Post installation

hey i want to use another database with drupal that have the website information. do i just connect to that database with php or is there another way to connect through drupal -a module maybe???

i finally got drupal to work
now i have another problem, when i go to create contents -page and story - and i have created some contents when i click the submit button i get the error "page not found" any ideas???

I registered a commonly-mistyped URL for a popular site in my industry and have it redirected to my site. Is there a way in the Drupal logs (ver 4.7) to see if this redirected referral is actually sending any traffic to my site?

Using drupal 4.7 (b6), I'm developing a site in which I've allocated "explicit language" areas that are accessible only by certain users who have requested access to those areas. To do this, I've created a specific flexinode type called "explicit language post", which I intend to be exempt from the language filter (wordfilter.module), while all public areas of the site will be subject to censored language. I'm also using the tac_lite module to restrict access to the terms where "explicit language posts" can be submitted.

I've created two input formats: Rich Text & Rich Text Uncensored, setting 'Rich Text' as default and assigning appropriate user (role) permissions to 'Rich Text Uncensored'.

Now my issues...

1) Node creation: Is there some way I can show the 'Rich Text Uncensored' input format (to appropriate users) ONLY during node/add of the specific node types that will be posted into uncensored (explicit language) areas?

2) Display: In order to apply filters to flexinodes, I'm using check_markup() in node-flexinode-n.tpl.php, like this:

<div class="content">
<?php print check_markup($node->flexinode_1, $node->format, TRUE); ?>
</div>

(I'm not sure this is even a correct usage of check_markup(), BUT it DOES apply the default input format filters when displaying flexinodes.)
Is there some way I can apply the filters associated with whichever input format was actually used during node creation?

Can anyone let me know how to modify blog entries which belongs to specific category to certain forum nodes?

This includes modifying a node's type from blog to forum.

For example, I have a 'news' category which can be applied both to blog as well as forum node, and I would like to convert all the blog entries which belongs to 'news' category to a new forum or existing forum.

An SQL example would be appreciated because I am not very good at handling multiple tables. :-)

Thanks very much.

I have a website that is pretty much open to all - it's public information. However, there are one or two pages that I'd like to restrict access to. I'd like a user to email me in order to get access to those pages. It doesn't have to be really secure, it's a marketing idea more than anything. I get to find out who they are and they get that bit more information.