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Two questions:

1) I need to create a simple online form (name, address, comment etc). This form should create PDF files with the online content and email it to a user. Is this very hard to setup in Drupal?

2) If PDF is very hard to setup (I'm a newbie) I would need to make a form that sends very clear and pretty HTML emails. Is this built in Drupal already?

TIA!

Hello everyone,

I am new to the forum but it looks like there is lots of useful information to be had.

I am planning a new site and have been looking at Drupal, xoops, etc and am having a hard time deciding which to use. So far Drupal looks the best.

There are several things that I will need the site to do.

1. Forum. Just the basics.
2. Events. Need users to be able to list their upcoming events, meetings, etc., so that other users can see or browse a list of events showing description, date, time, location, etc.
3. User Profile Page. I need users to be able to post a page of detailed information about their business, etc., on my site. These pages need to be categorized into different types of business, etc., so that other users would be able to search based on those categories and the user or business name.
4. Review User Profile Page. I would like to have something on the User Profile Page where other users can post a limited or detailed review of the business that will ultimately remain on the page for other visitors to see. If possible I would like the page (and the business associated with it) to have some kind of star grade visible on the page.

I know I will need other things as well but these are the main and most important things I will need on the site from day one.

Can you experienced Drupal users let me know if I would be able to do these things?

I already have a Invision powerboard board database. Once i enable Drupal on my site, can i transfer the dtatbase to drupal forums?

I'm planning a new site on marine life and I'm wondering if I should just code it in XHTML/CSS in Dreamweaver and add PHP bits and pieces to it, or if I should use Drupal, or another CMS.

The main website content will be hundreds (eventually thousands) of information pages for individual marine life species. Each page will have descriptions of the species, an embedded photo album of photos of that species, and many of those pages will also have an embedded online video in WMV format or similar.

The individual pages will be reached via a hierarchical structure, for example "bony fishes > moray eels > zebra moray". My plan is to make the individual pages as THE authoritative page for that particular species and for them to reach the top SERP for searches on that particular species.

Besides the info pages I want regular articles, a full-featured discussion forum, advanced search etc.. I may also want an integrated shop, or I may just pass purchasing to another sister site set up with Zencart or similar.

The site will make money by:

1. Sales of my own DVD.
2. Advertising (e.g. Google Adsense, National Geographic affiliate program etc.).
3. Possible membership fee for viewing premium videos online etc..

So is Drupal appropriate for this? If not then is there a more suitable CMS I should be looking at?

Any advice or opinions would be very gratefully received.

Hello,

I have been asked to compare various blogging software, and one of the key features I need is for the software in question to support a user registration system that is already in place. In other words, I need whatever blogging software we choose to integrate with our registration system so that users don't have to register twice - once for our site, and then again to blog.

Can Drupal be configured to do this?

TIA!

Barry

Using Drupal, could I have an email address that could be emailed to post things on a news section of my site? ie email a message to this email address and it will be a news item? Thanks for any help