By live2ride on

Hi. I am new to site development and especially to drupal. The whole node thing throws me off. But anyway
I am trying to build a website for non profit organization for those less fortunate, which I am part of and having a difficulty. Here is what I need. I need a page where people can come and select if they would like to volunteer. For example. We need volunteers to teach English-grammar,vocab etc.., Math, Science and so on, and students to be able to see where the class is being held.
Example, when I go to website I click on Volunteers tab and I select that I would like to volunteer to teach Math and time I am available to teach is sat and sun 12-8pm. Then we can post that we have a Math teacher willing to teach and have studdent sign up. Once certain amount of studdents sign up, then in Classes tab we can post the location where the class will be held such as Classroom 21 for example. I tried looking for a module similar to what I need but I cant find anything. If anyone can help me with any information like how I can make this module or how i can make this work, it will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you

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cayenne’s picture

cayenne commented

A custom module for this would be great!

But in the meantime, webforms is probably your best bet!

:)

Elteto’s picture

Elteto commented

Do not worry about the nodes thing, it will kind of grow on you, soon you will see everything in nodes.

There are a few modules that may already support some of the functionality you are seeking, such as

http://drupal.org/project/booking_timeslots

However it sound to me like you have complete control over deploying/configuring this site, so based on that and on the nature of your project, you may take a look at

http://civicrm.org/

which is ideally suited for non-profit, volunteer, and activist organizations. And the best feature of it is: Drupal compatibility! I think this feature especially lands close to your needs:

http://civicrm.org/civievent

Please let us know how your project develops, it can be a very helpful learning experience for other dedicated volunteers like you as well.

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live2ride commented

I am currently trying to figure out webforms and looking into CiviCRM but their installation instructions do not seem clear to me at this time for CiviCRM. I went on Youtube and looked at some videos about CiviCRM and Im thinking for now it will only confuse me even more since I only started learning about Drupal and adding app inside app im just digging my grave deeper. Its definitely something I want to give a try maybe in a week once i get little more comfortable with Drupal, but for now Im still in the process of learning these million modules I installed. I got a calendar module and found it small and inconvenient, is there a way I can make a calendar big, lets say across whole page so its easy for everyone to see the events which are happening. I tried webcalendar, and found it good because of its size and ease of use for everyone. I wish there was a way to link WebCalendar with Drupal like in v5.

Im starting to figure out nodes though, thank God, but i am being overwhelmed with Views. Whoever made those they definitely got my vote!

A week ago I had no idea about CMS, I started to make the webpage in Dreamweaver, accidentaly stumbled upon few features proved by my host provider and that's how I learned about CMS. I tried e107, Joomla, Mambo and Drupal CMS, web calendar and few other applications.

I appreciate all your help and input.
Thank you

Elteto’s picture

Elteto commented

Which calendar module did you install? I found some good functionality in

http://drupal.org/project/event

http://drupal.org/project/signup

http://drupal.org/project/rsvp

I know what you mean about Views, it can get overwhelming, but the Event module creates a calendar view for you without you having to code it together.

Here is also a good tutorial with screen shots from the reputable Packt Publishing guys:

http://www.packtpub.com/article/adding-calendar-to-website-using-drupal6

I think you are doing great! If you dumped Dreamweaver and got into Drupal AND its contributed modules all in a week's time, then you are progressing just wonderfully! I am glad you ended up with Drupal, it is very well suited for non-profit and volunteer uses.

I do believe the powerful functionality in CiviCRM is worth the little extra time investment in the configuration. Here is the installation guide for it:

http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Drupal+installation+an...

And here is the CiviCRM PDF book:

http://en.flossmanuals.net/CiviCRM/FM_10Sep09.pdf

Let us know how you are doing! I can also help you with the CiviCRM installation via IRC, VoIP, or Yuuguu/Skype.

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cayenne commented

I had gotten so wrapped up in my own requirements that I had forgotten about these other modules. When I set up my system, none of them quite met my needs: support configurable fields, allow multiple signups, small footprint), but I'll take another look and be a little more cautious with my advice.

civiCRM is a fantastic set of modules, and I have set it up for another party. It's worth a look even if a tad ponderous. I shall do so once again.

Bottom line is you have many choices!

:)