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Hi all,
I came across Drupal only a few weeks ago, and I have looked at some documentations and modules, and I think I need some help from you all. What I would like to know is if drupal is a suitable choice for a site such as this: http://www.vouchermate DOT co DOT nz ?
1) It has JS for bookmarking of the vouchers and it offers the ability to check out those vouchers for printing, something like a shopping cart feature, but for vouchers.
2) For their clients/businesses, they have the ability to create those vouchers using only their browser, and the graphics for the voucher are uploaded by the businesses themselves which are resized/optimized.
3) These vouchers are have expiry and quantity limit. Once either is reached, the vouchers are archived and removed from the front page
4) From what I read, drupal will run pretty fast for anonymous users, but in my case, users are expected to be logged in most of the time to get access to more features/benefits.
5) Lastly, drupal 6, being newer, naturally has less modules than drupal 5.x. Would it be better to use drupal 5 due to the availability of modules?
Thank you for your time. Please share your thoughts and ideas.
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Is there anyone out there who would be kind enough to give me some pointers?
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1) yes there are bookark type and favorite type modules in the downloads area
2) yes, create a custom content type using CCK.module it and its field modules
3) yes, investigate the scheduler.module which is only one example.
4) There is no question there to answer
5) less may not mean anything to you at this point also not that if you are measuring this by #, that doesn't always mean anything. ie: views2 with its new functionality for D6 winds up replacing quite a few modules all by it self. If you find the modules you "need" to use for Drupal 6, then use D6. If there is a absolute must have for D5 that makes you look in that direction that is fine to. but to avoid an upgrade in 12- 16 months. to D6 as D5 gets sunset, I'd certainly try and focus on D6.
Thank you for your
Thank you for your replies.
Will take a look at those modules mentioned.
Am going to go with D6 then. Appreciate your input!
Sorry that question 4 sounded like a statement. I meant to ask, what can we do to speed up logged-in users' performance?
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there is a plethora of optimization documention that can be found on google. 2bits.com is a good one to look through. If you are on a VPS or Dedicated server then you have many options. ie: optimizing MySQL, 3rd party caching and the like.
Thank you. Appreciate your
Thank you. Appreciate your replies.
If there is anyone else who would like to share some ideas or tips, feel free to post!