---
title: "Austin Smith on Observer.com modules"
url: "/podcasts/drupal-voices/austin-smith-on-observercom-modules"
type: episode
date: 2009-05-14
updated: 2014-04-09
---

# Austin Smith on Observer.com modules

#  Austin Smith on Observer.com modules 

  

*Podcast episode player*

[Austin Smith](http://www.netaustin.net/writings) (now with the Economist) takes us on a tour of some of the modules used on the [New York Observer](https://observer.com/) newspaper site. He talks specifically about some of the configurations of Views & CCK that make up their editorial workflow, workarounds and updates on the [Observer case study](http://drupal.org/nyobserver) that was written up for their initial Drupal 5 launch.

**Modules mentioned**

- [primary term](http://drupal.org/project/primary_term) module
- [token](http://drupal.org/project/token)
- [pathauto](http://drupal.org/project/pathauto)
- [memcache](http://drupal.org/project/memcache)
- [views](http://drupal.org/project/views)
- [cck](http://drupal.org/project/cck) & userreference
- [twistage](http://drupal.org/project/twistage) CDN integration
- [imagefield](http://drupal.org/project/imagefield) + a custom theming template preprocess hook for displaying with a jQuery carousel
- [apachesolr](http://drupal.org/project/apachesolr) and how the [project module](http://drupal.org/project/project) uses it
- [mollom](http://drupal.org/project/mollom)
- [comment\_login](http://drupal.org/project/comment_login)

**For more information:**  
[New York Observer Site Dissection](http://www.doitwithdrupal.com/sessions/site-dissection-new-york-observer) at Do It With Drupal (*registration required*)

[Download](https://www.lullabot.com/audio/download/542/DrupalVoices032.mp3)