General discussion

Hi everyone.

I have a small issue with the way the forums on the site work.

Firstly, I should point out that I have learned more in three days by starting a discussion topic that would generate feedback, than I learned in four weeks of using drupal and the handbooks. My issue is that, as a newbie, as soon as my feedback stops, my learning curve becomes alot steeper. The way that the forums are structured is not conducive to lots of replies or feedback. As soon as the topic grows to a certain size, and replies to many others' replies, people stop responding. It seems there is a direct connection between the organization of the topic and the interest level of the reader. Is there a way to organize these sorts of topics in a way that promotes a more collaborative learning enviornment?

This is just one idea... maybe it would be easier if readers were able to create sub-topics within the topic itself and then the titles or replies within the sub-topic along with teasers were displayed in a block next to the sub-topic, allowing the reader to navigate through a much shorter page. Also, clicking the "replies" in the subtopics could open the link in a new, smaller window so that the reader could quickly decern whether the info contained within was applicable to their question and navigate back to the corresponding topic. The subtopics could be contained in themed containers that made the titles "pop." Topics could also be cross-referenced with sub-topics from other topics.

Hi

I have recently upgraded to Drupal 4.5.3-4 on Debian Sarge and have found that all the links I had in my Collaborative book to pages within the book have broken. I had the links in the format of [page title | link text] and now rather than seeing the hyperlink to the page of that title I just see the actual link text. You can see what it looks like at http://www.ngogeeks.com

I have been unable to free up space. I have deleted lots of contents, set logs older than 1 week be deleted. From stats in plesk, it never decrease and keeps increasing. They say space stat in plesk in updated once in 24 hours. What must be wrong here? Any help please?

Suggestion for a future presentation of "Drupal" (the definition of the name)

The name Drupal is great because of many reasons:
- It's short
- Original
- Easy to remember
- Sounds great

But does Drupal stand for something? Does the word Drupal mean something?
Why is it called Drupal? How was the name "Drupal" born?

At contentwire a piece about CMS-es and the role of Drupal

Typo3 and eZpublish come to mind as commercial quality php/mysql systems. To a lesser degree you have Drupal and Mambo/Joomla. These systems are light years easier to use, but aren't as sophisticated as Typo3 or eZpublish. For your typical user who wants a website, but doesn't want to deal with html, there are many options to choose from. Most of the better offerings can be found at opensourceCMS.com.

I am new to drupal.
I got a problem here.
Is it possible that an user can specify the new post blog can be viewed by other users or not?

Or is it possible that an user can specify the user IDs who can or can't view the blog contents he post?

thx a lot.