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Hi. Yet another newbie here. I've looked at the forums and found some advice relating to my sitch, but not entirely, so I'll bother you folks with yet another question...

I currently hand-code my sites in XHTML/CSS, and manage dynamic content with PHP/MySQL. I'm not married to hand-coding PHP/MySQL, but I have no interest in changing my XHTML/CSS habits. I am a coder and I want to stay that way. Please don't tell me how much easier my life would be if I did everything in Drupal. Let's pretend coding helps my asthma.

My company is currently employing a content management system which allows the assignment of zones to keep content segmented and contextualized from other content. This way several content areas can be on the screen at any given time as well as keeping content discreetly assign to certain areas.

I am aiming to place several areas of content on the front page yet not have to manually maintain it. The content will be coming from several different section, for example, a section for web only content, a section of community articles as well as a section for a recent blog entry.

Hello, I'm trying to ascertain which version of Drupal I should install.

The problem is... Am I afflicted by some kind of selective blindness or it is just that very select few bother to spell clearly which is the STABLE and which is the BETA version (not even in the home page)?

I have browsed through countless handbooks/pages/nodes/changelogs, but to no much avail.

Only by searching within support forums I've found out that 4.7.* is theoretically the beta version and 4.6.* the stable one. But yet, I'm not yet sure on which version I should choose.

The new IE 7 blanks out most of the pages at this drupal site. You can't even post to the forums with it. Check it out!

Hi,

I am seeking advice from the pros that would get me into the right direction in implementing users with profiles. I recon there are two solutions for this.
1. profiles + user_search + user_views
2. usernode + all the related modules (still in development?)

which of these two solutions would you recommend based on the following
a) long-term solution
b) flexibility
c) performance

Hello, I want to set up a service where sailors blog their adventures and map their trips.

A free service with 2 pages after registration:
- Blog with commenting
- Google map with their current position
- a few templates to chose from and change the text a picture in the header.
Very basic for novices.