Looking for good File Sharing CMS: is Drupal it?

Oh yeah, and possibly WebDAV support.

Shevek wrote:

Something that is looks pretty sleek, is non-geeky and easy to use (think Web 2/Mac OS X, as opposed to Linux/Windows type thing)

Or think, 'designed layout' as opposed to 'file-directory' looking website

Hi again, has anyone got any comments on this? I was under the impression the Drupal community was quite active. Maybe I shot myself in the foot by replying to my own thread?

The drupal community is very active-- but as with any forums, not every post gets a response. Personally, this is the first I've seen this one and i'm in the forums ALOT.

In any case, here you go:

- Something that is looks pretty sleek, is non-geeky and easy to use (think Web 2/Mac OS X, as opposed to Linux/Windows type thing)

Drupal will look as sleek as you make it. Everything is themable. Usability is also something that will be a function of your design/implementation more than anything else.

- Very easy upload and download capability (on a par with the likes of Flickr.com, except not just for images)

Built-in with the core 'upload' module though there are other contributed modules (like filefield) that offer additional/enhanced functionality.

- Ability to choose a licence when uploading (such as a Creative Commons licence, like you can when uploading to Flickr.com)

see the http://drupal.org/project/copyright module

- Ability to manage/admin uploaded files easily (e.g. ability to vet them before going live for instance)

With core drupal files can be attached to nodes that are 'unpublished' by default. Any users you assign the 'administer nodes' permission can then publish them. There's also contributed modules (like modr8) that provide additional/enhanced functionality for this as well. You can also do complex workflows with the rules module.

- Maybe the ability to sell of files through the website, although I'm mainly looking into doing this because I want to help foster more of an open sharing culture (for this particular app).

There are 2 well supported full featured ecommerce solutions: the ubercart and ecommerce modules.

- And, if possible, the ability to avoid lots of bandwidth somehow, say by integrating into the BitTorrent system somehow.- Something that is looks pretty sleek, is non-geeky and easy to use (think Web 2/Mac OS X, as opposed to Linux/Windows type thing)

I've never used it, but there is a http://drupal.org/project/bittorrent module. Also the media_mover and amazon s3 related modules might worth a look as well.

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