Before you start

I have been messing w/ Drupal for a couple of days. I am working on a site that, to me, seems like it should be fairly simple to implement:

- Manage user profile pages with semi-social content (video, comments, ratings, etc.).
- Give users an appointment calendar (one that lists the calendar owner's availability, and can be updated in real time as other user's make appointments through it) displayed on their profile page.
- Accept CC payments for appointments.

I think the calendar is really the only thing that would take a lot of time compared to the other two main features...

Anyway, what I am finding is that, without prior Drupal knowledge, the time it has taken me to learn the Drupal way of trying to implement this kind of site feels like it is taking longer than if I just did my own PHP, page templates, database work, etc.

I guess what I'd like to hear from other PHP programmers is how long it took for them to get into the flow of doing things the Drupal way, and is it *really* a time saver compared to coding something like this from scratch? Right away I thought to myself, 'the default page layouts are lame'. Then I find that there's a way to do custom content templates. But again, wouldn't it be faster to just do this myself with some kind of template engine, rather than trying to re-learn everything so it works in Drupal?

Hello, all,
I am planning to build web site including database query function, forum and blogs. From the supporting documents, I am sure it is straight forward for the forum and blog part using the ready to use modules. But I am not sure Drupal database functions.
Here is my understanding: first I have to use CCK to design the database table fields, then use content template to show the data. Is this correct? Is there a better way to do it?

I am looking for a shopping cart software that has all the features of 1shoppingcart but where you can buy the script. I want the script hosted on my server.

Main features I am looking for:
1. Ability for people to sell their digital products on my website
2. Recurring paid membership for sellers
3. Free membership for buyers
4. Affiliate system where if I charge a $10 membership for sellers to join and if someone refers them to my website and they join, I want that person to receive $5 a month as long as them member continues paying.

Hi,

I have a current website which includes html pages and a phpBB message board.

I wish to install Drupal onto this domain - will the installation of Drupal wipe all my existing pages?

Will the phpBB message board remain intact or will Drupal wipe that?

Ultimately I will integrate everything into the Drupal page, but I want a smooth transition time if possible.

Cheers for your help!

I am new here and the site is very hard to undesand, so i invite all news users for talk here abou Drupal

Hello

i m a newbie , and i would like to know if there is a list of ajax available features for Drupal ?

Thanks in advance