Drupal 7.x

hey,

how do i make a group of users so i could give them special permissions?
for example only group 1 can read and see stories in the term "term1", and no other user can see or read those stories?
could you please help me step by step because im rly new to drupal, plz

thank you

Hi,

I'm updating my own module from drupal 6 to drupal 7, and so I've downloaded the drupal-7.0-alpha2.tar.gz file and tried to install it. Before even trying out my module, on one of the very first screens (after unpacking drupal and setting up the requested folders in the 'sites' directory) I get this error:

Hi, I'm wondering if it is possible to make a menu in Drupal like this:
Link1
Link2
Link3
Link4

Just plain text, no fancy effect, no nothing.
And when people click at a link, lets say Link3, another "box" of links get added to the right, like this:
Link1 Link3-1
Link2 Link3-2
Link3 Link3-3
Link4

Can someone help me out?

The company I work for has some pretty heft security requirements, so I'd like to do some research before I propose Drupal as an option for one of our sites.

Site Info: Basically, it would be an informational website where we would edit/add/remove content from time to time. From a user prospective, we just want folks to be able to peruse and view the info, we do not want them to be able to log in or anything.

Setup: I have an existing webserver (Linux) and DB (MySQL) already hosting two other sites. This new one would go on the same server and use the same MySQL.

Here's where it gets tough...

Install: I have to have the CMS installed in two locations (pointing to the same DB). One location will be internal and the other would be the location that has external access. Any changes to content, etc have to be made from the internal location with the external location picking up the updates from the DB. Since the external talks to an internal DB, they've given me a very strict requirement: no admin access for external.

Basically, for external users, they don't want the admin aspect to even exist or be available. Blocking access (i.e. strong passwords, .htaccess have been proposed and nixed).

hey,

how can i make categories for my contents?
i want 2 categories that each have many subcategories!
for example
ivc
*teacher 1
*teacher 2
*teacher 3

OCC
*teacher 1
*teacher 2
*teacher 3

Does anyone know of information related to integrating Drupal into a membership management system?

A little background:

We are building an internal social networking site using Drupal as our base system. What we need is a membership management system that can manage the various groups/members - Drupal, no brainer there.