By confusi0n on

Hi. I'm looking to setup a blogging community for an art group that i am a member of. They already have a forum, but i'd like (on a seperate site) to offer users their own blog (with categories), and their own gallery where they can upload and 'host' their images for free.

Could i do this with drupal? I've examined b2evolution and wordpress MU, but neither of them offer the gallery hosting solution that i'm after. I'd really like to get on with setting the site up, so if anyone can elaborate on this i'd really appreciate it.

Thanks,

John

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Fusion_Sushi commented

But not without a lot of custom PHP work. Doing it is one thing, doing it just the way you want it is another.
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confusi0n commented

Ah ic... I'm realtively new to php. I think with some custom php work i can have wordpress working with gallery 2, as in the WPG2 plugin, but in a multiuser environment. I'm curious as to what you personally think would be the better option. A complete site design with drupal, or trying to fudge wordpress and gallery 2 together. Scalability isn't really an issue because i'm only expecting around 50 users.

Cheers for the reply,

John

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kiz_0987 commented

Gallery2 can be embedded in Drupal (see http://drupal.org/project/gallery) which will provide some of the features that you are looking for. It works well with multiple users.

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reggie75 commented

drupal's modules are really wonderful, and most really work out of the box.

in my opinion you should be able to get a blog and gallery for your users without any coding.

that and much much more .. ratings, events, invitations, groups, the list is endless ..

however, if you want some very *specific functionality* tailored uniquely to your needs, obviously that would require code changes. i dont think you would though, atleast not to start with.

i would recommend taking a look at the drupal showcase to see the sites others have come up with using drupal.

thanks,
rajesh

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confusi0n commented

Thanks a lot for the reply. I think having read it i'll try drupal and see how it is for me. I know i should read the docs, and i will, but is it exceedingly difficult to setup? I have vast amounts of linux experience, and some apache/mysql admin experience, but nothing much with regards to web design and php.

Cheers

John

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Your experience will serve you well for getting it up and running. The web design and PHP come into play when you try and customize it and make it pretty. But you can make a pretty decent site with minimal knowledge if you're willing to take the time to experiment and learn.

Gallery 2 is pretty easy to use and works well with Drupal as mentioned above.

Michelle

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confusi0n commented

This looks absolutely awesome so far... everything just works out of the box, leaving me to decide how to present it.

Thanks a lot guys, just what i'm looking for.

John