Before you start

hello,

I'm an experienced php / mysql developer and I'd like to find a good cms/framework to build some website with

I'm considering using drupal, it supports content in multiple languages and seems to have an incredible amount of excellent modules.
I'd like to understand how easy it is to integrate it with separate databases, custom php etc

For a website I should build I'll need to:
- manage content in multiple languages
- clean URLs ( like example.com/my-text-goes-here/ and the possibility to manually set them )
- the possibility to display content from a separate MySQL database or separate table from the same db as drupal ( possibly via something like a database navigation module - if something like this exists - otherwise PHP + MySQL is fine ).
- the possibility to load data into drupal's db schema to make it available on the website ( I can provide data in any format, csv, xml, etc. this is obviously an alternative to the previous requirement )

A basic example would be business listings, say pizzerias, so in a section of the website we'd have:
Pizzerias in USA with the list of states displayed ( with an url like example.com/pizzerias/ )
Pizzerias in Virginia with the list of cities in Virginia displayed( with an url like example.com/pizzerias/Virginia/ )

I am looking to get recommendations from someone who has Drupal knowledge and can guide me in the right direction on what to use to achieve my goals listed below. I am somewhat new to Drupal and don’t have enough know how on where to begin. Let me try to explain what I am trying to achieve.

1st – Goal: I am setting a website with Drupal in which new users will pay a onetime fee for a three month membership / trial period. After the trial period they can either join for a monthly subscription fee or opt out and loose login capabilities to the website.

Long time Drupal junkie here. I'm looking for the best way to build a CRM (Client Relations Manager) intranet application for my company. I'm wondering if it's possible to build with Drupal and if I should try to tackle it.

Here are the basic requirements:

I'm considering converting our university research group's website to use drupal. Currently we have a lot of php written already to handle publications listings (professors publications), specific user info, events/seminars, general information pages, pdf export from form submission, pdf uploads, lots of formatted reports based on data, event registration, and role based content limitations. Our school has an authentication service that I would be able to use ldap so no issue there for the role based content.

I would like to add a blogging feature for each student/professor.

Hi I have what I believe is quite a straightforward requirement but have not found an admin-friendly approach (i.e., minimal PHP) to implement it.

My parent node type is "a" and has a small number of custom-fields. Attached to "a" should be child types "x", "y", and "z" (they may not be all present for all instances of "a" though).

1. upon displaying "a", the contents of "a" should be displayed, followed by links to "x", "y", and "z" (in form of tabs)
2. the contents of "x" should automatically load with "a" and also be displayed (active tab)
3. contents of "y" or "z" should only be loaded once the related tab is clicked (in which case they get displayed instead of "x")
4. nice to have: easy content maintenance (I have content creators 80+ years old!), flexibility, maintenance of integrity

So far I've tried:

a. CCK, field groups, tabs, maintaing all fields for "a" "x" "y" and "z" in a single node. Looks very nice, flexibility not fantastic but very easy to maintain. But: doesn't fulfill requirement (3) above, showstopper for me

Hi,

I am a rookie in Drupal.
And i would like to know whether Drupla is compatiable with Java Web Services?
I mean can we make use of Java Web Services hosted in a web server and develop Drupal applications?
If possible, Please also let me know the Add-Ons to be installed for the same.

Thanks ahead of time for your help!!!!

Mahesh