Drupal 7.x

i have setup a BLOCK which displays comments, and i need to add a link to add comments to the node.

however, when i browse:
views --> specific view --> add fields, Content: Add comment link,

all it does is provide me with TEXT saying "Add Comment:"

please help!

I am trying to add a few JQuery UI widgets, so that my content authors don't need to put drupal_add_library on their pages (and can avoid PHP text format altogether).

I read http://drupal.org/node/171213 page, but it deals with theming. I would prefer to have these widgets even if somebody changes the theme. Is there a good place to add JQuery libraries independently of the theme?

Thanks

I have a link called in a view which displays the title of a Node. However, the node title is very long, and it creates an unaesthetic visual sense when displayed.

How can i trim the link being displayed into X amount of characters?

Hi. I've always just made my niche sites in plain HTML and CSS using no databases or CMS, just static code. I've decided that I should get used to working with a CMS, especially considering I'm going to be making a site for a family friend and I'd like to make it easy to maintain for them so I don't have to.

Anyways, I'm lost on making themes. Currently I have a little template made with basic HTML and CSS: http://i.imgur.com/kzwBy.png

How do I go about converting this into a template for the Drupal CMS?

I am working on editing the tabs on user profiles. I want to be able to see some basic tabs on all profiles (personal profiles and other user profiles). All the tabs would have the same names but would serve a different function depending on whether it was the user's personal profile or another user's profile.

For example:

My personal profile would display these tabs: PROFILE | EDIT | MESSAGES | CONNECTIONS

PROFILE (changed string name from VIEW) would be the profile information

MESSAGES would be all my messages through the Privatemsg module

CONNECTIONS (changed string name from RELATIONSHIPS) would be all my relationships through User Relationships module

Now on a user profile, seen by any other user, would show the same tabs (obviously w/o edit): PROFILE | MESSAGES | CONNECTIONS

PROFILE would be the user's profile information

MESSAGES would allow for either a link to send the user a message or a "compose message" field

CONNECTIONS would show the user's "connections" and mutual connections (not entirely necessary)

I have a drupal 7 website created and have free users and paid users. Paying users pay monthly and would like to have it automatically taken out every month from whichever payment type they use (paypal, m/c, visa Amex, bank account etc). Would also like to offer coupon codes or other offers for signup discounts or special promotions.

Can anyone suggest the best module and easiest to use to handle this. I am not a coder so would like the easiest to manage. Are there any alternate routes to go, so I don't have to manage any of the verifications or transactions etc.