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It's not really a new concept, but I want to create a page where users have the possibility to trade items with other users...
My question is if there exists any modules that could be use to create a page like this. I'm still not sure how the trade should work, but.. well.. maybe som kind of ebay-clone, but without the paypal-part...
if anyone has any suggestion I would be very interested to hear them :)

Hi -- I run a writers' website and publication that's been living on a painfully-dysfunctional homegrown CMS site, and I'd like to get it onto a more stable system -- preferably one with a passionate open source development community attached to it. Drupal has my attention because some of the sites I admire most have chosen to use it. My community's site has some unique (as far as I've been able to find) features, though, so I'm not sure where to start in evaluating Drupal's appropriateness for the project. Can you help?

Here's an overview of what we need to do as a community:

* Users upload writing by genre
* Users can annotate writing and tag/categorize it based on what kinds of feedback they’re looking for
* Users comment on each others’ writing (and receive email notifications)
* Users track multiple versions of their writing
* Users submit their top 2 (or 3, or 4..) pieces of writing to be considered for publication
* Admin has the ability to freeze submissions, so submission pool doesn’t change while editors are in review process
* Editors can login and leave comments to one another on pieces, rating them and collaboratively deciding which 30 (or so) pieces are best
* Staff writers can upload articles and photos

Hi, I am the current owner/operator of http://www.disabledtravelers.com

Hi everyone,
I'm looking to build a website based on a business directory where a business (user) can sign up to the website and post information about themselves (in the profile possibly?). I would like to categorize the businesses (users) so they can submit themselve to which ever category they feel is best for their business. E.g. Life Insurance, Solicitors, Nursing Homes etc. I'm looking for each business (user) to be able to write articles about their business (possibly using the story module or blog) but I would also need extra fields when creating a new story/blog.

Ok. I am totally new at this and feel overwhelmed. I actually feel like I have never used a computer before, Arg! Can anyone provide step-by-step instructions on how to create a database and install Drupal core? The instructions in the handbook confused me even more...Thanks!

I've built a number of Drupal sites and I'm about to embark upon my latest, a fan's team site for Australian football, rugby league.

I need an (events?) module that allows me to display the following:

- weekly games for a specific team (team A vs team B)
- games scores for each week (team A - 24pts vs team B - 8pts)

I have scrolled through the modules list but don't seem to be able to find a suitable module. The events module doesn't appear to accommodate scoring so it's probably no good in this instance.