I was thinking about the recent post on the expanded capabilities of the import.module in CVS. I believe, and tell me if I'm wrong, these changes will allow Drupal to act as a blog hub, a central node in a blogging community operating quite differently from current community weblogs. It may be that the developers have imagined this already, but I've written an extensive description with some analysis that could be informative. If I'm right, there are many potential advantages:

I have created a module which integrates the Ekit HTML editor (see http://www.hexidec.com/ekit.php) into Drupal. Ekit itself is a Java applet which will be loaded on demand for every textarea in the Drupal administration area.

Can anyone tell me if there is a release schedule for the upcoming CVS HEAD branch? I've poked around in the forums but couldn't find anything. It appears that this site uses something later the 4.1. How stable is this release?

Thanks,
Joe Cotellese
www.clearstatic.org

Now, I have stopped counting how many instance of Drupal I've installed! It must be well over 2 dozen in the last year. I love Drupal but the installation process is not easy and is repetitive.

But now, worries are gone with drupal_loader.php! Put it where you want your Drupal to be! Access it! Feed it with your database username & password! Start drupalling!

steph_at_alternatives.ca made it that easy. I think he needs feedback on the script! Thank you Steph!

I just posted this to my drupal site and thought someone might be interested in this particular way of using RSS to push content from one drupal site to another:

"One of the advantages of RSS is that you can pull content. But with Drupal's taxonomy_dhtml and syndication add-on modules, it's possible to push it the other way.

So that Terra and I can do some collaborative writing, I setup a new taxonomy on my Drupal site called friends (remember to select "types" and set to "multiple select") with a term "Terra." I then posted a blog test with "Terra" selected.

Next, I did the same on Terra's site, except I made a friends term "Charlie" and posted a test blog .

The trick is to then configure RSS. Using the advanced syndication features, I created a news feed on Terra's site which pulls from category term "Terra" on my site and one on mine which pulls from "Charlie" on hers, both with terms "myfriends."

Next, create bundles on each for my friends. Install the block for each bundle. Now, when Terra or I want to share a blog or story post, we merely tag it from our friends category and it shows up as a link on the front page on the other's site once RSS is updated.