Post installation

Is it possible to restrict a single forum to users who have a particular role i.e. a private forum for certain users?

i would like to have search block positioned at the footer, but there is no _block hook for this module.

using 4.5 + chameleon theme.

I want to truncate aggregated content to a few lines per entry. I have had a quick look at the source of the Aggregator module but don't quite know where to start.

I was hoping that I could find the bit where the content gets written out and simply insert a command to truncate the post's body element.

I'd be very grateful if someone could advise whether this is a good strategy and help point me to the right place.

For the past several days, I've been dealing with a "texas holdem" trackback spam attack. I know that spam.module intercepts spam that comes in through entered comments. Does it intercept comments posted by trackback.module as well?

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I have a whole load of content in an Excel spreadsheet which I want to upload as Flexinode content.

If I want to bypass the Add Content screens and upload all the data straight into the database - which Drupal tables do I need to update e.g. audit and sequencing tables?

Is this even possible?

Thanks

I don't really like the registration procedure on Drupal. My Problem is that an email is required, but not verified in any way.

On many, not to say most, other pages I see that registering goes something like: