Post installation

Hi guys

I’m looking to implement a search feature for a website, ideally what I need to do is select a category from a drop down menu with some parameters such as all entries created before date (also selectable from a drop down menu), hit search and get a display of the results…

I've come across how to use the on this data http://drupal.org/node/22798

but don't know how to let the user control the date using a drop down menu

I would really like it if my Forums would just use the same vocabulary as my default 'Topic' vocabulary used for posting all other node types. Is there a way to do this, or at least, intelligently pick the right taxonomy 'Topic' term for a forum post?

How can I make a role for sub-administrator that can administer users in "lower" level then he is?

Hi there.
I like to have some defualte blocks visible to some roles and invisible to others.
Doing it with my oun blocks is easy with

<?php
global $user;
$output = '';
if (in_array('reader',$user->roles)) {
 .....

but who to do the same with search block or popular content ?

Is it possible to add a story submitting form at the bottom of the main page? My users usually need not the advanced features, just title, body then submit. This would be very quick for them, no need to click create content/add story/

Thanx.

Hey Guys,

Can anyone advise me how to make a block that sends Email Updates of new content based off the RSS feed? This service is offered by www.FeedBlitz.com, but I'd like to have it drupal integrated. Feedblitz is on this drupal site: www.thoughtfulchaos.com