Module development and code questions

I'm not sure if this counts as a module question. I want to write a php script that can create user accounts, and user other functions in the drupal api. So it's not actually a "page" in the sense that it displays anything in the browser.

How could I "include_once allofdrupal.php" so to speak? So that I can call user_save and possible user_login and some other stuff...

I'm just working on a simple SHA module that adds a SHA hash to the user table that I could use by external programs for authentication. I've gotten the user table modified correctly (ALTER TABLE {users} ADD `pass_sha1` varchar(40) NOT NULL). Now what I'm having problems with are automatically updating the SHA1 field when a user is registered (either by admin or the user), password changed or reset, etc - whenever the password hash is updated. This is the code I have so far:

Hello,

Are there any hooks to add content into a comment or is the only option to modify the the comment.module method comment_render() ?

Regards Paul

It's actually very simple what I want.

I want the categories (taxonomy) appear in the menu. But I want to add a custom Title and a Description on top of the page. So, actually the page title would be different then the menu name.

I have tried the taxonomy module, and this one displays the categories great as a menu, but no customization.

Hello,

I've created a small Organic Groups helper module for a client and am in the process of contributing it back to the Drupal community. While I wait for my CVS account to be approved, I thought I'd post the module here in hopes of getting some feedback.

Im looking for a module so that eac registered user can have their own art gallery. Perhaps a link to a page where it displays all the images in their gallery?

I know there is a gallery system however its just a regular gallery and users cant have their own personal gallery system.