Post installation

Ok I`m new to drupal so I`m just learning and so far its great, the best cms I have used so far.

Now my question is I`m starting an affiliate website with banner ads and the like, all split up into categories. What I want to do is enable my end user admin (not me) to insert records, I would like something like

Category: electrical
Image : path to image
description:
Banner code:
Headline:

I want it so they can just input the right data and it will add it to the cms. Also I would like it so I could filter on the category.

I want to build pages that display blocks with node listings generated by Views. I am thinking of a portal kind of a design for these blocks.

I know the HTML part is possible, but in each of the view-generated blocks, can I have one image for the lead story/post, a bit of the story(teaser) next to it and the remaining node titles following below as a bulleted list?

Does this involve theming the view generated blocks or do I need add extra code for combining the node list with the lead story teaser + image?

Any pointers would be much appreciated.

why does the line "echo drupal_get_breadcrumb();" return the string "Array" when I place it in template.php? I've tried it in two separate themes.

Can anybody help please?

How can i make a view that displays the content in a context-sensitive manner? (see an example below for further explanation)

Shall i write a PHP script that parses the id of the category (taxonomy) the user is browsing to and injects it in the view? (if yes, a hand on this would be so apreciated)

Or is there any other / better way to achieve this?

Hope this is clear enough, thanks for any help

Howdy,

sorry for the noob question (a quick one though ;): can anybody tell if the two columns layout on the handbook homepage is generated automatically from the book module or if was used something like the dashboard mod or other?

thx

Hi,

I would like to make an alias to have better reading of urls. Example: all /node links should be changed to /article one, so /node/5 should be changed in /article/5. Is it possible to do this in drupal alias system with wildcards, or should I use url rewriting in the .htaccess for that?

Thanks