Post installation

This is probably something relatively simple to answer, but I have fried my brain a little with looking through Drupal today and getting it setup.

I have 3 columns in my source code. Ideally, when posting a news article, the article text would go in the first column and then any thumbnail images would be displayed in the second column.

The following modules have been installed: image, image_attach, image_gallery and img_assist to facilitate the upload of images.

How do I create a menu that displays links to content based upon roles? For example, I have roles DepartmentA, DepartmentB and Public. When someone with a DepartmentA role logs on, I want the menu to display links for DepartmentA and Public content.

Is it possible to have files renamed automatically on upload; more specifically, to replace any spaces in the filename with underscores?

As far as I know, CCK's image field support is not quite there.

I'd like to be able to do either of these:
Display all files uploaded to a node in a bar underneath that node. Files that are very large should be appropriately thumbnailed.

OR

Associate an image gallery with a node, whenever that node is viewed, so is the image gallery directly below.

Your thoughts?

I would prefer to do the first one, I feel this is more userfriendly. All the user has to do is upload the file and they will appear appropriately underneath.

I have my gallery module set to use a profile field Screenname as the Gallery name, if that makes sense. Users are required to fill in both a username and a screenname. Sometimes they're the same, often they're different.

When they're different, initially, Gallery reports a Different Full names problem. Then I go into edit user, do nothing, and save... this syncs it.

This is not really much of a problem, I don't get too many new users, but it is a bit of a bug.

Any ideas?

Anisa.

I use the book module and put book navigation in the sidebar menu area.
Now I have two book navigation trees: http://x-plane.ansorg-web.de/drupal/node/21

how can I get rid of the red one? I cannot find a configuration setting for the book module to disable it's internal TOC

any ideas?

(I tried the category module but that was too confusing and buggy (db errors))

thanks