By tiki16 on

Hello all, I am new to Drupal and am inquiring to see if it will meet the needs of a site I have to build. The site will be an online community that will allow for users to setup a basic web page/online profile for their business. I'd like users to be able to create a profile and enter the details of their business, descriptions, pictures along with a map feature that will show where they are located on a map (google maps?). When they sign-up thier business type would be categorised with other similar businesses i.e. hoteliers group, restaurateurs etc. Ecah group would have its own forum thread within a large forum.

I have seen examples of the personal pages and feel that a similar setup, except for businesses would work. I have been using joomla for 3 months and I havn't found a module that will allow me to setup the type of community that would fulfill users needs. I am learning php but am not a programmer.

Also, is there an install that would mimic a webserver that I could run on my machine? I'd like to be able to create my own template, is there a plug-in available for dreamweaver that would allow me to create my own templates and test them locally?

Any help appreciated,
Stvee