Module development and code questions

I don't know which module I have to install. Currently I have sitemap installed but it's not what I want. What I want is a link on the navagation that says Content. You click on the link and it lists the types of content (not pages, stories etc, but Music Reviews, Rants, News & Information etc) and how many articles are in that category. This is all on the main area, not the navagation drop down btw. Then when I make a selection I want it to take me to a list of all stories/posts in that category so I can organize them the way I want.

What am I looking for? Thanks!

Has a link indexing/directory module like hotscripts.com or jspin.com been created yet or is anyone working on one?

anyway we can use xmlrpc tools (wbloggar/ecto/etc) to create contents like pages/story/etc...??

this will help lots of newbies to publish content right from their desktop.

tnx&rgds,
rex

Has anyone integrated dupral with Flash photo world map?

It would be cool to ad a field where users put in their hometown so it shows on the world map. How difficult would that be?

http://www.allthegoodness.com/projects/map/

Is there any way the user could categorise their blog enries into diffrent sections.

User account:
-view recent blog entries
- Category #2
-blog entry
-blog entry
- Category #1
-blog entry
-blog entry

And is it possible to change the name Blog to Journal? Or is there some other module that could do the all this.

I'm rewriting a portion of the PM module. One change is to add a MEMBERS drop down list to the existing CONTACTS list on the "Write a new message" page.

The existing PM module uses form_ functions from common.inc for everything but the drop down lists, and I'm wondering if the working code I wrote for a MEMBERS list can be translated into a form_select function.

Here's the working code, with the XXonChangeXX XXed-out to get through the "suspicious code" filter on the Drupal forum:

  $form .= '<select id="edit-quick" name="quick2" XXonChangeXX="document.getElementById(\'edit-recipient\').value=quick2.value"><option value="" selected="selected">--'.t("Members").'--</option>';
  $result = db_query("SELECT name AS name from users ORDER BY name", $user->uid);
  while ($name = db_fetch_object($result)) 
  {
    $name = check_plain($name->name);
    $form .= "<option value='$name'>$name</option>";
  }
  $form .= '</select>';

Here's the function from common.inc:

function form_select($title, $name, $value, $options, $description = NULL, $extra = 0, $multiple = FALSE, $required = FALSE) 

I think I can figure out most of the parameters, but I don't understand how to fill the list from $result, or how to do the OnChange code.

If my modifications are of value, I'd be glad to contribute this to the project. Suggestions appreciated.