Drupal CMS

Hello there,
Like Mikamika this is my first post.
I look forward to hearing, Mikamika what it is you have in mind. .
I expect we do not need to worry about Spam. This site is no doubt equipped with the Mollom intelligent spam prevention  module, which seems an indispensable tool for a Drupal system.
As an independent developer may I mention that I have found Heliohost an excellent hosting service for development purposes( check out my lens about Heliohost) though it would not support any such multiuser site that you( and me) are interested in creating were it to get busy.
This limitation on scale of deployment may be overcome by using facilities for hosting all your static elements on remote hosts capable of absorbing spikes in traffic. I'm optimistically looking into this, and believe that there are solutions that can readily be integrated into Drupal7- the sky's the limit!
The remarks about supporting 100 concurrent users are encouraging. . I look forward to getting my own projects to that sort of level.
Mollom appears to have been written by a couple of guys close to the development of Drupal7( the first and only version I have deployed)
If like me you are just starting to discover the range and depth of Drupal7, you may find this blog entry /www.unleashedmind.com/en/blog/sun/more-than-50-drupal-modules-moved-into-drupal-7">more-than-50-drupal-modules-moved-into-drupal-7 useful.
One of the most powerful features of Drupall is the range of extension modules available. That post describes modules whose functionality is now incorporated in the main Drupal7 system, and is a great help for a newcomer getting to grips with Drupal internals.
I'd made a search of drupal.org for Squidoo, and so ended up here.
One result posted by Vincent C referred to a Squidoo lens:Drupal CMS: a new developer's experiences and resources, and as that lens was empty( perhaps because no longer updated), I've cheekiily grabbed it, equipped it with a new title and will re-instate the original resources and add more as I learn.
I initially hit upon Squidoo while Googling and a couple of well-focussed lenses had sent me fruitfully on my way...
I returned to sign up when starting to think of generating back-links for my nascent efforts, and have since got more involved.
The Squidoo notion of modules is close to that of Drupal, and the structure of their modules is too.
Blogger's style of doing things is rather different but exposes much of the same functionality.
I've found both quite helpful in thinking about the kinds of functionality one wants to offer to content-making users, how to abstract that from the underlying Drupal functionality.
I've wondered if Squidoo may itself be built on Drupal, but it's hardly likely to be common knowledge if it is !
Anyway I've found it a great site, not least for experimenting with modules and for the general insight that the site provides into developing multiuser content.
I've installed Drupal7 for using a single codebase for my projects: Ice Factory, Delicatessen Mondiale & Placid-Linux( they each also have a Movable Type blog).
I'm experimenting with Google APIs: resources and source code examples and making Api-ary: a nectar-rich collection of APIs for fun and profit, two lenses where I'm documenting my progress with afiliate links and other APIs including Amazon.
Off to install a fresh selection of modules and start creating some content.
Best Regards to all,
Pete
P.S, While getting ready for this big update to my Drupal install, I've realised that the models offered by Blogger, Squidoo, HubPages and others are quite limited. There may be good reasons for this, but also it will be interesting to see the new Spaces  opened up if one allows users to manipulate their materials in novel ways, locating them in their individual, group and global contexts.

Back fromtravels and did the big install - reflected at Ice Factoy Drupal root installation.
Most seems to have gone ok - there is certainly plenty of new stuff to explore in the navigation bar( visible to all) and the user dashboard.

Amazon need my affiliate details and API key to be fit. .

Ready to go ..I'm about to install: 3/3/11

addtoany-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
admin_menu-7.x-3.x-dev.tar.gz
advanced_forum-7.x-2.x-dev.tar.gz
amazon-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
amazon_store-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
codefilter-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
coral_defender-6.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
css_injector-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
ctools-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
devel-7.x-1.0.tar.gz
devel-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
disqus-7.x-1.1.tar.gz
dragndrop_uploads-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
examples-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
extlink-7.x-1.12.tar.gz
fast_gallery-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
feedback-7.x-2.x-dev.tar.gz
feeds-7.x-2.0-alpha2.tar.gz
flag_friend-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
footermap-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
google_admanager-7.x-2.x-dev.tar.gz
google_analytics-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
googleapilibs-7.x-1.0-unstable1.tar.gz
locationmap-7.x-1.0.tar.gz
module_builder-7.x-2.x-dev.tar.gz
og-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
page_title-7.x-2.4-beta1.tar.gz
pathauto-7.x-1.0-alpha2.tar.gz
pathauto-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
porterstemmer-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
privatemsg-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
remember_me-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
robotstxt-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
rootcandy-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
seo_checker-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
services-7.x-3.x-dev.tar.gz
seo_checklist-6.x-3.0.tar.gz
subdomain-7.x-2.0-beta1.tar.gz
taxonews-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
taxonomy_manager-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
token-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
urllist-7.x-1.0-beta1.tar.gz
views-7.x-3.x-dev.tar.gz
views_bulk_operations-7.x-3.x-dev.tar.gz
wysiwyg-7.x-2.x-dev.tar.gz
xmlsitemap-7.x-2.0-beta1.tar.gz
zen-7.x-3.x-dev.tar.gz

.. and on a second glance through<> Druupal modules

fresh/cdn-7.x-2.x-dev.tar.gz
fresh/colorbox-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
fresh/ctools-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
fresh/devel-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
fresh/examples-7.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
fresh/features-7.x-1.0-beta1.tar.gz
fresh/libraries-7.x-2.x-dev.tar.gz
fresh/mollom-7.x-1.0.tar.gz
fresh/panels-7.x-3.x-dev.tar.gz
fresh/rdf-7.x-2.x-dev.tar.gz
fresh/views-7.x-3.x-dev.tar.gz

.. these ones too - but they don't yet have Drupal7 versions. .we'll see if any of then are needed
adsense-6.x-1.3.tar.gz
daylife-5.x-1.0-beta3.tar.gz
drush-All-versions-4.1.tar.gz
feedburner-6.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
gmap-6.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
openx-6.x-1.01.tar.gz
simplead_block-6.x-1.2.tar.gz
sitedir_migrate-6.x-1.0-beta2.tar.gz
storm-6.x-2.x-dev.tar.gz
yui_editor-6.x-2.33.tar.gz