Before you start

Greetings folks,

I am very new to Drupal. As of right now I'm just developing sites in XHTML and CSS, with some lifted javascript here and there. I've got a few books on the way to teach myself how to use Drupal, but I didn't think it would hurt to post my idea of a website/application and maybe get some pointers.

Another hobby of mine is heraldry. It's an obscure, arcane subject which strangely enough has a lot in common with web design in that there is a written language that is used, like HTML, to represent visual elements. I want to create an online database for "blazons" - written descriptions of shields that belong to specific individuals.

An example of a blazon is: Per pale Or and Vert three escallops reversed in pale within a bordure embattled all counterchanged. The visual representation of this can be found here.

So in history, each shield represents an individual (not families) and there are quite a few heraldry enthusiasts, genealogists and historians who have an interest in being able to identify these shields, or the reverse, look up an individual and see if they have a shield associated with them. Unfortunately most of the records are spread out over multiple non-digitized sources. Old books mostly.

My objective:
I am an author of a book in the subject of self development. I will create a book blog and I will present my book entirely on my site. Beside presenting my book blog, I want to encourage users to be able to journal on my site in their own private blogs using the lessons and steps provided in the book. Users must feel safe to do so and know that no body will be able to view their private blogs.

I have no knowledge of coding but I watched several videos on how to create a site with drupal.

Here are the modules I am using so far:

D7
Content Access
Entity API
Token API
Rules

and I am planning on installing VIEWS

Here is what I did:

I created a vocabulary in the taxonomy called "privacy" and I added the terms : "private blog", Public blog", and "All Public blog"
I added a required field to the blog entries so the users must choose between those three options.

If the user chooses private blog, only the user will be able to view the nod. The nod should be completely private and can not be accessed even through the url.
If the user chooses Public blog, authenticated users will be able to view the nod
If the user chooses All public blog, anonymous users will be able to view the blog.

Hello everyone,
I want to create a social network based on Google's map.
The basic idea is that a user will be able to mark a spot on the map, edit something (like a micro blog etc') and it will be saved on the map for other users.

Of course it's all under the social network regular conditions (users, messages, likes etc'..)

Is Drupal could handle such a thing? Or it would be too complicated and I might as well make it through the normal methods ..?
Thank you.
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Hello,

I want to make a website for my personal media files such as movies and tv shows
i will host it with hostgator

what i have in mind is TMDB site http://www.themoviedb.org/ Look
i will add movies manualy or mybe if their is plugin for imdb or tmdb i can use that too
want simple look

Please advise on template and plugins to use for such things

Thank you

Hello all
Please give me a break and save me from a lost of hasstle and please by god tell me what is the best server settings I should setup to make Drupal run smoothly?
Thanks a lot :)

Can I create a website like listiki.com? If yes, which modules do I need.