best practices

Interesting article by Josh Estep at http://www.mediacurrent.com/blogs/best-practices-managing-client-customi...

My goal is to build some community websites. Features include ratings, link sharing, user profiles, group calendars, etc.

Drupal provides much functionality out of the box. Modules extend that functionality.

With Drupal I can go in the right direction, but I am having lots of difficulty customizing the solution to meet my needs.

[version en français ici : http://groups.drupal.org/node/15683 ]

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I've been using Drupal to build sites for a couple of years, but, have never incorporated podcasting. I now have a need to build a site to host the business podcast of a long term customer. I'd like to leverage the experience of my fellow Drupaler's to climb the learning curve rapidly.

• What are the best modules to use for podcasting? Why?
• What are best practices (tips/tricks/traps) for Drupal podcasting?
• When should I roll-my-own using CCK/Views?

TIA, David

Are there any existing guidelines or best practices when it comes to developing specific install profiles and distributions? As far as I can tell, I don't see info on this type of contribution (http://drupal.org/node/22286) or a means to set up a project similar to how you'd do it for a module or theme (http://drupal.org/node/7765).

I think this question is relevant to the context of this group. Any guidance would be much appreciated.