Drupal 6.x

Hi,

I have been evaluating various mailing list modules and searching for a mail-list solution in Drupal that does more-or-less the following:

* The list basically mimics mailman functionality entirely within Drupal.
* New users register with the (Drupal) site and elect to join the mailing list.
* Any new message sent to the mailing list (via email) is intercepted by the module and is published as a new node on the site.
* Any reply to an existing topic on the mailing list (via email) is intercepted by the module and is published as a comment to the appropiate existing node.
* Any new node (depending upon taxonomy item or possibly node type) is sent to the mailing list.
* Any new comment to an existing node is sent to the mailing list.
* Users subscribe / unsubscribe to the mailing list similar to the existing Drupal mailing list implementations.
* Ideally there should be a type of selection matrix (similar to access control - /admin/user/access) that allows control over the various node and comment options that are published to the mailing list.
* In due course multiple mailing lists may be required, but for now a single mailing list per site would suffice.
* In order to keep the performance level of the server within acceptable levels, the number of emails sent per hour must be configurable ie 200 mails per hour.

I'm trying to create a branch for the 6.x version of a module I'm updating to 6. I'd like to know how to do that from the Eclipse IDE. There is a "Branch" option in "Team", but that only seems to tag, if I look at the cvs output (and automatically adds the module name to the tag, making the Pre-tag check fail). Any ideas?

Thx, F.J.

Hi,
I have created taxonomies and vocabularies and sorted my content in them, but i need php snippets which will automatically create the a navigation list in the sidebar, much like the Taxonomy_menu module.
Unfortunately I installed drupal 6-x and cant use the taxonomy_menu module.
Any sniplets/ module conversion guides will be welcome.

ps: i don't mind digging my fingers into a little PHP :)

I am curious as to what is entailed in the development of a Drupal theme compared to designing a CSS/HTML skin for another type of site.

Is there additional features to a Drupal theme that you wouldn't find in another type of layout for a non-drupal site?

Any additional skillsets necessary up and above CSS, HTML and PHP in order to successfully design a theme?

Any help would be mucho appreciated.

Kind regards,

Sam

I can't seem to find a way, either within Drupal or via a module, with which to alert the administrator of the site by email when a new user registers.

Any ideas?

I am trying to install drupal 6 Beta in the shared host. I am stuck after the input of database info. I decompressed in the root directory where I would love to specify one URL as base_url. It finally stucks with an error message:

Warning: fopen(): Unable to access ./sites/default/default.settings.php in /var/www/html/includes/install.inc on line 180

Warning: fopen(./sites/default/default.settings.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /var/www/html/includes/install.inc on line 180