Before you start

Howdy!

So, this is my second time working with Drupal, and the first was years ago when 5 was just coming out. As a (stubborn) Java developer, I was able to do what I needed to, but I found Drupal to be a challenge to work with. I've been researching my current project for the past few days and am finding Drupal much easier to use and understand (YAY!), but there are a couple of problems that I have not identified a suitable approach for.

I am trying to build an application console to support multiple clients and also to provide "wrapper" tools for the developers who support the application. The application that this console is interacting with is a 3rd party that receives input via HTTP requests (REST) and provides feedback in XML. My two main challenges are that I want to store as little data as possible in the console and the console will be accessed by multiple clients who should not be able to view/access any other clients' data - unless of course they manage multiple sites. I am trying to store as little data as possible because the console tool that's provided with the 3rd party application stores most of the data in a local database and the application and without much effort, we have demonstrated that the two data sets can easily get out of sync and the results aren't pretty.

Okay, I've been pondering my best approach to a project-based site and the most efficient method by which I can control editing of content. In the following description I'll probably describe things in such a way that it sounds like I've already made my mind up on how to do things, but rest assured that this is not the case.

I recently bought a VPS running CentOS 5 and cPanel to move my drupal sites to but unfortunately I have found out that this is not an out of box and ready to go purchase....

I have searched and read way too many articles and can't seem to find a straight answer...

Can someone give me a list of what dependencies and software i need to install on my server to get drupal running properly?

Basically i want to configure the server to be able to run just about anything drupal and its modules can throw at it.

Thank you in advance

Hi guys,

I'm considering using Drupal for a site that i'm working on and being a total newbie, i'm looking for advice from the large community here on how to go about this. I have not seen a drupal site like this one yet, but to me its seems simple enough and i've total confidence Drupal should be able to handle this...Am I correct, take a look at the feature list:

1) It's sort of a music sharing site so people register to login

2) They pay via moneybookers to be members

3) They upload music...maximum number of tracks/member is 6.

After working with Drupal for a while, i am wondering how to do the following (or if it's better done in a different product?)

Hi All,
I am just putting together a development document for a project and I would love to use Drupal 6 but I am struggling with the overall schema and how I want this to work - I hope someone can help me out here.