Richard,
Welcome to Drupal!
Everything is quite straightforward except for two things.
Re: the checklists, I'd need to know more info about the requirements to recommend a course of action.
For the images, using imagefield in conjunction with imagecache you are good-to-go very easily.
However, I'm just not sure about zooming in on the .pdfs. It's possible/likely folks who are working on the filefield project ( http://drupal.org/project/filefield) are either working on or maybe even created what you want. I just don't know.
While there certainly is a learning curve re: Drupal's templating system --- it is amazingly powerful and flexible. You can control anything you want without hacking --- which means you can continually upgrade Drupal core and its contrib modules, keep benefiting from improvements, bug fixes etc... without having to worry that you've broken your customizations. It is totally brilliant.
Do let us know what you decide, discover, etc.
Shai <a href="http://content2zero.com">Content2zero</a>
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Richard Wilding < richard@richardwilding.com> wrote:
Hi All,
I'm new to Drupal and this mailing list.
I'm a front-end designer and have been asked by an architect to 're-skin' a Google Sites project he has set up to share project images, plans and to-do lists with one of his clients
Google Sites does not allow access to their html / css templates for me to change the page structure and styles, so I'm looking for another platform
I've looked at project management / collaboration platforms like Basecamp and Huddle, but they seem too complex and I really want a simple interface with just the features my client needs
Is Drupal suitable for this or is there another platform that I should investigate?
Here is a summary of the most important features required:
Restricted access with multiple user accounts
Display text, images, .pdfs and videos within the website pages
Zoom or enlarge images and .pdfs to view details in drawings & .pdf
spreadsheets
Include tables of information with column ordering i.e team contact list
Include savable checklists
Page templates need to be customizable through html and css
Thanks and best wishes,
Richard Wilding
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