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Submitted by jhjaggars on Wed, 2006-05-03 15:07.
During the construction of this website this story will be kept sticky on the front page so that everyone will know what to expect. First of all, let me explain what this is exactly. This website is "powered" by Drupal. Drupal is a content management system, created specifically for powering community-based websites. This is the reason I chose this free software. There are several things people have asked for, and some things that I wanted to make available as well, so I'm going to try to bring them all in. Here is the big list in no particular order:
Except for the trailhead locations portion, all of the above exists as modules for the system I am using. So basically I have to download them, install them, and configure them to fit our needs. Additionally I will need to hone the look of the website so that it doesn't look exactly like all the other drupal powered websites. I'm employing Todd to create all the graphics (which should be very few). Finally, there needs to be some explanation about each portion of the site for the users. What I mean is that each section (e.g. forum, photo album, etc.. ) needs to have instructions for use, guidelines, rules etc. One more thing, please respond to this post in a comment with ideas and questions, this way I can keep them organized in one spot and everyone else can see them. |
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I have the forums set up to work very similar to the way the current ez board forums work.
Only members that have been identified as ADR club members have access to restricted boards. (If I'm wrong, let me know)
There are 2 issues to deal with:
I have been told that the first issue isn't a big deal. The second one though, I'm not sure. If there is no way to get usernames and passwords from ez board (I'm guessing not) then everyone will need to create a new account with the new system and be re-identified as a member.
Photo albums
I've added the image module. It comes with its own, minimal functioning, image gallery.
Only ADR members will be allowed to upload photos.
Galleries can be created on the fly using the free tagging system. I'm not sure that this is going to work as it can lead to a massive amount of galleries created when placed in the wrong (uneducated) hands. I'm still looking for a better solution.
Events calendar
I have added an events calendar to the system. ADR members will be able to affix events to the calendar for everything for races, work days, meetings, fun rides and anything else you can think of.
It would be nice to have a
It would be nice to have a spell check
as it stands right now anyone can edit or delet coments that mite be an issue