This concept was slightly changed versus previous Photoblog on Drupal idea. The biggest thing missing with the new concept comparing to the previous one is lack of any user level permissions. Any kind of private content was not so popular among my friends and colleagues so it was dropped (everybody prefer email for this type of images).

It just came to my mind suddenly: Drupal vs Joomla = LEGO set vs Barbie set.

I will not give you a long and logical explanation here. It's just an allegory. But many developers will probably agree. Drupal is rough and blocky at first sight (but extremely configurable) versus cute out of the box and so predefined (and somewhat messy) Joomla. Or is it just about your way of thinking?

Basic 5.1 update is running fine. But there are some things yet to be updated and extended. Some new features for theme are in works. Super nice image_exact.module is missing for Drupal 5.x unfortunately (actually the only big upset). Other modules are basically the same as it was for 4.7 for now. I'll write more as soon as I'll have extra modules updated / installed.

Comments are back.

Enormous progress at drupal.org community forums. I managed to fit XXX89 post row somehow. Compare it: http://drupal.org/node/91889 (the announcment about my site launch) and http://drupal.org/node/98689 (another issue). It's 6800 posts in just three weeks!

I'm glad to feel and know that. And I still remember the times when Drupal was tiny but still nice and clean more then 5 years ago. It's when I installed it for a first time (v1 or 2) and joined the community.

Here are the main reasons why I've chosen Drupal over dedicated photoblogging scripts:

• User and access management (as I want my friends to be able to access some "friends only" images)
• Email notifications for new content + various RSS feeds (general / per tag / ...)
• Text blog
• Better functionality, flexibility and extendibility
• RSS aggregator to link to my friends' news
• Nice and clean urls
• and... I'm quite familiar with Drupal code and themes (and this was probably the main reason)

After drawing a concept it was not very difficult to assemble photoblog on Drupal. But I made 3 differently setup installations before this final one was released. And I had to make several php code snippets and module code modifications to make the whole thing work the way I want.