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Hi, i'm new to Drupal, and i want to know if it's possible to create a site where in the main page i put boxes that lists the lastest 5 entries of a section (lets say sports) like most newspaper sites have, aside from the main content that the main page has. And if there is available a module that can list the most read articles and the most commented.
I would be happy if someone can at least outline what i will need to learn in order to make it.

Thanks in advance!
Sorry for my english

I am installing Drupal on a Linux server where I will be hosting multiple sites for multiple clients. With one install of Drupal is it possible to configure permissions based on account type (as a group) or differently per client website?

Hello everyone, I have read the documentation but it is still a bit unclear. I have a project and the requirements are as follows:

Needs: Member login area

- 140 members
- require unique usernames and passwords for each
- administrator privileges to set accessibility levels for each member
- ability to brand (at least with corporate colour) the login and interior (top banner etc. basic stuff)
- ability to post Word, PDF, Excel etc
- ability to make/leave comments

Naturally, all of the CRUD operations are available on all content types with standard Drupal:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Create,_read,_update_and_delete

If you use the less-well-known codeword "VEDAS" ... (for view, edit, delete, add, search )
these are all available as well.

The question is, how can you set role-based permissions on the "View" operation and the "Search" operation?

I Know there is a lot of questions like this, but I would appreciate any help.
Im building a paid membership website, where I will be uploading and displaying videos. This videos will be streamlined and not downloadable.
Is drupal right for this ?? or Wordpress better ??or something else??

We're about to launch a site where we expect a hyperbolic increase in registered users from 0 to 100 million in 18 months.

We need a CMS that can grow as we grow, or which can be 'easily' replaced as our registered user number increases.

At first, we'll only have five pages that include Flash and a My Account page with a contact form. But over the first six months, we'll also add a newsletter facility, blog, contact forms, groups and forum. At some point, we'll be migrating from shared server to dedicated servers, etc.