looking for "recipe/step by step"
I am trying to convert a site to Drupal. It is a community site for a high school choral department. My son is a senior, so I want to convert the site to something that I could turn over to another parent. And where they could easily create content, and post upcoming events to the front page. Drupal seems to fit that bill.
but.. is there a "recipe/tutorial" for converting an existing html site to Drupal? I've looked.. and it is probably in front of my face.. but I can't seem to find it. If someone could just post me a link to it, I can read it on my own.
I've downloaded Drupal, installed it to a subdomain (for testing as I don't want to affect my site until I've tested Drupal out). When I have the drupal subdomain looking like my live site, then I'm going to move it to the root folder (after backing up my live site)
I am using Andreas09.. but I see it isn't upgraded to drupal 6, so, I'm going to go with one of the default themes. I have read about Nodes, Blocks... and I think I understand the concepts there. I have set up the site configuration.
but.. now.. do I start copying over page content? Then create the menu/navigation links? how do I set up the pages so that I have the same URLs as in the original site?
thanks for any help, links that you can give me.
I don't know of any
I don't know of any step-by-step for importing an existing site offhand.
Have you seen the http://drupal.org/project/import_html module? I don't think there's a d6 version yet, but depending on how many pages are in the existing site, it might be worth it to load drupal 5, import the site, then upgrade to drupal 6 (if necessary).
If you don't want to go that route then I believe it's the old copy & paste route.
There's a good selection of getting started tutorials at http://drupal.org/handbook/customization/tutorials that should help you with the rest of your questions.
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thanks.. Drupal 5 vs Drupal 6
I'm noticing that there is a lot that hasn't been upgraded to version 6. Is version 5 of drupal pretty good?
also, if I have a theme that has not been upgraded, then I upgrade the site to version 6.. what about the theme? do I have to upgrade that, too?
5 is great.
Hi schulerlab,
Drupal 5 is great! Developers update for two reasons; new versions offer additional features and older versions loose the support of the community. This might include security updates or advise if you hit a snag. However, it's not like one day your 5 site will stop working because its too old. The code is there for your use as long as you have interest in it.
Themes need to be updated also. If you choose a theme which is not updated, you can always a) find out what needs to be done and update it yourself, b) pay someone to do the work, or c) change themes. Don't know if you ever developed sites pre CSS, but changing themes was a huge issue. With Drupal, is as simple as installing the new one and clicking a checkbox. In fact you can assign different themes to different users. Unless branding is a huge issue, most users will welcome a new look after awhile. Blessings! -NP
thanks
I found the Drupal Theme Garden: http://themegarden.org/drupal6/
that's a help. and I'm reading the drupal 5 handbook. and also the writeup on the path module. so.. I think I'm kind of finding my way around.
thanks.
Lynne