Before you start

Was wondering if Drupal could do this.

I need to create dynamic website that allows users to sign up, create a customizable page with pictures and text and allow for the general public to see these user-created pages.
I think it should be database driven and written in PHP

Then I would like the main page, to sort of be like a directory, where you would see the categories,
and links to the user's pages they created.

Thanks,
Shadey

Not sure of the version, as I just inherited this site as a webmaster. I've only worked on Frontpage sites, and just published to server after the page was done.
This is all new to me, and I don't have a lot of time to learn DRUPAL, as this involves an election. I already have a site up and running with the same content, but just want to redirect visitors to my new URL to save time changing both sites.
Can you help me edit a setting to do this?
thanks,
kris

A client of mine is not ready for Drupal (no LAMP, unsure of the business value, etc) -- wondering if there is a way I can configure a dev drupal install to do the content managment and then export the whole thing (and/or bits and peices) to static XHTML+CSS for manual upload into the HTML+CSS only CMS I currently have to use to deploy this client's projects.

This possible? If so, where can I find the details.

Am hoping it is and that I can at least get the ball rolling with Drupal 'inside the firewall' this way.

Many thanks --

Bryan

I understand one site will be the default one, I plan to put this in a folder rather than in the main directory (public_html), I do this because I would want to put an index.php in the main directory so I can use it as my splash page for the site, then link from the splash page to the drupal site.

I’m planing to have 2 extra independent sites, using the multi-site set up.

Now, my question is this, can I have splash pages for each of those sites too?

From the instructions, this is what I understood how the sites will be defined:

I've been asked to spec-out a site using Drupal for a large client. Said client is considering Drupal as one of 3 alternatives for a large setup. Unfortunately this is just preliminary at this point so I don't have all the details, but the main catch is that they want to have separate suborgs within the organization. I'm not certain at the moment how separate they want each of these suborgs to be, but they do want them to be able to each have their own news/events information as well as having the ability to share news/events with other suborgs/the main organization, as well as with outside systems. That means both suborg-specific calendars and organization-wide calendars. They also want selected employees in each suborg to be able to post personal blogs, as well as have lists of people in different positions (which may or may not map 1:1 with users). I'm not sure if each suborg needs its own theme, but I'm pretty sure it does. We need to be able to scale to about 50 suborgs eventually. They like the RSS buzzword and want it all over the place. :-)

I know that information is still a bit thin, but it's all I know at the moment. :-( Hopefully I'll add more when I learn more.

So far I've identified a couple of different ways to go about this, and I'd like some input on what could be stumbling blocks with each.

1) Organic Groups. Each suborg is its own OG. I'd theme OG to not show a news ticker on its front page (or not, depending on whether they like that or not), and the admin of each suborg would be made the owner (or maybe just an admin) of that group. og_calendar handles the suborg-specific calendars from event module. Each suborg admin is instructed to be careful with his node paths to make sure they fall in the right place. :-)

Hi everyone, I am very excited about this Drupal (Good job to the people who made it!). But now I want to try Drupal out myself, too bad, but I haven't got an website where I can upload this drupal (With FTP?). This is because I am just 14 years old, and my mother isn't very intrested in me paying for an site. So please, any of you got an site (part?) which you do not use and I can use?

Please help, I'm desperate. _Gruzz