By mattyboy on

Hi all,

I'm new here, and new to Drupal....but I'm learning fast!

Some time in the next few months I'm hoping to switch my site from a dreamweaver built html site to a drupal one. The site is a Photoshop video tutorial site and can be found here-

http://www.3photoshop.com

My site is already live, so would it make sense to build the drupal version in a subdomain (like drupal.3photoshop.com) and then switch it over to the main domain when I'm ready to go live. Another option is to build in on my local computer and switch it to the server when I'm ready. I could use XAMPP but I'd prefer to have it on the server while I'm building it. I could also install it to a subfolder (like www.3photoshop.com/drupal) if this would be easier/better than the sub domain option. I've been reading a lot of articles on this site (which is a fantastic resource by the way) but I've met differing opinions. Any advice would be gratefully received.

Also, any suggestions on modules to build a website in a similar fashion to the one I already have would be great too. I'd appreciate anybody who could give me a few pointers.

Thanks for your time

Regards

Matt

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Comments

cog.rusty’s picture

cog.rusty commented

Using a subdomain is better, because all the internal URL paths will be the same.

lhtown’s picture

lhtown commented

Some people use subversion. I am reading up on it, but haven't gotten a handle on it yet.

mattyboy’s picture

mattyboy commented

Thanks,
I'd read that so thanks for confirming!
Matt

Oblivious-1’s picture

Oblivious-1 commented

If you're on Apache with mod_rewrite enabled, you could put your old site in a new directory named "legacy" or something like that. Then install Drupal in the doc_root alongside the legacy folder. Whenever someone comes to a page ending .html or .php that isn't /index.php, rewrite the request to transparently point to the legacy directory file.

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