Hi there-
I'd love to get some opinions on this -- I've started playing around with Drupal this weekend with the idea of using it on some new sites I'm building but I think I may be over my head.
I'm much more of a web graphic designer than a programmer or webmaster - I tend to think in terms of pages rather than databases. I recently set up a tikiwiki/cms groupware site but it did not come naturally to me at all. I've barely gotten my first test install of Drupal completed on my own site, and now need to go learn how to set up a cron script.
My dilemma: I've got two sites for small businesses that I'm going to be working on over the next month. They're each both going to be about 20 pages or smaller, contain info about the companies' products, services, specials etc. Something like this site in terms of content: http://www.ultimatetoday.com. Each client wants to be able to update one or two pages on his site on a regular basis to list sales and specials. For now there's not going to be any e-commerce, forums, social networking aspect or anything like that. I don't have a lot of time to work on the projects and I'm trying not to charge them very much for the work.

Hi all,
I came across Drupal only a few weeks ago, and I have looked at some documentations and modules, and I think I need some help from you all. What I would like to know is if drupal is a suitable choice for a site such as this: http://www.vouchermate DOT co DOT nz ?
1) It has JS for bookmarking of the vouchers and it offers the ability to check out those vouchers for printing, something like a shopping cart feature, but for vouchers.
2) For their clients/businesses, they have the ability to create those vouchers using only their browser, and the graphics for the voucher are uploaded by the businesses themselves which are resized/optimized.

Hi
I am just working on a site where I need a language switcher. Unfortunately can I not use the nice languageicons module because they put the icons in a list under each other. On this side is the switcher going up into the header so there is not that much vertical space.
I need just the flags to be next to each other. Could someone point me in the direction how I can modify the languageicons. Or is there already a module to switch languages which does not take up so much space.
Thanks

I want to set up a blog for a friend. He doesn't want to pay so much money for a shared hosting account, so he is going to get some of this cheap shared hosting packages, where there are many other ppl. at the very same server.
Before I knew that, I'd have chose Drupal for him (I like it and because I'm "into it" atm).
But now I'm a little bit afraid, that Drupal would require too much hardware power for his shared hosting package (he does not yet have it, so I can't test).
I share my shared server with 49 other people - Drupal works great (although I feel it is much slower than Wordpress or s9y, for example - I really "feel", that pages are loading - but it's not too bad, so I can live with it).
He will probably share it with 99 other ppl (99 in best case, more likely more than that)

I am still working on researching how Drupal works. I've read several tutorials but none of them seem to touch on this subject and i want to sort of have a handle on it before I get started. I have looked at several templates which have one or two navigation bars plus a side column navigation.
* Which items are shown in each type of menu
* If I create a new content type (lets call it "Minutes") will there be a "Minutes" menu item and where will that appear?
* Does the admin allow me to set which items appear in which menu?
Thank you for your help. Hopefully I will have enough research under my belt soon to keep me from pestering the forums too much as I install.

Howdy All
Aggregation more like aggrevation or maybe i am trying to do something way to advanced for my level of knowledge. Highly likely. Anyway if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated.
Put simply i am experimenting with Drupal to aggregate content from several different feeds/sources including media sites such as YouTube into one page per category.
From a Users's perspective:
Click on a category - e.g. Basketball;
Basketball Summary Page shown (contains extra info and a summary of the feed items);
Click feed item;
Shows feed item content.

Hi, I know that the presentation layer is separated from funcionality, but what's the best approach to develop a website in Drupal as fast and efficiently as possible? Should I first create the look of my website, or add and configure the modules first?
Thank's for any response.

Is Drupal a lot easier then Joomla and can it do everything Joomla can do? Not sure why I ask but I have no idea how to use Joomla properly, as far as I got was knowing how to change the theme lol.
Is Drupal more easier then Joomla cause I spent a lot of time trying to learn how to use it (took me months).
All I wanted to do is do content management for the client to update their own website, also online transaction, shopping cart, paypal and whatever there is to know about e-commerce.
Thanks heaps in advance
CHEERS :)

Hi all,
I just discovered Drupal recently having spent the past three years developing websites with Joomla (i wish i discovered Drupal first) so i'm a stark newbie here. I got a client who wants a website similar in functionality with this website: http://www.fxpro.com
Was this site developed with Drupal?
Can i develop it with Drupal?
If yes, what modules do i need to use and what learning path do i take to be able to master drupal website development?
I also have a little fear about availability of exotic themes (or templates like we call it in joomla). I need to know where to get high quality (commercial) drupal themes, or better still if any subscription-based themes club exist.

Hello Drupal Experts,
As I understand it, to add content, you need to embed your html/php within the drupal database for a page/story. Except for the case where you develop a module.
So I was wondering if you can specify that a node take content from a php file and display it. Therefore instead of embeding your content within a page, you would specify an external source to use to display the data. It would be applicable for the main content.
Also in your experience is it easier to develop a module than to do straight html/php, in cases where your developing content that wouldn't be reusable.

I tried posting this as a bug issue for the Ability theme but responses there are excruciatingly slow. I'm hoping someone in ths forum can give me an idea how to fix this problem:

• Whenever I try to replace my front page with anything else, such as a panel (Panels 2) or a simple Drupal page, the page displays completely unstyled. The header image is gone, the primary links are a simple vertical list, there are no colors for the sidebars, etc.
• Some (but not all) administrative pages are also displayed unstyled. Administer > Views is one among many. While the features of these pages remain usable, the change is really disconcerting to the naive user.

I have a site that isn't blog-oriented, so the default Drupal front page just doesn't work for me. I also have several, not-very-computer-friendly folks who need to administer select portions of a rather complex site. That's why I chose a content management system, and Drupal has the fantastic ability to provide that functionality. (I greatly suspect that I'm not alone in those needs.) The Ability theme is fantastic in its ability to provide a huge number of options in a fluid-width format. I really hope someone can point me in the right direction on using this theme.

Hi. I want a module for the following purpose.
People should get a personal page like on twitter when they join up.say if my website is www.example.com and their user name is test then they must get a page www.example.com/test
People should be able to update articles pics videos only on their page test. They should not be able to create any other pages.
My website will have different companies listed. Only people who pay a fixed price can download a company profile (The profile of the user/ company in full including any contact details)
Contact details must be hidden for free users.

I want to create a website similar to this
http://animea.net/
It's basically an anime streaming website where users are able to submit their own links and videos from veoh, youtube, megavideo, etc.
Any recommendation is appreciated!

Hi all.
As a noob to Drupal the forums seem the right place for me to start out...
I am a PHP developer, having good knowledge of HTML/CSS/Javascript/Ajax, working on a Gaming/SN Portal and am contemplating on using Drupal as a base for the same.
I'll be providing my requirements and would be grateful if any one could guide me as to how I could go about accomplishing them using Drupal.
The portal would be a Casual Gaming portal with elements of Social Networking in it.
The games would be categorized according to genres such as Action/Arcade/Racing etc.
Users could register and have their scores persisted over time, take part in Challenges/Tournaments, display their scores/badges etc.

I want to setup a full featured forum like phpbb to work with durpal, but I was wondering how closely integrated the two are? Is there something to allow them to share logins and to allow drupal to completely wrap around the forum as opposed to making the drupal theme match the forum theme? Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Diego M.

Hi,
I am looking to get a used apple notebook in the next few days. I have never owned one. I have always had towers - currently G5 Dual 2.5 GHz, 2.5 GB DDR SDRAM. What would one recommend as a starting point for an inexpensive model right now so that I can build a new D6 site with some mobility.
I guess my basic needs are to run the latest MAMP (requires 10.4 or higher)
Any thoughts?

Hi,
Sorry the bad English.
I have tried Drupal and i have to say is very, very good, lot of possibilities but i have a big problem.
I´m a Webdesigner and drupal is not built for webdesigners... i have lot´s of difficulty with the themes engine and all around, to you (programmers) it´s easy but to me is not. I will explain.
I have found this software CMS Builder http://www.interactivetools.com/products/cmsbuilder/ and i love it but i found that it didn't have members section.
I´m not comparing software´s, what i what you to se is the part of the cod. Se the video here and you will underhand http://www.interactivetools.com/products/cmsbuilder/video.html

I've used Drupal for a while now and am currently using it to build a site for our company. We are a retailer with several locations. Our point of sale system is quite robust, every transaction that happens in one of our stores is saved to our database of course and one of the fields that we ask for when adding a new customer is 'email'.
Is it possible when a new entry is made or updated in our point of sale database with an email address that Drupal takes the first, last, and email and auto creates a user and also sends out an email thanking them for their purchase and letting them know their account has been set up?

Hello,
On another thread I was advised to clear the sessions table - how do I do this?
Do I need phpMyAdmin? or can I do it using the drupal admin interface...
Cheers,
N

Hello,
I've just turned on the auto update notifier and I'm told I need to update to v6.8 of the Drupal Core...
Never done this before but downloading and reading the UPGRAGE.txt gives me a nice step by step guide.
I've got two questions though...
1). Do I need to install 6.7 first, before 6.8 or is 6.8 a cumulative update?
2). Step #5. Disable all custom and contributed modules. - This is a bit crazy isn't it, luckily for me I've only got about 10 modules and I've not used them yet but I can imagine this being a nightmare with a mature website with interlinking modules that need to be activated before certain other modules.