Converting to Drupal

I'm importing content into cck nodes. I've managed to take care of most everything, except I don't know how to handle attachments, as they aren't just some value I can put in a drupal node object.

Does anyone know a way to attach files in a way thats compatible with drupal_execute, or node_save?

Or perhaps some other way?

I have a new drupal installation in /mydrupal/ subdirectory,
say http://www.example.com/mydrupal
and I have a folder /oldpages/ which I put inside /mydrupal/ folder
how can i password-protect everything inside /oldpages/ based on
the list of username of drupal database? (hopefully it can be dynamic)
so everytime a new user creates an account then they can directly
login to /oldpages/
the reason i need this is because

I have constructed a website with the following structure:
www (folder)
- project_1 (folder)
- project_2 (folder)
- ...
- drupal (folder)
- ...
- main.php
- index_project_1.php
- index_project_2.php
- ...
(database is PostgreSQL)

Is there a module available that will let me have the front page display various feeds from the site itself?

An example is posted at

I would like the front page to display most recents, new posts, random users etc....

I played around with views, but couldn't figure it out. If views is the only way, is there a tutorial available?

hi guys,
im trying to build a gaming portal using drupal after managing the former version with nothing but plain html and SSI's; so far I got a big question that is unanswered. If I want to create an html box to which I defined editable fields (in other wors, customizable content type), how can I accurately 'draw' the content type? Can I use HTML with specific tags or other parameters inside to build the content type?

thanks.

A while back, I looked at creating a site with Drupal (was either late 4.x or 5beta), and kept hitting roadblocks where it came to project management and the various modules available then.