Post installation

i've got a standard poll index page: similar to http://drupal.org/poll

how do i add some text to the top of this page? i've looked everywhere - do i need to 'hack' this? if so, which file? where?

i just want to give my users an indication of how the polls work and that they can vote confident that other members can't see their voting choices.

i'm on v4.7.5

hi !
I'd like to give the possibility to create their own weblog to my registered users. I know it's possible with the Blog module but I need further explanations.

First I create a main blog page where the 10 most recent comments of all blogs on the site will be displayed? I can even create a block to promote the very last one blog posted.

But my question is : If I go on a specific user blog, how could I do to display only this user's blog posts ?

I mean, my main page displays all the recent blog posts from all users

Something very strange is happening to me, and I wonder if somebody can help explaining.

In a drupal 4.7 (4.7.3, really, still didnt update it) I needed to attach a .PPS file (PowerPoint slides). I found a different behaviour while attaching the same file from two different computers.

If I attach the file from home - upload on the same server, using WIndows XP and Firefox 1.5.0.9 - the document, in the "files" table of the database , is recorded with a filemime "application/vnd.ms-powerpoint".

If I do the same from office - same file, same server, using Windows XP and Firefox 1.5.0.9 - the document, in the "files" table of the database , is recorded with a filemime "application/octect-stream".

This gives me some (minor) problem with Firefox - while downloading it, and answering "open with powerpoint", the file "octet-stream" is directly opened with powerpoint (xxx.pps --> immediately executed); but the "vns-ms-powerpoint" one is saved with a "xxx.pps.ppt" temporary file name, and then opened as a "normal" ppt (not immediately executed).

OK - this is a minor problem and I can easily live with it, but I really wonder: why the same file is registered with different mimetypes? The Drupal server is the same, home/office Firefox versions also... so why? WHO decide what's the correct mimetype to use while uploading the file? Drupal server? The browser? 8-d

I'm brand new to drupal and could do with a bit of hand holding if someone has the time. I've installed D5 and the localizer module and after reading up on localizer I'm still don't know how to use it. Is there a tutorial out there that explain the basics? I'm just after a brief how-to create a page in english and french and have a way to switch the site menu from one language to the other and have the page available.

Thanks very much
Lee

Hi!

My theme is quite different from the default ones and since I haven't skinned the admin part of it yet (not sure if I ever will, either) I'm using Garland as administration theme. However, when I'm on the "Administer Blocks" page or any of the "Create Content" pages, the theme reverts to my custom one and all the form controls look horrible. Is there a way around this?

Hello Folks,

I have been racking my wee little brain on this. I am sure it is a server setup issue or htaccess related issue but for the life of me I can't fix it.

Live Server:
Operating system Linux
Kernel version 2.6.18.2-grsec
Machine Type i686
Apache version 1.3.37 (Unix)
PERL version 5.8.7
PHP version 4.4.3
MySQL version 4.1.21-standard