needed, here is how you would set up the Link Filter:

Drupal modules can be found at: http://drupal.org/project/Modules and easily by searching on the internet. So let's search Google: drupal linkfilter module

The second result down gives us Link Filter Drupal Module | A C Zoom. At the top of the page is the link to download the module. Once downloaded, unzip it and then upload the folder into either /sites/all/modules or /modules. For help on uploading go to FTP