Greetings,
We are developing a new site with quite a bit of static content that is being maintained in DreamWeaver with the use of templates to define the look/feel/menuing, etc. We are comfortable with this model for most of the content, but need a solution for user accounts and database maintenance.
Can Drupal be added to an existing site to handle user account creation/maintenance/security, with Drupal elements being added to existing pages to handle only that function?
Is Drupal a good tool maintain existing databases?
In an environment that already has a MySQL DB environment, is it recommended that Drupal be installed in a separate MySQL database?
Can Drupal be installed in a sub-directory of a site, and have it's functionality available to the rest of the pre-existing pages (for the aformentioned security requirements)?
I've read the introduction and "Is Drupal right for my needs" functions and my hybrid needs really weren't addressed.
Thanks in advance!
Patrick
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drupal cannot manage your existing sites content (not sure any CMS can) nor users for that content as it's outside of drupal's node system. A full migration is of existing content into a drupal database is likely a smarter undertaking.
hybrids
On a personal side, I'd suggest evaluating what you want out of a CMS, any CMS and what isn't working for you now.
At one time, OMBMax https://login.max.gov/cas/login?service=https%3A%2F%2Fmax.omb.gov%2Fmaxp... (I know, horrible URL on that one, you can search for OMB MAX to get their contact info) used Drupal for authentication then a mix of mediawiki, ruby on rails and other web stuff. Not sure what they're doing now, but they've probably done the closest I can think of to what you're thinking of doing. You might email them and see if you can speak to a software engineer or architect on it.
Are you a government employee? Hit me up to join the drupal4gov list.