Before you start

I've been researching this for nearly a week, and all the options out there are very overwhelming. I've tried so many demos and read so many forum posts... everything is bleeding together. I've heard RAVING reviews about Drupal, so i'm hoping someone here can give me some good news.

Hi,

We're thinking about moving our site from MT3 to Drupal. There are two issues we are most worried about.

1) Importing the content from MT to Drupal. How difficult is this? Are there automated soltuions? How long should it take if we have several thousand entries?

2) Comments on the main entries... We really want something exactly like Slashdot style moderation. Is there a way to implement this in Drupal (a link to a good how to would be nice).

Thanks in advance.

Hi All
I have never used Drupal before.
I am thinking of creating a website but my usual software (Post Nuke) is not going to do the job.

Will drupal be able to do it??

The website will be a file sharing type site where posters will Pay for the right to Upload and standard users can download at no cost.

I need to be able to fully catorgorise the content but must also have a seemless link to PAYPAL for the uploaders to pay for each upload.

when using Fancy template, I can't see any label in Drupal, for example: I can't see "edit" and "track" label in "my account" page...

There are many use problem if can't see label, besides the fancy is a good template.

Hi there, I am planning to build a website for my girlfriend - for her 21st birthday.

On there I need a fairly customised 'look and feel' - to make it personal
A gallery she can display all of her paintings, drawings etc.
A blog she can errr.. blog on
A couple of 'About me pages' she can use to talk about herslef.

I was going to build this using standard HTML / CSS / PHP but having had open source 'sold' to me by these - www.openadvantage.org - guys I think I'll give Drupal a go.

I've been asked to either programm or setup a website which will basically serve as a magazine and book archive in a niché market and I've been searching for a viable solution which would spare me from really programming it all up.
The basic premise is easy, an archiving system for variable objects which have varying attributes (i.e. books have ISBN numbers, Magazines have other numbers which I currently can't remember) and the objects have to be interlinked with each other, i.e.:
Book: "Apocalypse: No!"