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<font face="Georgia"><b>hello!</b><br>
<b>i've got a wireframe/basic layout that i'd like to implement in
drupal. </b><br>
<i>i have some BASIC php skills, but am quite comfortable with xhtml
& advanced CSS. I'm also in the middle of reading "Pro Drupal
Development" - so i'm somewhat familiar with the idea of replacing
certain template pages in order to customize the look of specific
pages. (note, i actually haven't DONE that yet... just read about it
in the book) - but it seems pretty doable!</i><br>
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i think my site can be broken down into three page types:<br>
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<li><font face="Georgia">The Home Page <br>
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<li><font face="Georgia">Content Pages</font></li>
<li><font face="Georgia">Portfolio Pages</font></li>
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<font face="Georgia">you can see a wireframe illustration of my
homepage here: <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://img30.picoodle.com/img/img30/8/6/18/f_homepagem_68ba209.gif">http://img30.picoodle.com/img/img30/8/6/18/f_homepagem_68ba209.gif</a> <br>
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<b>But, I dont know how to organize all the content types on the front
page... <br>
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Questions:</b><br>
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<li><font face="Georgia">Should i sent the homepage up as a "story",
or as a "page"? <br>
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<li><font face="Georgia">Is positioning the blog teaser (right
column), and
the "image gallery & caption" (left column) simply a matter of what
theme i have installed?</font></li>
<li><font face="Georgia">Should i create a custom content type for
the image gallery & text description (left column)?</font></li>
<li><font face="Georgia">Is there some other question i should be
asking in regards to how to carry this out?</font></li>
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<font face="Georgia">i have drupal installed at </font><font
face="Georgia"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://drupal.fresh-off.com">http://drupal.fresh-off.com</a> , but there's not much to
see yet.<br>
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Like others, i'm trying to document my learning process, and hope one
day to be able to publish it for others to learn from!<br>
Thanks for any help you can give me. Also, if this question has been
answered in the forums (which it likely has) - suggestions on what to
search for might be helpful as well!<br>
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thanks every so much for reading, and any help you're able to offer!<br>
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<b>brendan</b><br>
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