[Imc-drupal-dev] Drupal from scratch

[jonhattan]

Cameron Gregg escribió:
> Caspar Aremi wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>> I'm involved with developing a new IMC proposal.  In the meantime,
>> we're looking to set up a site as a test just to get familiar with it.
>>  I've personally got a lot of experience with Drupal, having used it
>> for some time on a couple of other projects.  I'm just looking for
>> some hints and tips on the best default settings and modules to
>> install & enable to get an adequetly functioning IMC site going.
>>
>> I found the Drupal Indymedia group which has been useful, and I've
>> tried to browse the lists of a couple of the Drupal based IMCs I've
>> found, but maybe something like a "First steps with Drupal for IMC
>> sites" type guide could be created? (there may be something like this
>> on the wiki already but not having access to it right now has ment
>> I've not had a chance to look).
>>
>> Any advice appreciated!
>>
>>     
>
>
> Images.
> Originally when we setup sydney indymedia. we had the image module 
> installed and also allowed images to be uploaded as attachments (upload 
> module). This has resulted in images being stored in two ways, which is 
> messy.
>
> We recently disabled attachment functionality, forcing users to upload 
> as an image node.
> I think having images as nodes is much better, because the image has 
> metadata with it.
> - allowing images to be browsed independently from the story
> - can be integrated into galleries
> - allowing images to be found in a search.
> - allowing images to be categorized
> I take the same view with audio and video.
>
> We use the image assist module to allow easy insertion of images into 
> story content.
>
> Download Method.
> We have download method set to public. The drupal docs recommend that a 
> files directory be created in your drupal install dir for this. However, 
> at the time we were using a drupal install which hosted serveral drupal 
> sites, therefore we created /files/sydimc, so files from different sites 
> would not all be in the one dir.
>
> What method do others use? Are there any advantages/disadvantages to each?
>   
at the end of settings.php there's a commented array, $conf. You can do:


$conf = array(
    'file_directory_path' => 'files/sydimc',
);

to programatically enforce the path.- it will be forbidden to change it 
via the web interface.

I use to use paths as sites/example.com/files









> Cam
> Sydney Indy
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