Hi Drupalers! I am new to Drupal and I do not have any knowledge in PHP and stuff. I am planning to create a website which has the following features.
1. Viewers should fill a form and send it to the administrator to become a member of the site(Customized form) Is there a way to create textboxes, radio buttons etc?
2. Admin reviews the form and if he feels ok, sends them a registration code with which they can register to the website.(It can also be a separate page for registration which other members cannot see)
3. The registration process also has a paypal payment.
4. Members pay the subscription fee every month through paypal.
5. The website has a forum
6. It has got a user profile for other members to see (including the photo) And also users should be able to customize what others see in their profile.
7. Users should be able to befriend other users
8. private messaging
Important:: If there are any extra modules to be installed, should I pay for that or it's free?
Please let me know if this can be done. Thank you.
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Hi Shelley, welcome to the
Hi Shelley, welcome to the Drupal community.
Yes, it can be done with Drupal, and looking at your specs, I think there already are modules for everything you need. The modules you need are free (I don't know of any paid Drupal module anyway :-))
If you have no PHP knowledge, you will want to learn some basic PHP. You will also need to know at least a little about html, css and maybe javascript. The steepest learning curve will probably to learn the Drupal basics.
So, the question remains if you can do it. Obviously, I can't answer that question. In theory, anyone can learn how to build Drupal sites, and since you have no PHP knowledge, building it with Drupal is a much better option for you than programming it from scratch. Be prepared to invest time in it, build a test site, experiment, mess it up, start over again and learn from your mistakes.
thankys marcvangend
thank you so much for replying pal. I already know something about html and css but as you said I have to learn the basics of php. Thanks again. Take care,
Shelley
Billionaire to be
You're welcome. For a basic
You're welcome. For a basic PHP tutorial I often recommend http://www.tizag.com/phpT/.