Module development and code questions

Hi everyone, I'm new to the forums. I've been trying to go through all of the documentation on Drupal to figure out how to create my own modules. First off, let me just say that Drupal is the best CMS system I've ever had to work with. From the installation to it's API. A million times better than Joomla.

I have a cvs account and wish to load two modules I just developed. I get a confirmation email from last august, but I can't get logged in ... who can help me?

Thanks

Hello,

I'm about to start writing a module that reads and parses in XML data from an uploaded file, then saves certain data from the XML file into a DB table.

I have all the pieces I need except for how I'm going to interact with the upload module when the node is created and the file is uploaded. Are there any hooks that I can use to access the uploaded file or is it best to use hook_insert, look up the filename, and open it from there?

What is the best way to go about this?

Thanks,
-mike

Hi!

I've grasped the basics of Drupal - have categories, content variety and such. What I'm trying to figure right now is an example page for a database or spreadsheet. I want to set up a diet, exercise and recipe section. I did find a few forum links, like: http://drupal.org/node/20998 .

Hi, I want my module to have many different views....
I want users of my module to be able have a normal view, a list view and an edit view.
Is this possible? If so, how?

Any help will be most appreciated,
Thankyou!

I'm new to Drupal and actually I play around a little bit with the cck module. I created a new content type. Let's call it "Famous persons". A famous person entry should consist of:

- a name
- one or more pictures
- a description

There should be a menu item called "famous persons" and the admin should be able to create a "famous person" entry. When a visitor clicks on the "famous persons" entry, all famous persons should be shown in the content area (like all of John's blog entries are shown when I click on "John's blog").