What modules do i need for my site?

Posted by Bubblia on January 26, 2009 at 7:25pm

I have installed Drupal 6.9 on my site which is www.bubblia.com With this site I want to provide a social drinking and nightlife enthusiast social network with sections for members to post reviews about bars and clubs they have visited & drinks they like. I also want to post related news on the homepage (club openings, etc.) I am totally clueless as to how to get everything to come together & was wondering what types of modules I will need and how do i learn to use them? Thanks for any feedback!!!

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You can check out the

Posted by JohnNoc on January 26, 2009 at 7:47pm

You can check out the "Getting Started" handbook to "get a clue as to how to get everything to come together" and the "Beyond the Basics" handbook to learn about customizing your Drupal installation, as well as reading about different contributed modules and learn to use them.

If you're interested in social networking, documentation can be found at http://drupal.org/node/206724. There's also a "Social Networking Sites" group on g.d.o ...

for people who want to discuss Drupal's social networking tools. These tools include modules like Buddylist, Organic Groups, Invite, FOAF, Private message, and so forth.... The goal of this group is to foster communication between the developers of Drupal's social networking modules, discuss roadmaps, and collect community input.

Hope these links help. Good luck :-)

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John

I would recommend starting

Posted by wrb123 on January 26, 2009 at 7:49pm

I would recommend starting with CCK (it will let you make node types like "club", "drink", "bar", and other types of content), get Views (which can be overwhelming at first but helps you present certain pieces of content and filter and sort things easily), look into profile modules such as Content Profile or Advanced Profile Kit, maybe also Advanced Forum (or enable core Forum module) - join us on #drupal-support on IRC if you want live help :)
-bill

www.understandrap.com

Thank you so much for your

Posted by Bubblia on January 26, 2009 at 8:34pm

Thank you so much for your help, this will atleast get me started in the right direction! Now I just have to understand how to use the tools to reach my goals!