wondering whether Drupal provides these features I need for a new project
saul11 - August 20, 2007 - 12:19
Can I create several fora (plural of 'forum')?
Is there a news module? And does it have a feature that removes items when they are a number of months old?
Can I create admin user with different privileges?
Can I limit input fields or textareas in length?
Is there an addressbook module that can sort users; export them as a csv file; can devide users into groups and allows you to send an email to users and whole groups?
Can I hide pages. And will it also be unavailable by accessing directly its url?
(I believe I can easily hide pages, can't I? I never used Drupal before, but am reading pro drupal development and every menu item seems to have a setting whether or not to be displayed, that is, if I remember correctly :p)
Thanks for any help.
Yes, all can be done. You
Yes, all can be done. You will need to explore additional modules (http://drupal.org/project/Modules).
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Joep
CompuBase, Drupal websites and design
out of the box?
really, all out of the box, well box, not core but with additional modules?
That's awesome!
Could you please point me towards some modules that provide any of the things I listed above. I have been digging through the modules listings already, but there are so many that any help with it is much appreciated!
I suggest to download and
I suggest to download and try. It does not make sense to read over all the modules functionalities without trying some of them. There are simply too many of them.
You have got the book...., if some functionality is not available you can write your own. Really, it is easier then you might think.
Can I create several fora (plural of 'forum')?
Standard in core.
Is there a news module? And does it have a feature that removes items when they are a number of months old?
Acually everything you create is news...
Can I create admin user with different privileges?
yes
Can I limit input fields or textareas in length?
not sure if there is a mod for that.
Is there an addressbook module that can sort users; export them as a csv file; can devide users into groups and allows you to send an email to users and whole groups?
try simplenews for sending email.
There are other modules that might help you.
Can I hide pages. And will it also be unavailable by accessing directly its url?
(I believe I can easily hide pages, can't I? I never used Drupal before, but am reading pro drupal development and every menu item seems to have a setting whether or not to be displayed, that is, if I remember correctly :p)
standard in core
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Joep
CompuBase, Drupal websites and design