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Linux Journal has got a 'Migrating to Drupal' article about why and how the Planetizen website migrated which makes interesting reading.

It starts with a quick introduction to what Drupal can do and how it started:
"Drupal is often mentioned in discussions about blogging tools or Web-based forum software. Sure, you can run a blog or an on-line forum using Drupal, but that is only part of what Drupal can do...."

Some guy created an account on my system: joe-the-web using this e-mail address: joe-the-web@mail.nnov.ru. He then managed to log in and run some sort of program that created a blank comment reply to every node in my system.

I am sending this out as a warning to other site administrators. I am also wondering how this was done, and how to prevent it in the future?

Thanks!

-ron

For the past year, I've been administering a private listserv made up mostly of teachers in my academic discipline in higher education, computers and writing. Our listserv began as a way to share a private distribution of Drupal based upon my earlier efforts with DrupalEd, but quickly expanded into a focus of best teaching practices and ways to configure Drupal for our individual needs.

You are now able to pre-order the upcoming Drupal book that is being written by John VanDyk and Matt Westgate. This book is going to blow you away. It covers the internals of Drupal 5.0 in depths not attempted anywhere else. The diagrams are clear and informative and a real highlight of the book. Anyone attempting Drupal development at any level will benefit from this book, and it will become an invaluable resource to the Drupal project.

[EDIT: The book covers Drupal 5.0!]

Drupal is one of the most popular content management systems in use today. With it, you can create a variety of community-driven sites, including blogs, forums, wiki-style sites, and much more. Pro Drupal Development was written to arm you with knowledge to customize your Drupal installation however you see fit. The book assumes that you already possess the knowledge to install and bring a standard installation online. Then authors John VanDyk and Matt Westgate delve into Drupal internals, showing you how to truly take advantage of its powerful architecture.

Dev House Boston (http://upcoming.org/event/126815/) is a brand new event giving programmers and designers the opportunity to hack out something cool, in a day, and present it to lots of interested people. And at the end of the day -- whether you've got working code, page mockups, or just an elevator pitch -- you'll share your work with a group of people who know where you're coming from.