Module development and code questions

Is there a mod for this already, or a clean systematic way to add Jabber ID to the profile page? I know it would easy enough to do myself - I just want to make sure I'm not hacking when I can be using the system the way it was meant to be.

I would prefer not having a time for events posted. Is there a way to remove the time?

FYI, the time is posting 6 more hours than the time I set during the creation of the event. That isn't the reason I want to remove the time, but I wondered why that is happening? Has it something to do with my time zone being different than my host provider?

I'm not entirely happy with the forum module for 4.2 and I can't get tripforum to work at all. What I'm after is something more like cyboard or superBB (The latter based on cyboards and ported to postnuke. However, no longer being developed) which is what my users are accustomed to and demand in style and usability.

Hi, i am developing a CRM system in php/mysql and i was wondering if I can use the security/authentication system of drupal without completely rewriting it as a drupal module. I would like to lauch a complete application in a new window. Is this an option?

Can someone out there point me to an explaination of how the db_query function works? I've been all through this site and can't find the documentation on it. I'm just trying to do a simple "select x from y where z", and I'm pulling my hair out.

thx

c

notice:

http://www.tbln.org/?q=event

The calendar says September 27 2003, but the event is actually scheduled for October 27 2003.

Thanks for looking into this.

George