By Tito A. on
Or at least two sites for now.
working with D6.
got one site already running with drup.
an already existing site under same sever, same account.
this addon domain, under same host.
all static html.
how do I convert this site into a drupal site?
Thank you so much for your help.
Peace.
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Not sure I understand your
Not sure I understand your question exactly. Do you want to setup 2 completely separate drupal sites or are you looking to set up a drupal multi-site environment? In the first case, it's exactly the same as setting up the first drupal install.
If you want to do a multi-site the drupal way, first set up the addon domain as a multisite subsite (see my previous post on how to do this) then move the static html over to the new subsite. You might want to check out the Import HTML module to help with that. I've no first hand experience with it though, so I'm not sure how good it is.
multi-site the drupal way
this is what i am refering to;
so i have www.example.com (main site which already has drupal.)
then i have www.exampleexample.com (addondomain site (html coded:very static) and NO drupal!)
i am working with cPanel.
i am wanting to convert the www.exampleexample.com (addon domain-site) to drupal.
this site has about 25 pages and for the most part i will want to keep the content.
not very concern about the look/feel (for now) but i am trying hard to transfer all the content,
to be managed by drupal 6.
any one with any more leads on how i can continue to attempt this.
it is so greatly appreciated.
as I said previously, create
as I said previously, create the drupal site like normal and use import html to import the pages as nodes.
i am such a rookie at this,
i am such a rookie at this, it is not even funny.
when i was able to d/l drupal and install on main site, i ruled the world.
i started creating content right away.
added modules and disabled modules.
created menus and edited them.
set up a forum and tested it.
all this was very simple. drupal works like that.
you install, and voila.
now i am required to go and tweak drupal files.
this part i dread. i fear. i can not do.
one, i do not want to ruin the main site.
this main site is being built from scratch.
the other site has existing content.
it has been developed for the last 8 months.
dreamweaver helped establish such site.
i had to go home and work with that software.
drupal takes all that away.
anywhere, anytime i can add content to my drupal site.
this is too much fun for me to risk having to tweak php files.
php, mysql, apache, all these i know nothing about.
but check this WorldFallz,
i will not stop.
i will continue to learn and read everything i can about drup.
i can not believe it took me almost two years to find drup.
but find it i did.
as soon as i have a decent site, i will give you the domain name.
that way you can check it out and give me some feedback.
for now i will continue taking these drupal baby steps.
but i will keep you posted.
by the way, thank you so much.
peace.
I'm still a newbie myself--
I'm still a newbie myself-- so understand your pain completely. It's truly worth it though-- once you actually start to grok drupal and the drupal way of doing things you'll be awestruck by the elegance of it's design and the immense flexibility it provides. Very much worth the effort!
Couple comments on your post...
Why? Nothing you mention in the original post seems to indicate you'll need to tweak drupal files... you really want to avoid that at ALL COSTS (one thing you'll see over and over and over in the forums and documentation is advising against hacking drupal core).
You're NOT learning / testing on your production site right? If you are, STOP RIGHT NOW, PUT DOWN THE MOUSE, and STEP AWAY FROM THE KEYBOARD.
LOL.
Seriously though, you really don't want to do that. The very first thing I did when I decided to use drupal for my project was setup a local dev environment that mimicked my production environment (host names and all).
There's like a million reasons for this, all of which can be found by googling quite easily, but for your own sake-- You will rest much easier and learn much faster if you don't have to worry about bringing down a production site.
This way you can test out the import html functionality safely.
Do you want to setup 2
Do you want to setup 2 completely separate drupal sites or are you looking to set up a drupal multi-site environment?
I should ask - what is the difference?
in a drupal multisite
in a drupal multisite install, you use one installation of drupal core and share it among other sites. You can have modules / themes available to all as well as privately only to the subsites. There are also modules that make use of the multi-sites for searching and such.
A separate drupal is just that-- completely separate, no option of integration.
personal preference? support
personal preference?
support people from bluehost keep suggesting individual installation for each domain.
probably... if you don't
probably... if you don't need any of the features of a multisite. I use it for my dev environment... this way i can easily create / modify / delete sites anytime I want to test something out quick. Not really sure why else anyone would use it-- maybe search a little on "multi-site" or "multisite" and see what other folks do with it.
Also good for ease of upgrading-- a single update to core upgrades it for all the sites in a multisite.