Before you start

Hello everybody,

I am amazed by the theme this site is using, but I can't find where to download it. Anyone could help? Thanks in advance! :)

I currently have 4.6 running in the root of my website. I am thinking about installing 4.7 beta 4 in a directory on the same web host (sitename.com/test) so I can play with it. Is this going to mess up anything with the primary site, or will it be totally isolated? I assume if I create a different database in mySQL that will keep the database isolated. Is there anything I may not be aware of that is going to cause problems?

Thank you!

I am about to create my first Drupal site. I am very familiar with vB. I currently use a different CMS front-end for most of my vB sites.

My question is can I have both the vB files and the Drupal files in the root of my web directory?

Thanks in advance,

Hi,

I'm new to drupal and I want to know if it is possible to make the following groupstructure :

- group users
---- group 1
-------- group 1a
-------- group 1b
---- group 2

When I am a member of group 1a I have permission to article x, group 1b doesn't have perms to read it.
When I am a member of group 1 I have permission to article x, so group 1a and b have perms to read it.

Is that possible with this CMS (and easy to learn to new users) ?

Are there any standart core node_access module available? Or it just doesn't exist?
There is a 'gid' field in node_access table. Drupal developers meant it to be 'rid' (roles) or they just made 'gid' so you can point that field to wherever you want (in simple access - the own user groups)?

I've installed Drupal in various configurations - 4.7, 4.6, CivicSpace - and tooled around with it a bit. (My new user sign-up is only because I lost my old one - and can't even remember which email I used to sign up :)

On the multi-site bit, here's what I'd like to accomplish:

1) User-based content promotion - Global and Community Based.

The problem with myspace, blogger, and crap like that is that peopel create content - but there's too many damn people, so no way for their content to ever get noticed.

To defeat that problem, I'd like to set up both community-based and global listings, where various "creative" is promoted by users rating each other's content.

Basically, on the "main" site, you'd have the global "best of" arts, music, humor, politics, etc. etc.
Then, on the "daughter" sites, you'd have community based "best of" arts, music, humor, politics, etc. etc.

It seems pointless for people to bother creating content and for it to just sit out in the void. I'm hoping there's a way to manage this through drupal.

2) Event Listings - Community Based.

I'd like for each community to have its own events calendar. I'm not sure whether I have to install CivicSpace to accomplish this or not? I'm not really sure what their CRM does at all, to be completely honest.

3) User Templates

When someone signs up under a particular community (subsite), I'd like for a theme to be automatically assigned to them, based on their location - after which, they can choose from any theme they like.