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I have been approached by a local non-profit school to setup an alumni section that is password protected (thinking of the captcha module for this). Can you think of any method that wouild work to keep out non-alumni members, or is it possible for someone to administer and delete users? Sorry if I'm rambling but its been a long day.
Eventually they would like to be able to accept donations (saw the module). Eventually the entire school's site will be incorporated.
They really want to get the alumni involved with the school.So the ability for newsletters or other means of communication is important. Is this possible with Drupal?
The school eventually wants to be able to manage the site themselves. Is it easy enough for them?
TIA.
Chris
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All of these things are possible
and, depending on the functionality you want, you could try doing these things in one site, or in multiple sites.
Multiple sites would give you more precise control over who can do what in the different areas of the site. For example, you'd probably want the donation section to be available to non-site members -- why place extra steps between potential donors and the ability to give? But, in the alumni section you'd want the privacy, particularly if there were any contact info contained on the site.
The disadvantage of multiple sites is that it involves a more complex setup, but it gives you some benefits with increased functionality.
If you want to try it all in one site, you'll want to check out the access control modules: taxonomy_access, organic groups, and simple access.
I recently wrote a blog post describing methods of using different open source apps in academic settings. One thing not mentioned in my blog post but that you also might want to consider is the CivicSpace distribution of Drupal CivicSpace comes with the tools for mailings/newsletters, as well as with CiviCRM, which gives you a set of tools for contact/donor management.
I hope this helps.
Cheers,
Bill
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Bill,
Bill,
Thank you so much!!! I will check out your blog and site, and Civic CRM.
Chris
what age
what age are the school students? college? elementary?
I'm starting a list of Drupal recipes for school sites here:
http://www.drupalecommerce.com/node/183