Hi I have put this in theme dev as it seemed to fit best.
I would like to use drupal as the core to a message board i want to setup.
Funnily enough the blog module with threaded posts works almost exactly how i want it to and most of the stuff can be hacked around in the theme php stuff and i have been doing this so far pretty well.
i would like to know if i can change some bits to fit how i want drupal to work for me.
1. i want to change the word 'node' for 'posts' or 'board' in urls and links on page
2. I would like to know if i can on the front page have after the blog post the comment titles arranged with usernames - giving more detail than just 6 comments or something like that.
3. can the word 'blog' be changed for 'board' in the menu and wherever it appears
these will do for now - before i get too involved and then find i have to go and find another cms cos this isn't quite configurable enough. i thought id check it out here.
as can be exampled here http://www.human01d.com/dev/drupal/node/1
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all three things questions you ask, can be answered yes.
1) investigate the path.module (part of core) and pathauto.module (a contributed module) , you will also want to enable and use the locale.module and create a site specific language to change Drupal terminology.
2) Drupal can be themes in many many ways. With regards to this you will want to seek out and learn about views.module and the panels.module. which is used with veiws to create queries. or of course if you have the skillset you can custiom code your own querries.
3) see #1, keep in mind though, that Drupal ships with a core forum.module which you may find far better as a message board that you can theme. see: http://drupal.org/node/154320
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cool
infact i have just tried and successfully worked out how to use the local thing and noticed the path auto plugin so will try to give that a go.
as for the third one i noticed that the comment thread in eacxtly the way i want in the blog module ie www.b3ta.com www.c4mbodia.com style - this is the method of message board i wish to dev, but obviously much nicer looking and with better supporting features.
as for frustration levels - i spend afair bit of time tinkering with modxcms so i am no stranger to frustration. this also goes for my trial and error methods for css editing.
ok actually path and pathauto dont seem to work how i want
for example
node/3 => contact would rename node/3 to contact/
but there seems no method for the more simple idea of renaming
node => contact
this is what i want - a simple rename, seo improvement
but i can't find a way of doing it?
ta
bit of an adventure this
just an update i have found out how to change the url using pathauto and change the node path settings and added board/[title] and it works just fine.... superb!
http://www.human01d.com/dev/drupal/board/just-installed-drupal-5.2
am i to assume this mass url aliasing http://drupal.org/node/23708 doesnt work in 5.2? i can't find it anywhere