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To set up a photo gallery I am considering to install Drupal 6.2, the latest release, and Gallery on the same website independently (apart from the links to each other) from each other (without bridge), to add some needed pages with Drupal to the photo gallery / website (which could be done with Gallery in a limited way if I see right), e.g. a contact, about, terms, prices, imprint page and so on.

I'm a freelance web designer and up until now I've always worked with a php/mysql CMS I developed myself. I'm happy with it but as I'm getting more work I'm lacking time to make necessary updates to the CMS. So I thought now would be the right time to delve into some open-source CMS's to see which would suit my clients best.

Hi ...

Im just wondering if there's any good books or video tutorials out there which gives detailed steps to create a good website using the D5 engine?

I found this video at

http://drupaltutorials.com/books/why-drupal

I was hoping to have the steps listed down in a manner that i can really follow and research upon.

Thanks!

I've spent the last 3 evenings pooring over the documentation, installing and playing with Drupal 6.2 and I still can not tell if I'm going to be able to do what I want in Drupal. I have two separate websites that I need to build using a CMS. I've given links to my static html index page comp as well as a list of features/modules that I need. If anyone who is familiar with Drupal could take the time to let me know if this is all possible with Drupal and if so, tell me which modules you recommend.

Also - i noticed a lot of modules aren't updated for 6.x - do you recommend installing 5.x for now?

Site 1 -
http://www.thehomeemporium.com/sandbox/index.html
* vendor listing - create category and alphabetic menu to find vendors... each vendor has their own page.
* tips page with monthly posts including you-tube videos
*most recent post on home page with link to all tips
* event list - simple list of upcoming events
* question and answer module or forum
* articles
* ability for user to change .css style sheets and text size.
* different home page template than rest of site

Site 2 -
http://www.legacyhomecare.com/sandbox/comps2.html (scroll to see other main pages)
* 3 main areas of the site - each area has it's own menu and template
* 4 layer menu hierarchy
index
hospice
services
bereavement
social services

drupal

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