Before you start

Hi,

I am considering Drupal and several other CMS tools, but it seems to be an issue that I am running SQL Server and IIS.

Can Drupal be configured to run on this kind of platform?

If so, can it be done relatively painlessly and smoothly - or would I be better off scrapping EVERYTHING and installing a LAMP platform?

Drupal's online community seems to be the strongest, though there is no easily printable documentation that I can locate. I do not mean to ask something that has been asked a million times already. If that is what I have done, I apologize.

I am looking into setting up paypal for recurring billing (module being enhanced on node 53888).

Hi. I'm new to these forums, and have done some digging but cannot find a direct answer to the following.

I have a potential client wanting a CMS. My 2 areas of concern are:

1) Can drupal be easily modified and manged so as not to look like a blog roll? This may seem like a stupid question, but I don't want to have to mangle it too much in order to disable commenting and pagination...

Which payment gateways do people like?

Bank of America uses cybersource, which Drupal does not have a module for.

Wells Fargo uses authorize.net. Drupal has a module for authorize.net

Dublin Drupaller wrote worldpay, which is good with foreign currencies, but costs hundreds to set up and in annual fees.

Here is some non-Drupal research I found.
http://extranet.miva.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-416.html

I want to develop a Photography community website where the work of artist is reviewed and voted for by the community.on the lines of www.gfxartist.com, www.terminus1525.ca, www.phirebrush.com. I think AJAX will prove very useful to me. What CMS (with AJAX capablities) do u suggest. I was thinking of Drupal with embedded Gallery 2. But on one of the forums i got this advise.

I want to use drupal for spreadfirebird but i have one question before project gets started

I like to know if the modules used in spreadfirefox site are available , or who should i contact for them

ps: o couldn't find them yet on the drupal site or sfx one