By cheifchimp on

I have just set up Drupal on my testing server and I'm stumbling a bit on the jargon. what I wish to achieve is:

general web pages.

a photo gallery (thumbnails and fully size) viewable as a slideshow or jump to specific image.

a project log to describe the construction of a couple of devices I'm working on with images linked in from the gallery.

a forum for the projects

a blog for general ramblings

other things that I think of later

What I am asking for is a bit of advice on what modules and configuration will do this, preferably phrased in a way that will make the jargon clearer.

my current (dated) non-drupal setup can be viewed at http://bareclan.no-ip.org

mik

⋅ Categories: Drupal 6.x

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vm commented

general web pages, use the page content type
a forum = enable the core forum.module in administer -> modules
a blog = enable the blog.module in administer -> modules

a photo gallery, there are quite a few to choose from. Based on your questions, I think I'd first suggest the image.module which comes with an image_gallery.module. This will be a good place for you to start testing.
a project log? - could be done with a story content type , could also be more advanced by creating your own content type, linking of image would likely be done with the img_assist.module.

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cheifchimp commented

thank you, I'm in business now

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cheifchimp commented

bugger bugger bugger
messed up my configuration and now I can't get my images to show, just:

[img_assist|nid=18|title=Layout of original concept|desc=|link=none|align=center|width=320|height=240]

at the point I try to inset an inline image

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vm commented

if the code is showing exactly like that it typically means you turned off the filter on the input format you are using.

go to administer -> input formats
edit the input format of choice
insure img_assist filter is enabled

in future create a new thread for a new question.