Before you start

I am running Drupal on a Nitix box right now. Nitix seems to be very stable and pretty easy for a windows guy (such as me) to administer. And, Boy, they have made it really secure... (How secure is it???) It is so secure, they do not let you change any of the operating parameters! Anyway... It's a good box, but I don't think it fits the bill as far as Drupal is concerned. Simple items such as Clean Urls are not and WILL NOT be allowed.

So that being said: I am building a brand new Linux Box.

Hi all,

I am planning to develop two sites with Drupal. One of them will be a community blog with low traffic in the short term but I hope the other one will get popular within a year and it will need storing and serving hundreds of images. I checked the hosting options in this forum and although they look fine for budget purposes and features, they generally have low disk space for my purposes and I am not sure I'll get the type of control I'll need.

So I am considering self hosting. Although I am good at programming, I am a newbie at the hosting arena. I was wondering what shall I need for self hosting. I am willing to buy a new computer and spend the time for installing a linux distrubition and other things required for Drupal (php, mysql, imagemagick etc.if they are not already at the linux distro). I guess I'll need a DSL connection to my home. Then what else shall I need? If I need a web hosting company to forward page requests to my server sitting at home, what is it called (I said I am a newbie :)?

This looks like a better option financially then having a dedicated server. Those things look pretty expensive. I also found something called Linux Virtual Private Servers (at linode.com). They also seem to offer the control I want and looks cheaper than dedicated servers. In sum, I need a summary of the steps need to be taken for self hosting and pros and cons (i.e compared to having a linux virtual private server). Any help/suggestions will be appreciated. I am getting excited to exploit Drupal's taxonomy and module system but unfortunately first I have to decide on this. Oh, and also what does this hosting plan allows N mysql databases mean? How many mysql databases Drupal uses? I understand a limit about the size about the tables but a limit on number seems absurd to me.

Hello,

I'm in the process of setting up a very limited implementation of the Drupal ecommerce module. By limited I mean, the ecommerce aspect is only used to allow people to pay to view specific content on the site. So there are no products, and the number of transactions would be fairly low for the most part (as compared to a true ecommerce site).

My client already has a merchant account set up through Wells Fargo.

Can anyone recommend a reliable Authorize.net reseller with good rates?

Thanks,
-Varr

See there are lots of CMS' out there. But I was told that drupal has both blog and wiki modules. But are these blog and wiki modules only for a personal use? Or can the drupal site be set up on the server, and people visit the page, register and can make thier own blog, rather than only be able to comment on a main personal blog. I need a web app that can allow users to register and create thier own blog and and a wiki system too.

I've looked at the numerous threads on using subdomains with a single Drupal (CVS - 4.6.0) install.

I've installed that version, but am unable to figure out yet if I can do the same with just subfolders:

Single install at: site.com/drupal

Need to create full drupal sites for users (but ok if a single admin handles all administration).

User1: site.com/drupal/user1
User2: site.com/drupal/user2
User3: site.com/drupal/user3

And each user site can be customized, as to which user can do what at each site (add, edit, update, etc).

I'd like to download Drupal and start to dig in but I'm wondering if I should stick with 4.5.2 at the moment or just skip ahead to 4.6.0 RC. It would be nice if I didn't have to upgrade if 4.6 is going to be finalized in the near future. Is there much to upgrading? Which one would you go for if your were just starting out?

Thanks,
Tim