Module development and code questions

I'm trying to implement a search on my website and am having a little trouble. Does anyone have any advice about using the search module provided by drupal? Searching on my website would probably be very simple - all I really need the search to do is to search through one column of one MySQL table. Would it be easier to just write a new search module to take care of this simple task rather than using drupal's module?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I am using Drupal 5.0 RC1, and everything is working great. I am looking for a module to display custom ads that I have created. Is there one something like that available for 5.0 yet?

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I am trying to use various modules to get a CommunityWalk (http://www.communitywalk.com/map/39290) map to display. CommunityWalk uses Google maps.

My site is located at http://lostwithiel.eu.

I have installed profile_privacy module and it is not working as I expected, and I need some info as to its internal workings and expectations.

UI expectations

1. I was expecting it to work on a deny/allow basis - every field is not visible until the user explicitly allows it.

2. It appears to show only publicly viewable fields. I want it to show all fields, public and private and give the options of making the publicly viewable fields visible.

Coding internals

I am not familiar with Drupal's internals, but my method of dealing it is at follows.

There's fifty client side scripts for replacing the the scroll bar on the far right of the browser window. Of those, which are effective in Drupal and how do they work - can they be modules or javascript template add-ins with an onload statements. Tell your story and give a teaser so you can earn a buck for consulting and implementing magic that clients look for visual appeal as a primary.

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