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Would Drupal be able to do this?
I want to make a video and picture site:
1. Once a person registers, they will be able to submit content
2. The person uploads pictures / videos from their computer and it will be visible on the pictures and videos page.
3. The people will comment on videos and pictures?
I want to ask, is Drupal capable of doing this? I have never worked with Drupal, but if it will be possible to do this, I will start working!
Thanks in advance!
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Yes. There is quite a bit of
Yes. There is quite a bit of information in the forums about what you want to do as well as a book or two detailing how to do that.
One thing to remember, there
One thing to remember, there are usually multiple ways of doing things in Drupal, so it pays to spend some time exploring and understanding how Drupal works before you dive in a build a 'live' site.
Definitely looks into the books that are out there and build some demo sites...
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Some to consider while
Some to consider while Drupal can handle your needs, the videos could cause excessive bandwidth usage issues with your server company.
Joomla..
I have been using Joomla, and my site came out to look very nice, but to my dissapointment, it had nothing to upload images and videos and put them into their own pages.
Which books should I look at to get me started?
Books...
Book list - > http://drupal.org/books
You might start with the O'Reilly book, 'Using Drupal'.
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Best Advice
Look no further than Packts:Building Powerful and Robust Websites with Drupal 6 by David Mercer. You wont regret it.
Drupal 6 and Beyond.
To make sure..
I want the video and image uploads to:
1. Upload to MY server especially the videos! Joomla had ways to have it stored away from my server and that's why I am looking for a change.
Videos need to be uploaded to my server and then be posted to the videos page.
Same thing with the images. To my server and then be posted to the pictures page.
Drupal makes this possible? Or I will run into dead ends like Joomla?
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You can do this quite easily with Drupal. Check out the 'media' category on the downloads page for all the available video modules. To create a 'videos' page you'll want the views module. For images you'll want to look at the image and imagefield modules.
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Also..
Also, can I do this:
When a person registers at my site, they get their own profile, and with things they have submitted (videos, pictures). Thanks!
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yes.
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"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." - Lao Tzu
"God helps those who help themselves." - Ben Franklin
"Search is your best friend." - Worldfallz