what is ireport based on?
calebm12 - June 10, 2009 - 14:38
Hi folks
First ever post. I am a drupal newbie.
Was wondering if anyone knew what CMS ireport.com was based on.
I like many of its features and was wondering if there are already plugins/modules developed around drupal for implementing something similar? I am a drupal newbie and have a steep learning curve. Am in for a world of hurt? :)
Many thanks for your time!
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From a quick look at the source, it looks like it might be jive based, but I don't see anything there drupal couldn't do. Regardless of which platform you select, I doubt very much there's going to be a plugin/module available you can just enable and be on your way. Although CMS's try to minimize the actual programming required to build interactive sites, it still takes some effort and elbow grease to do.
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thanks for the comments. do
thanks for the comments. do you have any pointers or direction you could point me in for research. I want to accomplish this in beta 1.0:
1. Allow users (registered, maybe unregistered) to post self-written "articles"....they can include a link to a website or picture
2. Allow users (registered and unregistered) to vote on "articles"...i understand drigg is close to this but is more a bookmarking thing, i want the focus being on what the user writes and allow a link to serve as a reference if they want.
3. Allow users (registered and unregistered) to comment
4. Have a very simple interface....page opens at the top they can "publish" below that is a list of recent submissions to browse
5. have a polling section
6. allow users to search for "publications" by keyword or author screen name
7. allow registered users to send private messages
beta 2.0
1. incorporate a forum that utilizes a registered users screen name and password for access
2. have a blog with 4-5 reserved writers
3. add a place where people can donate money to my company
no longer beta
1. add a link for merchandise
2. add a wiki
Thats my basic outline as of now. I am looking to get beta 1.0 up in 2 months then add each additional beta within 2 months.
Like i said...i am a newbie. Would appreciate advice and where to get my feet wet....best readings, etc. Also maybe any Drupal user knowledge on how i can build the above.
many thanks!
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b1-1: core drupal
b1-2: http://drupal.org/project/fivestar and/or http://drupal.org/project/flag
b1-3: core drupal
b1-4: sorry, no clue what you're trying to say here
b1-5: core poll module or contributed http://drupal.org/project/advpoll module
b1-6: core search, http://drupal.org/project/faceted_search, or http://drupal.org/project/views + exposed filters
b1-7: http://drupal.org/project/privatemsg
b2-1: core forum and optionally http://drupal.org/project/advanced_forum
b2-2: core blog module
b2-3: http://drupal.org/project/lm_paypal
b3-1: for ecommerce checkout http://drupal.org/project/ubercart or http://drupal.org/project/ecommerce. You will want to make this decision first -- even if you don't turn on the functionality right away. I believe both of these will also handle b2-3 so you wouldn't need that module separately.
b3-2: there's no 'wiki' module per say. Depending on which wiki features you want, there's modules available to add those features. Some popular modules are http://drupal.org/project/wikitools, http://drupal.org/project/talk, & http://drupal.org/project/freelinking.
You'll probably also want to use the cck, imagefield, and/or possibly image, and link modules.
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wow....all of that is great!
wow....all of that is great! THANK YOU. Will look into all of that tonight. Very helpful.
my b1-4 was basically not so much a functionality but a design requirement. i dont want it cluttered with lots of sidebars and links. Just a submission box and a feed that shows all of the submissions (most recent first) where a user can vote on it, open it up to read more and comment.
now that you know more....are we talking lots of elbow grease or a little. not trying be lazy here....just dont know if i am getting in over my head. i got good html, css background...but no php yet.
caleb
one last question...i see
one last question...i see drupal supports openid login....what about a login via facebook screenname or yahoo screenname?
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As regards facebook or yahoo logins, i've not used them, but there are the http://drupal.org/project/facebook_auth and http://drupal.org/project/yahoo_bbauth modules.
As for the effort-- it's difficult to make an estimate like that. The good news is I don't think you'll need much php, probably just the basics for theming (simple if-then-else stuff, very easy). However, a complex site like that is no weekend project but only you can judge whether you're in over your head.
One other thing to consider-- the effort you expend to learn drupal will be well worth it. Due to the power and flexibility of drupal, you can pretty much build any type of web app with it so it's not like you'll be wasting your time learning things for this one site that you can't use again for another.
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thanks for your time and
thanks for your time and help!