Before you start

Hi folks,

I am currently evaluating drupal as a possible solution for a community website. The other main contender atm is Plone (running on Zope). I have a few as-yet-unanswered questions but I'll address them one at a time.

So, first up: The Security Model.

I have seen that drupal has the concept of roles and permissions, which is great. What I am unsure about is whether both the roles and permissions can vary for different parts of the site.

Hi ppl,

at the moment I'm planning to build a new community from scratch.
Now I'm looking for the right CMS for my community. What I don't need is an extended User System as you can find it on phpnuke. But I need a CMS which is capable to be organised by different users.
I have to be able to offer downloads and according descriptions to the users.

What is the numbering scheme for Drupal versions?

Do you use the GNU-like system of using even numbers to represent stable releases and odd numbers for experimental versions?

Specifically is 4.3.x the most stable release?

Many Thanks! Marc

Hi, please could you tell me how well suited Drupal is to the following project:

I would like to create a web site to organise & present my academic research by categorising the resources that I find.

These resources will include files, web links and bibliographic references with accompanying descriptions.

My hosting service - godaddy.com - has disallowed the use of about 20 php variables that drupal needs to run. Does anyone have any recommendations for other hosting services that are more compatible with drupal?

Thanks in advance!
Charles

Hi,

I am a user of ecademy that uses drupal, I would like to know how technically to take this platform to my own site!

Jonathan