By seddonym on

Hello

I have been slowly building a site in Codeignitor but have recently become aware that Drupal might be a much better option. It looks like it may be a good way of eliminating a lot of the microprogramming tasks I seem to be getting bogged down in with Codeigniter. Could anyone advise me whether I am barking up the wrong tree?

The site needs users to be able to log on create postings that they can then publish to other users. Which other users can see the postings will depend on specific (and quite complex) sets of rules based on settings that they will apply to the postings, to other users (who they can add as 'buddies'), and to their settings as a whole.

I would also like there to be a 'members' area and a 'guests' area.

I am not aware of another site like this and am assuming I will need to code my own module for the individual functionality; however does this sound like a suitable use of Drupal?

If anyone is able to point me in the direction of what kind of modules I am likely to need for this (especially the members/guests area bit which I can't quite figure out, but would have thought would be easy) I'd be immensely grateful!

(PS I am pretty familiar with object-orientated PHP and MVC frameworks but as a learner rather than a seasoned programmer... getting better though.)

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deadhobo commented

Sounds like drupal would be a great match for your project. Look towards modules like Buddy List and the various Access Control modules. Perhaps even Organic groups. Good luck!

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seddonym commented

Great - thanks! I will press on and have a look at those modules.