How easy it to build a site like this...
ps1973 - November 3, 2009 - 13:29
We want the same kind of functionality (not design) as this site for art instead of Tees, I have never used Drupal though. Is this the right software to use and any ideas how to do this?
Thanks in advance :)
A quick outline of what we want to do:
Allow users to submit artwork to a gallery.
Users can rate the artwork, leave comments, have a personal profile etc
The top 5 rated each week will then be sent to print and put into our shop.
Yeah, Threadless is great
Yeah, Threadless is great :-)
All of the things you mention in your quick outline is possible with Drupal and a number of modules.
Start with installing Drupal 6. Set up your content types with the CCK module (www.drupal.org/project/cck), create user profiles with Content Profile (www.drupal.org/project/content_profile), do the rating with Fivestar (www.drupal.org/project/fivestar), make the gallery with Views (www.drupal.org/project/views)... And when it all works, create your custom theme to create the appearance you want.
But is it "easy"? That's like asking "How easy is it to learn French?" - it depends on your skills, I can't judge that.
Thanks for all that info,
Thanks for all that info, i'll have a go at it right now...
(I realised the 'easy' comment as I posted it! I have a fair few years worth of web design (frontend mainly), should have mentioned that....although I dont think that matters, this is all new to me so it may take a while!
Thanks for your help.
Good luck, and feel free to
Good luck, and feel free to come back with (more specific) questions later on.