Help needed with Drupal-based Palestine activism site

Why not post the CSS here (and a link)?

I did - but this hasn't got anything to do with drupal really, it's a css issue that almost anyone with web design experience could look at.

I assume this would be your problem:

in /themes/andreas01/Andreas01-3Col/fix-ie.css

body {
  /* Center layout */
  text-align: center;
  /* Allow text resizing */
  font-size: 80%;
}

Just edit the file directly. Either change center to left, or get rid of the line altogether.

Thanks - worked like a charm!

Now for the more challenging bit:

I want to create a vast database of resources, including various types of downloadable files (reports, images, etc), as well as web-only content (contact info for organizations, knowledge base entries, etc). I want users to be able to perform complex searches (such as all JPGs within a certain date range with a certain set of keywords). Also, ideally, I'd like to find a way to automatically scan text for recognized keywords and convert those terms to hyperlinks that would bring users to a search page containing the results of a simple query on that term.

I'm also planning to use DIYmap to provide a graphical way to search for organizations and events, and further need to have a calendar in which individual events each become nodes, to provide further details and maximize discoverability.

As I understand Drupal taxonomy, this means we're talking about a lot of different custom content types, but which need to use a common term vocabulary.

Any thoughts on the most effective ways of implementing this?

Thanks again,

Kirby

Hey bud have you been to the forums at drupal.org? They are really good. here you have acces to maybe 5 drupal nerds at the most but there hundreds on that site.

Also, what catch said.

If you want to do a big vocabulary thing I'd suggest you read a book (a book not a website) on Information Architecture. Initially I read Wodke's Information Architecture which was a good begining; it's a pretty light, informative but easy read. She also runs a site called boxes and arrows which is pretty damned interesting.

I'm currently plowing my way through O'Reilly's Information Architecture. It is wonderful in a geekalicious kind of way, but pretty dense.

That said you might want to sit in the bookstore and read O'Reilly's chapters on vocabularies and improving search results once you're done Wodke's book, even if you don't read the rest.

Seriously it might seem like a lot of work but if you are planning a big project you are making the best use of your time to learn a bit at first, it will save you having to g back and redo everything.

For the keyword scanning, there will be a module for that, do a search.

The most useful thing you can do for yourself is sit down and make a checklist of features. Otherwise you will find a hundred really cool modules and all you will do is sit and play with them (me: "ooooh I can make TinyMCE have custom styles!") for hours and never finish your orignal project. Break the work into chunks, figure out what you are going to do in each chunk, when you're going to do it by and stick to the schedule.

What's that they say? 70 hours of implementation save 4 hours of planning?