Before you start

Here we go again with the multi-sites. I have read the install and the search and the multi-sites entries in the forums, and I am not clear. Most of them talk about sub-domains.

I have:

1. Drupal 4.6.5
2. 2 Separate websites: abc.com and xyz.com
3. I want 2 separate databases.
4. Only 1 instance of Drupal and 1 install of MySQL
5. I don't care if they have to have the same modules or not. I could live with the sames modules.

Do I need A?

I have downloaded and successfully installed Drupal and several modules on a test site and I am truly impressed so far.

What I am trying to accomplish is a community travel site where I (as administrator) can add users, and each will have their own website (and mysql db) where they can post travel journals, photo albums, and have an anonymous (and moderated) guestbook. I would also like their home page to have specific profile information.

Example of intended site structure:

Main Page: www.mysite.com
User 1: www.mysite.com/user001
User 2: www.mysite.com/user002

I think I am able to figure out how a majority of this will work for individual pages (Drupal makes this quite easy for a novice), but my issue is trying to come up with an Index of users on the main page.

What I would ultimately like, is a way to Index user profiles on the www.mysite.com that will update from custom fields in the user profile. (Or maybe even from a flexinode?) So that each user can make a change to their profile, or flexinode, and the list index will change accordingly. (Users can change where they are listed by Category and Sub-Category)

Example:

• Category 1
  • Sub-Category 1
    • User Pages
  • Sub-Category 2
    • User Pages

Hi,

I'm about to begin putting together what I hope will turn into a grass roots sort of community site. I have a modest familiarity with Drupal strictly from an enduser perspective. I read documentation fairly well, so I don't think what I want to do will be prohibitively difficult. I've got time. Still, if I'm about to set out on a fool's journey, I'd appreciate someone slowing me down so I don't hurt myself too badly.

What I want to do is develope my site on my PC which is running Slackware-10.2 with Apache, MySQL and PHP (4 something). I then want to rsync the project to my web host which is running some flavor of Linux with all the tools I mentioned before. I've guessed that the only potentially tricky part will be backing up the database on my machine and transferring it (installing it?) to my host's server. I intend to theme the site, then experiment with modules. When it's ready to go live, I plan to figure out the backup-transfer MySQL thing. From reading posts I gather transfers can be problematic, especially moving from one set of tools to another. From my point of view what I need to do sounds very straightfoward.

That's basically it. Oh, and I thought I'd use 4.7. Makes sense to me to learn on the up and coming vs. the outgoing. If I'm overlooking potential landmines, be they glaring or otherwise, I'd appreciate a hint.

Thanks,

Chubby

BTW, I read a post recently where the poster portrayed WordPress documentation favorably compared to Drupal's.

Hello,

I've had a look through the "is Drupal right for me docs" but still have a few questions.

I'm looking for a robust and reliable cms that ideally has all of these:

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Hi,

I am planning to put together an Artists Directory that could be searched and browsed by region, artist type, etc.

I would like artists to be able to create an account on my site, and then list their profile, their portfolio, have their own blog, their calendar of events, etc. Basically, create a personalized artists page that they would maintain themselves (residing at something like: www.mywebsite.com/artist/thornomad/) with their images and text -- customizable by them, but conforming to generic template.

Would like for visitors to be able to email the artists directly from the site, leave comments about the artists work, and view both the individual artist's calendars as well as a global calendar that could be viewed also by region and field of artwork. Hope for it all to be search engine friendly, and an accessible and easy to use portal for individuals searching for artists.

I would like to include a forum feature; both a public forum (for anyone to be involved) and a registered artists forum. Furthermore, I would like to be able to distinguish between female and male artists, as that part of the project will be supported by a women's arts agency (would be nice for them to have their own forums too).

Finally, I would like the option of creating an online store in the future -- hopefully one that can be linked to the individual artists, and as a general store to be browsed.