Site Configuration Challenge: Corporate Un-Brochure

So what do I do for a small business website? I like to use the taxonomy system because it allows for growth. It's also easy for the user. Upon creating a page, the user can simply select a term from a drop down box and then, as if by magic, their article appears in a menu system!

News Page and Home Page: The default "node" is already designed as a news page. Leave it where it is. Create a page or story "with two paragraphs about your company and contact information" and promote it to the front page and sticky it there. News will then follow in an orderly fashion.

Contact Us: Use webform to create a form and stick the link in the primary links. Or wait for Drupal 4.7 and the site-wide contact form.

About Us: Create a static page and hide it. Forget about it. I don't care for these pages, but you could put it in the primary links if you wanted to.

Products/Services: This part should in no way be "a page". Create a taxonomy-based menu that splits essential elements of your products/services. Create several pages and select the related terms. Sticky the company's product/service description to the top of the appropriate lists. Then add articles: explaining the product/service, how some news affects the product/service, why your product/service is different, better, cooler, cheaper, etc.

The use of path is necessary. Some folks balk at "node/#" in the URL. Turn of "submitted by" for all nodes since this won't be relevant on a "static" website. Hide the user login block since it's not required either. I would enable the statistic module and the associated "most viewed" blocks. Throw in a poll to add "a little something" to the sidebar(s). I also recommend google sitemap , nodewords (the cvs rocks the house!) and emailpage.