By Muskwa on

Hi,

I would like to make a project (online games) in Drupal, I have some ideas on how it should look (see "screenshot" here http://vilem.borec.cz/example.gif ) but not sure how to make it reality. I would like to have a frontpage with the left menu, and then on the right side there would be a list of repeating items. The content on the right would depend on the menu item clicked.

How do you think I should implement it in Drupal? Which modules should I use?

Thank you for your help!

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linulo commented

I have never done a site like that, but it seems to me the best answer would be the obvious (well, at least for experienced drupalers) one: Use the Content Construction Kit and Views.

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Muskwa commented

and is it difficult to make it? i don't know php so is there a chance to make it by my own?

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vm commented

you don't need to know php to work with CCK or with views. what you do need to do though is read their documentation. They are two of the most documented modules on Drupal.org

CCK = http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/cck & http://drupal.org/node/101723
Views = http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/views & http://drupal.org/node/109604 & for snippets http://drupal.org/node/47412

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Muskwa commented

Hi,

I have sorted out successfully school issues and now I have about 7-14 days of free time to work. Today I installed CCK and Views. I created few custom fields and added a view. I created a page type view, and managed to filter the content based on the custom field content.

Now I am completely lost. What I need is to make the output look like what I posted in the first message (the picture), so I would like to use a table, or div tags or anything to make it look like in the picture.
_____________________________________
H1 the name of game link
p description RUN A GAME
_____________________________________

Is it possible without coding?
Thank for your answers!

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vm commented

To do what you ask , you have to read up on themeing. the contemplate.module may also help in this area, however there is an entire section of the handbook dedicated to themeing and how themeing is done. This doesn't just cover creating a theme, but themeing areas, sections, pages and the like. if using a view, you will have to look at how to theme views.

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linulo commented

My newbie detectors tell me that you may be somebody who starts a new project with much enthusiasm and becomes disappointed if he encounters something like a learning curve.

Drupal is not a system that lets you realize every website idea you can come up with in an instant (no CMS can do this). There are more specialized CMS that give fast results. Drupal is much more flexible and powerful, but on the downside that means there is work involved in making things work, at least if they are not exactly what the modules and themes already do.

If you intend to seriously do web sites, every hour spent learning Drupal is a very good investment. If you just want to get a site up and running fast, Drupal may not even be the best choice.

Anyhow, what I really wanted to say is: Please don't give up and don't be disappointed if Drupal does not seem to do what you want it to at first go.