SC.org like System

[Sikawtic]

As some may know, I'm trying to create guildwars-sanctum.org, but I am lacking some knowledge.

What would be the best way to go about creating a register/sign-in like system, like sc.org. Signing in would let you do the normal stuff like leaving comments and taking parts in polls, submitting tutorials etc.

All help is appreciated.

[Neo]

You might look into something like Drupal or some other content management system (google: CMS).

-Neo

[Sikawtic]

Thanks Neo.

Drupal has lots of good reviews and it's free... but I'm having trouble reading the install.txt. It's all jumbled and stuff... anybody know the basic installation/follow-up manipulation?

Nvm, I found the online version... but I need clarification on this part:

This will create a new directory drupal-x.x.x/ containing all
Drupal files and directories. Move the contents of that directory
into a directory within your web server's document root or your
public HTML directory:

mv drupal-x.x.x/* drupal-x.x.x/.htaccess /var/www/html
So i dled drupal 4.6.x, i should have a directory like this:
mv drupal-4.6.x/drupal-4.6.x/.htaccess/var/www/html?

then i put my .htaccess in the .htaccess folder? or is it that the .htaccess is the file, and /var/www/ is another directory in */drupal-4.6.x/ or what?

*is confused*

[Seal]

untar/zip the drupal package to a folder, open up FTP for your host, upload the contents of the drupal folder to the public_html (or such) on your host.
then start modifying it.

[Sikawtic]

Ok, I have for folders:
-Cgi bin
-drupal (folder containing all the drupal stuff from the zip)
-images (contains images... <_<)

Then in my main directory for files i have:
-.ftpquota
-home.html
-styles.css

So how do I go about creating a page with the drupal effects added to it?

[Sikawtic]

bump ... ... ... I am still in need of assistance.

[AJ]

drupal doesn't add effects.. you install the cms into a mysql database which then is run via the php scripts included with the cms download.

perhaps read the drupal instructions? ;)

[Sikawtic]

they ran around in a non-sensible manner... so i decided to come to you guys.

so... put that in newb php/mysql/cms terms?

[Seal]

really, the manual supplied with it is the best resource for installation. but if you're not capable of reading it.. well, its going to be hard even with personal help.

[Sikawtic]

I wasn't genna read the manual cuz it's all run together and hard to read... and i was genna post it in here so you could see how bad it is. I then realized when I pasted it into the box... it was now formatted <_<, so I just need to try pasting it in a different program to read it...