By dreborn on

So I want to create a somewhat simple idea (in concept) where users (and myself) can pose a question and then other users can answer the question. Kind of like a site full of polls. I suppose. The last kinda twist would be that users could vote for questions that they think are the best so then users would get rated based on how well their questions were voted.

hope that makes sense

anyways, I have no idea where to start but I thought I would start at Drupal.

Lastly, if drupal would work, should I go with ver 7?

thanks!

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ask4prasath’s picture

ask4prasath commented

You can use vote up down modules for all your nodes

markconroy’s picture

markconroy commented

Don't go with Drupal 7 (yet), it is still in testing mode. DRupal 6.16 is the latest stable release.

You could use the forum module to do most of what you want to do. This comes with Drupal.

You should also get the Fviestar module so that people can vote on each post and use the Vote UP Vote DOWN module so that they are organised according to votes (as the person above suggested).

You might also need to use CCK and Views to get things displayed properly in blocks for you.

I hope that helps a bit.

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dreborn commented

thanks!

so this seems like a solid fit, good!

now to find where to host the site....

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markconroy commented

I've used a few different hosts, but have now settled on BlueHost.com, after doing quite a bit of research about them on these and other forums. So far, I've been very happy with them.

Here's a link to them (using my affiliate program link, which I've only set up today). If you use this link, I'll get a few dollars back in my account.

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vsr commented

http://engineeredweb.com/blog/09/11/building-stack-overflow-clone-drupal...

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dreborn commented

interesting...gonna check this out, thanks

WorldFallz’s picture

WorldFallz commented

Please don't post duplicate threads. I've deleted the dupe, thanks.

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dreborn commented

my bad, was trying to put it in the right thread since i already created the site/post install.

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dreborn commented

main issue is getting a clean, good looking way for users to add a question and to KNOW how to add a question. with forum and poll, they have to go up to the top left navigation, create content, etc. how can i make it more elegant/slick?

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markconroy commented

You can put links anywhere, in any menu, or as a clickable image, with the link going to yourdomain.com/node/add/poll or yourdomain.com/node/add/forum (etc.).

I usually make the navigation menu only viewable to registered users.

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dreborn commented

so i've been tweaking the site a bit (www.ChoiceBattle.com) but I'm just trying to clean it up a bit, especially for people to create their own choice battle's.

Basically, i want people to register smoothly, then once logged in, click a big link saying "Submit/Create Choice Battle" which takes them to a very simple poll creation. Title and then two slots for the choices and a submit button. Finally I want them to be taken back to the home page to see their new posted choice battle. I tried to mess with triggers to take them to the home page after a new poll was created but it logged users out for some reason.

not sure! I'm close, though thanks to all the help i received on this forum.

thanks!

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dreborn commented

bump

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E3 commented

hi all, question for you, I am looking for a good photo gallery module that I can use. anyone have any suggestions?

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markconroy commented

Tries Views Gallery (or else start a new thread, as this isn't really related to this thread).

http://drupal.org/project/views_gallery

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chipcleary commented

It enables users to ask questions and others to answer them, with voting on answers. Answers with more votes are listed first.

See drupal.org/project/answers .