Not impressed with Drupal at all...
PerryM - June 4, 2008 - 05:49
Come on guys - I've been reviewing 200+ CMS and Drupal is the ONLY one where I can't connect to the remote mySQL file.
I am not impressed.
I'll give it one or two more tries but Drupal seems to be a pain in the butt even before I can install it.
The installation page "Database configuration" is asking for a Database name - it want's a local name. I'm using a remote hosting site.
So nothing seems to work. 200+ other CMS I've reviewed have no problem connecting so what is Drupal's problem?
What's the correct answer.
On 200+ other CMS I enter perxxxx.powwebmysql.com, supply a database name, username, and password and I move forward.
Why is Drupal so different?
Thanks for any help....
PerryM Ok, I got thru the DB
PerryM
Ok, I got thru the DB page - had to click "Advance", to supply the information that 200+ other CMS ask without clicking a button to ask what should be asked on just one page.
Hope things go better from here on...
I doubt it
I doubt it. Especially if this is any indication of how far you get by yourself before getting all grumpy.
Don't worry - since you have 200+ better apps to fall back on, you shouldn't need to bother with Drupal.
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Check to see if your hosting company has ALL of the following.
Some hosting companies have will not allow all of the following database permissions.
GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, INDEX, ALTER, CREATE
TEMPORARY TABLES, LOCK TABLES
If one of these is not enabled your application will not work.
Sorry for the bad news.
BS detector going off
I started with Drupal in February. I had ZERO websites....reviewed ZERO other CMSs and had ZERO knowledge of connecting Drupal to the DB.....and was able to get my first site up within about 3 hrs.
...and had my very own WYSIWYG editor about an hour later.
...now I'm able to get sites up in abt 20 mins, more or less.
I still have questions, and am still learning, but its served me well.
I dunno - for some reason I'm not impressed with either the number of websites you have, or the number of CMSs you reviewed.
For someone with such experience, it doesnt seem that hard to read the full page's instructions, recognize the 'advanced' link and answer 3 simple DB questions. The Drupal Cookbook covers most of this in about the first 3-5 pages, as does Joe Matthew's 30+ podcasts www.seoecom.com
Not quite true
Hi,
Drupal is the easiest CMS to install. Any problems you may be having has to do with failure to read or worse still understand the instruction. 3 lines or so I think.
And why the hell would you want to see a CMS and straight install it on a production site. CMS dont work like that am sorry. Gotta evaluate, test and maybe learn a thing or two most suitably on a local server.
100 websites therefore a geek? Not quite true, 100 html websites= 1 website = zero experience. You are a newbie as far as CMS goes.
Lastly if it is just a simple website for you wife you want use another CMS though most use php/mysql and that is where you are stuck.
Drupal comes with the bare minimum to start it up and all other functionality comes from modules.
Good luck
Not quite true
Hi,
Drupal is the easiest CMS to install. Any problems you may be having has to do with failure to read or worse still understand the instruction. 3 lines or so I think.
And why the hell would you want to see a CMS and straight install it on a production site. CMS dont work like that am sorry. Gotta evaluate, test and maybe learn a thing or two most suitably on a local server.
100 websites therefore a geek? Not quite true, 100 html websites= 1 website = zero experience. You are a newbie as far as CMS goes.
Lastly if it is just a simple website for you wife you want use another CMS though most use php/mysql and that is where you are stuck.
Drupal comes with the bare minimum to start it up and all other functionality comes from modules.
Good luck