Before you start

I'm considering recommending Drupal to one of my clients looking to build an educational community site.

One question I have is this: Is there a Drupal module that allows the creation of human readable custom URLs for each article / posting / page on a Drupal site?

I'm talking about something even more than just
site.com/node/1115

Instead, I'd like to be able to have URLs like

I'm considering the use of Drupal for an application of the non-profit virtual college campus variety.

Is there currently a way to implement user ranks (Newbie, StudentTutor, TeachingAssistant, Instructor, etc.)?

Apart from ranks, is there currently a way to implement a reputation metric derived from user votes?

How about testimonials, where one user can vouch for the knowledgeability of another user?

Thanks!

-- Mark

I am researching the right tools to build a site that has a common area for everyone with an account, with news and common forums.

Additionally, there should be areas for distinct groups or teams that only those team members have access to, with their own news and forums, run by a team administrator.

I am trying to develop a digital library that will be able to take a set of documents, have me apply metadata to them such as title, subject(s), author(s), etc. and then have a menu that enables users to "Browse by Subject" and get a list of the documents sorted by subject/title, or "browse by author", etc.

I want to be able to upload the document once and then have drupal organize them using the metadata (so I dont have to update all the different browse menus). Thus, when I add new content I don't have to update the "Browse by Subject" menu because drupal will do this for me.

Hello everyone,

I was wondering if I can use drupal for an image rating/commenting community site. Basically registered people can upload images (must be simple, and be able to work with images from all sizes) and look at other people's pictures and vote on them or write a comment.

I have looked at the image module, and I tested it, but so far it seems it only works with 4:3 ratio pictures, correct me if I am wrong. I wonder if it's possible to let drupal calculate the right image dimensions while maintaining the same ratio.

Thanks.

Is it possible to install drupal without commandline access? My webspace-provider only offers me access to Confixx.

I can only do:
- ftp (change chmods..)
- create mysql users

Is there maybe a web based installer like in mambo-cms?

greetings
Christoph