By Dvchwi on

Hello,

I'm trying to create a website where users (any registered user, not just certain privileged "admin" types") can upload trip reports describing their travels complete with text and photos. These reports would then be searchable, sortable(by place, time, etc.), and rateable by visitors to the site. Would Drupal provide this sort of functionality without too much pain in configuration, or should I look somewhere else? Thanks for your help.

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rszrama’s picture

rszrama commented

Drupal can do it, but I think pain in configuration is relative... I could do it in Drupal fairly easily but for someone new I can imagine it taking some time. ; )

The image module allows people to upload images which can then be linked from other posts. Using the CCK (Content Construction Kit) you can create a "trip" type node that has the fields you need for users to report with... You could also use taxonomy (categories) to classify trips by place so users can browse by place if they want. You can use the Contemplate module to theme what your trip nodes will look like in teaser and full versions. The Views module would let you list all the trips on the site, and you can setup sortable fields like the place taxonomy, time, user, etc. I'm not sure about the various voting modules... I know there's some rating mechanism for ya.

So, Drupal can do it. It'll just take some work interfacing all these things... It's fun, though!

(I've used the CCK + Contemplate + Views to setup a site for audio download in a really short amount of time... it's a wonderful combination!)

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vph commented

Yes, Drupal can certainly do this with Story, Taxonomy, Views, Image without too much pain in configuration at all. That said, you still need to get familiarized yourself with Drupal to do this.

I would advise against using CCK to proliferate content types. A "story" is sufficient in your case. With image attachment, taxonomy to categorize places. Archive to sort out the times. You should be OK.

To me, one weakness of Drupal is Speed. You don't want to make it too complicated with many modules to make it not dynamic enough.

tourbike’s picture

tourbike commented

hi, I am wondering if users can upload their own style sheets so that they can feel like it is more of a community that they are buiding and create possible better 'trip' presentations.

thanks for any feedback

vph’s picture

vph commented

Hi,
you can set up many themes and allow users to select one of them as their own. Further, I think there are modules that allow you to customize the look depending on the category. Check out the modules page.

Good luck.

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marcusc commented

The world is not flat is a travel site, that in some areas correspond with your question. And it is based on Drupal.

http://www.theworldisnotflat.com/

/Marcus