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hey! exciting times! i've recently aquired some new php and mySQL skills want to attempt creating my first customized drupal site! i'm hoping i can get some feedback on what i plan to do, before i do it!

i plan to use the drupal 5 release candidate, initially creating the site in subdomain of my site.
short-term and immediately, the site will be brochure-ware site with a blog and image-gallery/portfolio.
near and/or mid term goal would be to add a shopping cart to the site.

long term.. well, i havent gotten there yet.
after setting up the basic short-term functionality and testing, i plan to do some very extensive theming.

next more testing, and once i'm happy i'd like to move the site from the subdomain and roll it out as the newest version of my actual website. however, i'm not sure how to do that. the moving from the subdomain part, that is.. i'm sure there are instructions here on how to do it, but i dont even know what its called to search for?

also, (obviously) i'd eventually like to upgrade to the official drupal 5 release. will this upgrade be difficult? (heh.. and yeah i know "difficult" is a relative term)

I'm helping plan a new website for a non-profit I'm affiliated with. I'm not totally sure what CMS's are capable of, so I'm at a loss as whether or not Drupal can do what we need, and I'm not a programmer. I'm only familiar some with the ancient Spectra CMS from Allaire. I've read a lot on this site, but I'm still not sure.

This is all of what we really need it to do for us:

1. Dynamic site content -- Have all front-end website content database stored and dynamically displayed.
2. Remote content editing -- Have each page editable remotely using a WYSIWYG editor after logging in. Spectra would allow for a key command (Ctrl key + click of site logo) to bring up a login for a website "edit mode", where content could be updated through the front-end. Is this possible?
3. Workflows -- A system so that website edits can be passed by others for review before going live. Ideally with the flexibility to define the steps for each workflow, controlling what the steps are and the users assigned to each. Keeping track of revisions would be nice but is not necessary.

I am starting a hosting/web design firm and want to be able to provide the following benefits to my clients, in addition to the features that drupal is well-known for.

Hi all. We're currently looking to redevelop our website and will be installing a CMS for future ease of use. We haven't had one before so this is all new territory. Basically I'd just like your opinion on whether Drupal is up to the task.

Our website offers a subscription based online magazine, and some of the things we will need from a CMS are:

I am running a 4.7.5 drupal site on php 4.3.1 .
Requirements for drupal say -
Drupal 4.7 and above require PHP version 4.3.3+ (PHP 5.2 requires Drupal 4.7.5 or 5.0). We recommend using the latest version of PHP 4.x. or 5.x for security and future compatibility.

What problems might I encounter ? Everything seems to be working away happily , so before I seek a host that uses latest php , I'd like to know if there is urgency in doing so ?

Thanks
Kate

Hi

Is there any solution, maybe code change or some editor which can input special letters into my website. Because as I know, drupal is not supporting them, well some of them.

Like š, ž are supported but not:

č,ć,đ

Is there a fix for this???