How to give users their own space? HELP

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Posted by losmono on July 29, 2008 at 10:12am

Hi,

like everybody here, I'm working on the "next big thing" :) ... probably it will never go online, it's just for my diploma.

Anyway, the site is supposed to be a networking site for students studying abroad. Signing up, I have to choose a city (where I will go to). As a member, I have access to this public "city area" (let's say "everybody's Barcelona"), where people can share their knowledge etc. And there's got to be a private area (like "my very own Barcelona"), where every user can have his own blog, calendar, gallery, ...

I'm a bit slow on the uptake, apart from all the other problems I got: how (damned!!) I can realise such a private area? A sector where I can store and administrate my private data.

As you might have noticed, I'm not yet the big drupal guru ... so, I'm grateful for any kind of hint!

Thanks

Categories: gallery, private, social networking site, user space

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found something

Posted by losmono on July 29, 2008 at 9:21pm

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Could this help me out?

http://drupal.org/project/advanced_profile

I thought it was kind of a frequent issue ... is it really that complex?

advanced profile should

Posted by catch on July 29, 2008 at 10:18pm

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advanced profile should cover most of what you want, yes.

This can work

Posted by rlnorthcutt on July 30, 2008 at 2:26am

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I've used advanced profile several time for social networking type sites. Its a really great way to get nice user profiles AND to learn about Panels.

Basically - each profile simple adds panes (sections) to the panel (page) to display the user's blog, calendar, etc. Each of these can simple be a view of the node type. So, the user may have added an event to the Barcelona "group" (city), and then their profile can just show a view of events where the user is the author.

You could also add tabs to the advanced profile to show the user blog, gallery, etc.

Ron

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