On 16/05/07, Erik Steffl <steffl@bigfoot.com> wrote:

I am using drupal 5 (since 4.x or so) and while it's easy to install and
setup as well as add various content types I am still struggling with
trying to figure out how to do the overall site layout.

Let's say I want to have a generic news/blog (that works out of the box)
but I also want distinct (example) sections for Music (my audio files
etc.), computers/linux (setup, progamming projects etc.), Sports etc.

When I say distinct I mean at least obviously distinct in navigation
menu, possibly distinct themes/styles/modules enabled etc.

I find the menu trim module very helpful here.

For instance on my own website (geekgothgrrl.co.uk ) there are a number of different sections, with menu trim I can remove sections from the menu tree when people navigate it, so it only contains links to relevant content. Works quite well I find.

There is a taxonomy-theme module too, that'd allow you to specifiy a different theme by term.

Kelly