I am a designer and my client wants a site that has the following features

- search capabilities
- user forum
- the abiltity to add new product pages and set theri order with the sites nav
- the site has 4 product catagories, each of these should have different looks to reflect the product and the CMS should have the ability to create these.
- Have the site be expandable in the future with new top level nav as well as new products.

I have LIMITED experience with Drupal and my company would be willing to get a developer, but I want to know it is the right choice before I present it. I have looked around at the sample sites, and I think Drupal is the way to go, just want to be 100% sure.

If you have any feedback, please feel free to email me

phil at decdesign dot com

or
AIM - tribalcross

thanks.

phil.

p

Comments

styro’s picture

- search capabilities

Yes.

- user forum

Yes.

- the abiltity to add new product pages and set theri order with the sites nav

Yes. Many different ways of doing that.

- the site has 4 product catagories, each of these should have different looks to reflect the product and the CMS should have the ability to create these.

Yes. The taxonomy_theme module is one way that springs to mind.

- Have the site be expandable in the future with new top level nav as well as new products.

Yes.

I have LIMITED experience with Drupal and my company would be willing to get a developer, but I want to know it is the right choice before I present it. I have looked around at the sample sites, and I think Drupal is the way to go, just want to be 100% sure.

Nothing in your requirements sounds like it needs a developer.

If possible I would evaluate Drupal first before committing to it. I wouldn't like the pressure of learning a new system with a paying customer breathing down my neck :)

The upside though is that once you've learnt Drupal, cranking out new sites for customers should be very quick.

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Anton

morphir’s picture

phil23’s picture

Thank you!