Hi there, I downloaded drupal because it was reconmended on another site as a good "Personal journal" software. I didn't think it was like a Portal or anything. I've used MaxWebPortal in the past and Drupal seems to be similar in nature to that software. Right now, i'm not interested in anything fancy. Just something I can log into, post my thoughts and ideas. Record my exercise routine. Maybe put up some pictures. Nothing really more. Wouldn't be bad to have users coment, but I dont need to let them set up their own blog's. I'm limited on webspace and I dont think it would be prudent to let everyone seeing my site setup their own blog's and forum stuff. Coments or feedback is fine tho.
So I guess my question is this, now that I have this software installed and running. Now what. Can I dumb it down now so that there is no need for a log in screen? Or is that necessary. A Log in screen is fine (as the administrator) but not needed for everyone else (so like a back door for the admin). Is there a way to stop other's from posting or making their own blog's but still allow them to coment on the content I would have on it?
If not can someone suggest a different type of software that would do the trick? I've thought of the idea of making a simple webpage, and just making a new page everytime I add some content to it, then edit the main page to add links to each page and have a feedback or guestbook system installed. However that gets time consuming tedius and not at all attractive.
Seeing as i'm working 2 jobs, time is not always my friend, but sometimes I just want to log on and just quickly write a thought, then log off again.
I saw a few sites that I notice that are similar in idea to what i'm looking for. like www.pjsoft.ca.
But then maybe I can open up the blogs. My fear is space. I'm using a free account on www.100webspace.com (100mb, 3gb/month up, small banner, blah blah blah great tech support and quick to boot blah blah balh) I just dont want to over do it. Suggestions? comments?
Carlo
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It's what I use it
It's what I use it for.
Check this link out.
http://support.bryght.com/articles/group-blog
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Yes, you can 'dumb it down'
Start by hiding the login block. It is alway accessible to you at the URL:
{your base URL}?q=user
eg: http://www.yoursite.com/?q=user
You can hide the block on the administer->blocks page.
Then you'll want to read the handbook for administrators on how to set up user permissions so that nobody can do things you don't want them to be able to. The advantage to using Drupal at this point is you're likely to get new ideas and wishes in the coming year(s) as you run your blog. Drupal will let you turn lots of cool features back on. Other software might not have them to start with.
Administrators guide:
http://drupal.org/node/257
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Drupal can do this
but you may want to look at something less ambitious like Wordpress which is more of a straight ahead blog tool whereas Drupal can sure do blogs but can also do much more and thus presents more options/complexity
I agree with this. You just
I agree with this. You just want a blog, something basic and easy to understand. :) Movable Type and Wordpress would be a better fit.
This is not to say, you *shouldn't* use Drupal, or that it can't do what you want to do, but that for your needs, you'll probably face less frustration with something that is designed for, and stays true to, blogging. :)
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You might try Drupal 4 Bloggers
You might try Drupal 4 bloggers but the project seems to be at a stand still. there is no indication of a version after 4.4.1
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James Seng forked Drupal and
James Seng forked Drupal and then switched to Word Press. So far, it is floating in limbo and unlikely to progress further. :)
-sp
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switched to wordpress
huh? i switched to wordpress? what gives you that idea?
i didnt do much on d4b because there was much left to do - it is a functional blogging tool out of the box, easy to setup and ready to go.
Good decision making
Ahh,
So you have choosen to make the version you started with as good as it can get before trying to upgrade to anything else? Especially since it is a out-of-the- box solution and immediate upgrades for new drupal features are not the path that needs to be taken.
I like that.
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hmmm
I looked again and evidently I confused your blog with someone else's blog. My bad.
-sp
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advantages of login screen and using Drupal as a blog
Given problems with comment spam, one solution is to allow registration on your site but limit their content creation access to posting comments. Then you can turn off anonymous commenting. This is what I prefer as comment spam controls still require some administrative overhead; I personally just prefer avoiding the issue by requiring registration, which spam bots don't do.
As for "dumbing down" Drupal, it is so "dumbed down" upon first install since practically nothing is running. So it's easily possible to configure it just as an individual blog (that's one of the simpler configurations). I've been using Drupal as a blog now for quite a while. No problems. But the nice thing is that as you find more time, you can experiment with other features (such as the news aggregator).
It is only a question of
It is only a question of time and marketshare untill spammers will start to automatically create accounts and spam your Drupal sites silly.
We've already had spammers that manually created accounts here on Drupal.org for the sole purpose of spamming.
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