Before you start

I am looking to install DAMP on my computer but I have WAMP on it right now. My question is do I need to uninstall WAMP or can they both be on my system at the same time.

Hello , i try some CMS , but i listen Drupal is one from the best , i look at administration panel , and looks good . What i want to do is like :

Hi,
I plan to build website about Rotue 66. And. according to my flow-chart, it will be a little bit more then basic site. Basic plot: on home page you will have an image (US map, or 8 Route 66 states map) with links to select a state. Once you select a state you will have
a) list of cities (places) within the state you selected in the order they appear on the Route 66 (E.g. Kansas: Galena, Riverton, Baxter Springs. The order is from Chicago, IL to Los Angeles, CA)
b) Google map with needles pointed to the cities within the state
To see Places, you have to select a city from the list or the map.
Once a city is selected a page should show
a) list of Places in the city in the order they appear on the R66 (Cicero, IL: Cindy Lyn Motel, Henry;s Drive Inn, Robin Hood Muffler Shop, Bunyon's Hot Dogs)
b) Google map with needles in Places.
Clicking on the Place link on the list or clicking on the needle on the map, you will get to the Place page with more info about the Place: Name (title), History (body), Thumbnail, Location (geo-coordinates), Link to Galery/Photo album, Address. City, State. Zip info, etc.

This may be off-topic for this forum, but for a Drupal noobie seeking information about Drupal, "Before you start" seemed a likely place to post.

Of the many "values" of Drupal quoted in the literature are the large number of installation profiles, or distributions, that an installer can select from to increase the efficiency of the web site deployment. Additionally, Drupal installers have access to a huge bank of modules that can enhance the new site's feature set and a fair number of themes with which to beautify the output.

As I've studied these installations I've downloaded a couple of the profiles and punched them into my testing area under xampp. Most everything goes well, and I've been able to study the features presented by the profiles and and learn a bit about how Drupal is structured using the modules. I'm planning to take this inquiry into greater depth, especially as I move to selecting the best profile for my project and determining which modules to disable and to install.

Hi all,
I'm working with a friend to try and set up a kind of social news and events site for expatriates living in the same city. The idea is there isn't a site for our city which is both comprehensive (it lists pretty much everything you could want to be doing that weekend) and accessible (it allows people to contribute content, post events, and organize meetups for these events). We're looking at Drupal, Joomla, or Wordpress as potential platforms.

My question is--Does Drupal offer the right combination of community modules and templates such that we could build the site without having to handcode a lot of stuff ourselves?

$query->join('field_data_field_amountpaid', 'amt', 'n.nid = amt.entity_id and amt.field_amountpaid_value >=500 and amt.field_amountpaid_value <=5000 '); //JOIN node with Body

this is my normal query how can i call the in the enttiy query

i try this way

$query->fieldCondition('field_amountpaid', 'value', array('501','5000'),'BETWEEN');

but it's not working. any idea.