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Hello everyone!

I have created my first website with an open source CMS but it was quite a simple one which suited my needs perfectly.

Now I have another project that requires me to learn a new CMS or pay someone big bucks to create a new CMS from scratch. I have looked at a few CMS systems but the Taxonomy system really got me to thinking this might be *the one*!

My project is this -

A GP Support Department runs a number of medical programs each with their own calendar events, resources (books, CD ROMS to loan) and forms.

I have a sub navigation to the right with each medical program and extras such as calendar events etc underneath.

Can I achieve this with Drupals taxonomy system?

Lets propose the following scenario without reading much about Drupal (which I am about to do but I thought I'd get some expert advice upfront) -

My client wants to create a new calendar event for a Diabetes related event.

Can I get my client to create content, tag it with the correct taxonomy (diabetes program - calendar event), then when someone clicks on the Diabetes Program on the website then wants to view the calendar events, only Diabetes related events show?

Here is a bit of the site so far so you can understand what I'm talking about - http://pdgp.hambodesign.com

Will I need to learn any PHP to do this or can I create a site like this without any PHP knowl

Apologies if this question has been asked before, as I'm sure it has. Would anyone be able to point me to instructions on how to do this, or supply them themselves? I'm fairly sure Drupal /can/ support multiple sites across one installation... I'm just not entirely sure how.

Thanks!

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Justin

I am looking into different CMS/AMS's to see which one will best meet my needs for my articles website. Here is the list so far of what I want/need in a CMS/AMS.

I'm looking at a demo of Drupal playing around and it looks great.

I am soon setting up a site with multiple (3-5) levels of corporate sponosorships and as you donate more you get more access to webpages and documents that contain data and reports from the site.

Can I have it so that when I create a new page or new document download that only certain "roles" can access that page or download while other "roles" or non-logged in users get an "access denied" message?

A quick "start here" would be most helpful!

Thanks,
Andrew