By rjwhitehouse on

Hi all,

I'm new to Drupal after looking around the web for a possible OpenSource answer to my needs for a website I'm redeveloping from an old 'home made' CMS. I've looked around the site and searched the forums a wee bit but have a couple of specific questions that I need answering.

So here goes, my site will need:

  • To have all written elements of the UI translated into the Welsh language (not a current translation available)

and also have a 'my website' type of area where...

  • There is a user registration section where certain areas of the site are only available to registered users
  • Registered users can 'subscribe' to certain article sections so when new ones are added, notifications will turn-up in their 'my website' area
  • In this little 'my website' area, the users can add to a small 'notebook' and save their thoughts, etc. on various articles.

It's quite complex and I think it's more specific than an off-the-shelf platform will be designed for but I'd like to see if it's possible anyway.

Thanks!

Comments

Zen’s picture

Zen commented

* To have all written elements of the UI translated into the Welsh language (not a current translation available)

You can start your own translation project and contribute back to the community.

* There is a user registration section where certain areas of the site are only available to registered users

There are a number of "access" related modules available on the modules page.

* Registered users can 'subscribe' to certain article sections so when new ones are added, notifications will turn-up in their 'my website' area

Subscription modules 1 and 2.

* In this little 'my website' area, the users can add to a small 'notebook' and save their thoughts, etc. on various articles.

a.k.a a blog.

hth
-K

rjwhitehouse’s picture

rjwhitehouse commented

Thanks for that, all very useful info.

Just one point - the 'notebook' area would ideally need to be secure for each user. Ie. the site is a collection of books for studying - the idea for the notebook is that a user can study a particular book and then make their own notes on it and come back and read, edit, add to them at any time.

(Hope that makes sense!)

Michael M’s picture

Michael M commented

It is possible, but, you will need to have knowledge of PHP.

I don't know how to do this without using php, but I'm sure someone will tell you if it is possible without learning php.

sys6x’s picture

sys6x commented

maybe you can do this by controlling reading accesses to the blogs!