Before you start

I would like to set up a site where people can organise themselves in different groups, each of which would would allow discussions, posting of files (documentation and source code) with versioning.

From what I have read so far, the structure that I want could be achieved by setting my taxonomy correctly, but I am not sure how much customization/development I would have to do to develop a node (have I got that correct?) that would host each group.

I'm weighing whether to try Drupal for a site I want to create.
(Glad to see that there's a how-to-install addendum for 3rd party hosting and PhpMyAdmin, because I have no shell access, nor mysql command expertise).

The site I have in mind has the following:

• Blog-like news stories (I am central content creator of blog)
• Feature articles/Stories/interviews.
• Reader Comments on blog posts and features
• Reviews of hardware/software (generated by me, or suggested by others), commented on by any and all.
• Audio/video file repository as part of feature content
• Discussion forum
• Stories from site membership/readership that can emerge from comments, forum, and be elevated to Feature Story
• Amazon and/or other affiliate sales stores
• The rest of the Usual Suspects: FAQ, Privacy, About, Contact
• Events Calendar (upcoming events)

Looking at the About/Case Studies/Modules listings here on the site, I see that Drupal is up to the task.

I spent a little bit of time in the Drupal site at opensourcecms. It's between Expression Engine and Drupal. Having used WordPress for my weblog for the last 9-10 months, I like the energy behind an open source software. (I saw the Jeff Veen thread on CMS usability and I, too, would like task-based documentation. I can write that stuff, so it's possible I might contribute some of that, too)

Hello everybody,

just found out about this great project. I'm thinking about moving my private home pages to Drupal. They currently consist of

- my personal home page - www.jensbenecke.de, using PHPHP, a homemade PHP framework
- my blog running PHPslash (currently inactive) - news.jensbenecke.de
- my photo gallery (gallery.sf.net) - www.peinliche-bilder.de, pics.jensbenecke.de
- a PHPwiki based FAQ list - faq.jensbenecke.de
- our family homepage with links to everybody else - www.benecke.name

Currently, I'm the only one who edits most of the stuff there, but other people can comment.
Here's what I'd like to change / add on my sites:

- a simple page layout (few graphics, no background colors or much theming),
- a consistent search function across blog, homepage, FAQ and gallery,
- a "printout mode" which hides the navigation panels and sidebars,
- specify a tree based structure for articles on my home page,
- specify for each posting if it can be commented and if so, if comments are moderated, and whether the users need to register (with e-mail verification?) before commenting,
- specify for each of my postings if/where it should appear on the homepage, blog/diary, or both

The personal homepage is fairly easy to import (I guess) because it's just HTML text, no DB.
I'd like to be able to import the PHPslash and PHPwiki articles too, though.
And embed (or replace) Gallery with its albums.

Hi,

I have got an account on a shared server which has got PHP5, and want to use Drupal (or at least give it a try). I have tried mambo but I think it generates too messy HTML and is sometimes slow.
However, I read Drupal does not support PHP5. What can I do to run Drupal now, and when can I expect a PHP5 version (or is there one already? I don't mind a 'hacked' version as long as I can upgrade to future versions).

After a new u grade by my isp www.dutchwebhosting.nl , it was no longer possible to login, even not in top administrator account.

see info at
http://drupal.org/node/2476

Instead of using above method i've used this work arround.

1) made sub directory x
2) created from x directory symbolic links to the drupal files in root. exept for the "includes" directory