I've been playing with drupal as a base for a fishing community website, TroutShout.com. I love fly fishing, so this seemed like a perfect sandbox for pushing drupal around a bit.

Many modules and hacks later, i have a pretty full-featured community website. Next week i'll be posting the first part of a basic 'how-to' guide that should help other new drupal developers deploy community websites with a bit of a head start.