[support] Is there any sort of map/overview/tree in Drupal?

[cl at isbd.net]

On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 10:27:48AM -0500, inkfree press wrote:
> "cl at isbd.net" wrote:
> 
> > I'm trying Drupal for a second time (I'm a glutton for punishment!)
> 
> Your one-note song is really starting to be maddening.  Why can't you find
> it in your fingers to simply not type these extraneous thoughts you have?
> 
Sorry, I wasn't really trying to rub people up the wrong way.

> If you want to use the software, then do so with some spirit and cordiality.
> If you do not want to use the software, then consider your complaints noted
> and move on.
> 
Maybe I'm a bit more outspoken than some but I've been around the
software development (and usenet, mailing lists, GPL software) world
for a very long time and, in the main, have found that my comments are
mostly welcome.  I don't engage in flame wars but I do engage in
'lively argument' and I don't think that's necessaruly negative.

> Please refrain from adding your not-very-important sarcasm, as it really
> makes me want to slap you with a wet trout (and filter all your email to the
> trash bin).  As it is, I've deduced that you are trolling with flame-bait
> and that you are doing so out of a need for conflict.
> 
No, I don't need conflict but I do like to understand why software
seems, sometimes, to develop in what seem perverse ways.

I *really am* looking for a CMS to use for a personal small business
web site and I'm finding it a *very* hard job to find a suitable tool
to do it with.  I keep coming back to Drupal for a number of reasons, e.g.:-

    It's one of the most popular CMS
    It seems to have a lot of enthusiastic, active developers
    It has a mailing list as well as forums, I'm much happoer with E-Mail
    It runs quite nicely (i.e. smooth and quick) on my web host

.... but then I find I get stuck at what seem to me important
requirements where Drupal is weak or lacking and thus I ask questions
here to see if I'm misunderstanding.

I do give things back as well, see my recent posting about using Mozex
with Drupal (or any CMS), that seems to me to be a really useful idea,
especially if content formatting is important.

-- 
Chris Green (chris at halon.org.uk)