The next thing that I would recommend configuring is Modules. Modules are what gives you specific functionality to your site, such as search, blogs, uploads, forums, etc.
To get to the Models section, go to Administer and then to Site Building.
For most people leaving the modules that are already checked enabled makes sense, although it may be useful to review them to see if you really need them enabled and to know what features you have activated.
Once that I recommend turning on (in addition to the ones already turned on) include:
- Path - This will allow you to change the URL to something other than the default URL. This is useful for making URLs that are easy to remember. It is also useful because having keywords in the URL do have an effect on your ranking on certain search engines.
- Upload - This allows you (as the Administrator) and anyone else you allow to upload and attach images and files to page in Drupal. This is a very nice feature, and saves you the time of using FTP to upload images & files to the server.
Some other ones you want to consider are:
- Blog - If you intend on writing a blog, either personal or corporate, then you will want to enable this module. Turning on this module does not make your whole website a blog, but it does turn on functionality for blogging.
- Ping - If you are going to turn on the Blog module, then you should also turn on this module. This module alerts other sites when your site has been updated. You should also turn this on if you plan on using "stories" in addition to pages.
- Book - This is a nice feature for content that you want organized like a book, with sections and a specific order to the pages. This Drupal Guide uses the Book module.
- Forum - If you want to add Drupal's forum functionality (forums are also known as a discussion boards), you would want to enable this module.
- Search - If you want to have a search functionality, then turn this on.
