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Drupal for website with large member database

Hello everyone, this is my first post in Drupal forum :).
I've known Drupal since several years ago and i've tried it several time but i didn't have time to know it better.

I'm currenty tryin to build website for one of my clients. And i'm thinking to use Drupal for this project (usually for CMS-based website i always use Joomla). So before i start building this website, there are several question that i would like to ask to all Drupal Guru in this forum.

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Hello all,

The aim of the website is to be a simple one explaining what the company does. But a login system is required for clients who wish to obtain particular information from us. So for example, the client might log in, click a request information button, fill in some text fields and tick a selection of check boxes that are relevant. This then needs to be saved in a database and email our company a copy of it.

We need a login system for ourselves to obtain this information via the website, and respond to it by attaching a PDF document or something similar.

can Drupas be something for my site

Hello,

I have now a Joomla based site but i can't make it as i want to,

What i want is this site with a gallery like this one :
http://angel.regioportals.nl/tctubantia/tc/fotoalbums/stroomstoringhaaks...

Can this be done in Drupal.
The Joomla site can be found art : www.tamarawobben.nl

Regards,

Roelof

Multiple Sites

Hi All

I want to use Drupal for a multiple site install something like wordpress.com except that Wordpress is simply blogging software!

I need to build a site for a local wildlife group including galleries, blogs, news etc and some wildlife recording data. However, we want to create a site that is available for other wildlife groups. i.e. They can come along register an account and get site templates and modules and the recording data.

Question on no-menu'd Front Page driven site.. any advice? Take a peek! :)

I've had an idea that I've been trying to flesh out and finally have a fairly firm grasp on what I want and what I know I can do with Drupal. What I'm trying to pull off is creating a place for my "creations"(webcomics, art, etc), blogs, articles and one or two other things. Examples? I'd like to make an article on how I went about creating the layout scheme I'm attempting to create. I have like at least 1000 pictures for the gallery(going to use Gallery2 I think), a friend and I are trying to make various styles of webcomics and goofy crap, I'd like to host my personal blog there, maybe post some videos... Thats about it for now..

Basically, my problem is themeing the beast though since I'm no programmer and find the downloadable themes generic. I plan on using front page to create a completely new style, not unlike the one at DoomedtoReality. BTW, what do you think of that layout?

I'm using rc1, and highly awaiting the full release for 5.0 so modules and themes are slim at this point.

I'm wondering though..

I want to make the site mostly non-interactive with users, except they can maybe rate, comment and other minor stuff, so I'm thinking of turning off navigation menus and put the nav menu into like 6-7 main primary links. I think this would make it easier for themeing with an odd front page and be just easier to navigate. Would you agree or would you think there might be an easier way to go about this?

Can Drupal handle these specific things?

Hello, I am building a social networking site for a client, and am in the proccess of researching CMS systems. Here are the specific things my client is looking for:

1. The community will consist of 4 portals, each a separate site with a separate domain (eg www.portal1.com, www.portal2.com, www.portal3.com and www.portal4.com). I've heard that Drupal can handle multiple sites on one installation, but how hard is this to achieve? Can users use one username/password for all 4 sites?

2. The client wants to have a feature that lets users vote on the top events, top venues, top churches, etc. He wants these ratings to be automatically updated and for the items to be listed according to rating. It should all be updated automatically. I imagine this is like a "topsites" feature that should display on the front page of each portal site. Is this possible with Drupal?

3. The client wants to display links to blogs in a small box on the right column, and the links should appear not as a static list but as a text-scroller. My question is, would I be able to use something like this: http://www.news-scroller.com/ on a Drupal site?

4. Does Drupal work with sites like Feedburner to export and display RSS feeds from other sites? The client wishes to have one block of content in the left column to display on all 4 of the separate portal sites. Can the content of that block be exported as RSS on one of the sites and then its feed displayed on the other 3?

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