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Hi,
I don't have database access on my server. Is it possible to install drupal CMS on my server and connecting the database from other server?
Please help me.

Thank you.
:-)

Drupal has installation and configuration guide. But I do not need to know everthing, since I only need to create a community site. It would be nice to see a stepwise tutorial for converting drupal into a good community site using modules and configurations. I saw one on http://open.bellanet.org/floss-dgroups-wiki/index.php/Dgroups_installation but this link is not working for few days.

Which one ? Why and why not?
Thanks.

http://www.ning.com/

http://www.siliconbeat.com/entries/2005/10/04/andreessens_ning_unveiled....

Ok, how much work to duplicate Ning functionality in Drupal?

Can i login under user account on my site to test/add/delete some posts and/or comments? Because passwords int database are MD5-hashed, i didn't see a simple way to do that. Anyone can help me?

I've been looking at X7 Chat as a chat program for my Drupal Youth Ministry site. It offers intergration for about 10 other CMS except for Drupal. One of the files needed is a Authmod file and they even have a basic one set up on their site. Here is the code.

AuthMods are files that handle user authentication. They can be customized to allow X7 Chat to integrate with existing user management systems, such as bulletin boards or content management systems. This documentation covers how to program your own AuthMod. Basic knowledge of PHP and MySql is required in order to write your own AuthMod.

Throughout the course of this guide I will refer to the script that you are integrating X7 Chat with as the 'original script'.

AuthMod files are stored in /lib/auth/. The file config.php (in the root directory) controls which AuthMod file the chat room is using. The variable $X7CHAT_CONFIG['AUTH_MODE'] defines which AuthMod the chat room should load. This variable is simply the name of the AuthMod file without the .php extention.

AuthMod files have four basic jobs in an integration environment.
1) Handle password encryption
2) Get a user's password
3) Change a user's password
4) Automatically log a user into X7 Chat if they are logged into the original script.

Here is a blank authmod for you to start off with, all AuthMods must have these parts: