Post installation

which HOSTING service that allows user to modify php.ini and run customized scripts, like ffMPEG?
I know that most of dedicated server and virtual server can do it, but is there any shared host that allows php.ini access and run customized scripts?

is it possible to have both "public" and "invite" access to nodes?
something like in youtube.com user and specify if uploaded file can be access "publically" or "invite only"

is this feasible with drupal? and it's modules? if so, which one? thanks

For some reason, the feeds being generated by my drupal site are not working correctly. When I click on the XML button to preview the feed, Firefox displays the following error message:

XML Parsing Error: xml processing instruction not at start of external entity
Location: http://www.alt.ed.nyu.edu/ect/?q=node/feed
Line Number 2, Column 1:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
^

Hi everyone.

Yes I've searched for it, forums, drupal.org, even google. I've even seen it on my site admin area once but for the life of me I can't find it again.

Errors are showing up at the top of the page. I know that their is a box to tick off in order that it goes just to the log. Please help, seems to me I have to spend 3 hours to get information, because I always try to get the answers myself. Has anyone figured out why when searching this site the revelance of returns is way off, i.e. seems like every search query has a link to the "case of drupal" blurb?

It isn't always obvious to my users that they are replying to an established thread, rather than starting a new one. It would be helpful to be able to split certain posts into their own threads, similar to how vBulletin lets you. Is this possible?

js

I'm trying to get the Excerpt module to run under 4.6.5.

Unfortunately, when I enable the module and create new content, no field appears to enter the exceprt. The module instructions say to go to "administer >> content >> configure >> default workflow" to control which nodes it appears in, but when I get to the "configure" part of that step, no "defautl workflow" link is present. When i type in the admin/node/configure/defautls link directly, I don't get any options for exceprt though I do get a sentence telling me to pick which nodes I want it to work for.