General discussion

Helo,
I can create new content types using the Flexinode module. I can add simple data fields (with an element like textbox, textarea, etc). But I want to use another content type as a data field. Is there anyway to do this or any modules that support this type of complex nested content types? I would be very thankful if someone could help me on this.

I just saw this:
http://www.ning.com/

Marc Andreessens new pet project.

How much of this could be Drupal?
Is it interesting?

Which file can I remove after the install of drupal?
I ask you this question...
I think that /database, /scripts, update.php can remove for better security... or not?
What do you suggest?
Thanks.

I see via Planet Drupal that Neil Drumm has left CivicSpace without elaboration on why. I sense perhaps something is amiss. As I write this, the CS site itself seems to be ... missing. The path is redirecting to "home" well, but with no content. The favicon seems to be the only thing left at the moment. I guess I'm a bit concerned.

I'm not looking for "dirt" or anything. Just wondering if anyone knows what's happening.

Now that I have your attention, it is important to note what drew you to this thread. First of all, you're more than likely frustrated with trying to find the information you've been looking for. Second of all, the title of the thread really means nothing, and more times that not has very little to do with the ensuing content of the rest of the thread. (I could have put "Free Hotdogs!" and it probably would have drawn the same number of people).

I've been struggling with Drupal for just over a week now, and before you think that I'm flaming Drupal, I AM NOT! I'm extremely impressed with the concept, functionality, and the simplicity of Drupal. I'm in the middle of developing some new modules for myself (and hopefully for the community). I've answered a few questions to the best of my meager abilities with Drupal. I'm trying to participate as much as I can. I want Drupal to be better. That's the bottom line.

Now, the cause of 95% of the problems people are having with Drupal has nothing to do with Drupal itself. Instead it has to do with that little box in the upper right hand corner of Drupal.org, with the ambiguously named button "Search".

Hi,
I just wanted to post my viewpoints (again). I've done it randomly in a couple of places, but I thought I'd post it here in agregrate. First, I want to say Drupal has been very fun to work with, and I really like the concept.

Now, on to my complaints...

As cool as the open source community is, it's still kind of hard for a newbie like myself to navigate. It's very obvious from looking at the site and the content that this is a site written, desgined by and for insiders. Not that that is easy to avoid, in any case. I came to Drupal by the suggestion of a friend's friend. I have little knowledge of programming besides what I learned nearly 10 years ago when was, at one point, a CS major in college and the little HTML / ASP / XML I've picked up over the years. I consider myself rather computer & web savy. I quickly found the file to download / install. During the install, I found out I needed a database. Went to MySQL - mucked around there for a while. Contacted my webservice provider to get MySQL service, asked them for advice on random issues, and finally, finally got Drupal installed. That was very exciting. After I got it installed, it was a fast process to start downloading, installing modules, and start customizing everything (via the options in admin). This was all done around day 2.

When I ran into snags, my first instinct was the Handbook. I posted a couple of questions there in the appropriate handbook sectiosn, but they never got touched. Next step was searched the forums. But, as many of you are aware, that's not always helpful - since it seems the majority of posts I dug up were older than the current version. I posted a couple of questions in random sections, that I thought were relevant, but I guess were not b/c they, again, never got answered. Then, I figured out that "view pending bug reports" and "view pending feature requests" were under the modules. That was a big step in the right direction. I eventually learned how to use the forums correctly. I started really reading the forums for information, and most of my how to knowledge came from reading someone else's post on a different random subject. They linked to nodes which linked to nodes which... eventually got me the knowledge I need for some problem. Now, I just found out about the module developer's guide and Theme developer's guide.