Create Installation Profile for Drupal Bloggers.

Drupal 5 has the Single User blog install profile. I have started initial attemprs to create an install profile for bloggers in Drupal 6. As of now the install profile I created (titled 'blogger')  automatically activates modules used by most  bloggers such as WYSIWYG and Google Analytics. On the to do list of that are:

• On installing the profile the only input screens should be
  • Database details
  • Admin information details.
• Automatic creation of one main content vocabulary and free tagging
• Tie in IMCE to the WYSIWYG Editor automatically on profile activation
• Have Forums automatically create categories for forums
  • Quite a few successful bloggers use forums (wether on-site or off-site) for very light CRM
• Possibly give the user the option to select pre-packed themes on install
• Give the user the option to enter Google Analytics code on installation

Hopefully the blogger install profile should make starting with Drupal easier for newcomers who just want a blog and/or page management CMS with forums and newsletters as a CRM tool

With the install profile I can just theme instead of site building and theming. Blogger would be licensed as GPL although it stands at a rather heavy 25 MB with just one add on theme (I could cut a MB here and there by removing FCKEditors built in file manager since IMCE would automatically be usedinstead of the default file manager.) 

Get a Carousel Menu working a la http://share.triangle.com/

1. Learn enough JQuery to make it happen
2. Use only JQuery with no Drupal hook
3. Turn it into a Drupal Module