Some start up questions
I just installed 6.10 to replace an HTML site - my needs are not complex - but I have a couple of questions as I set it up
I'm installing it in a /drupal/ sub-directory and will move it to root once set up - I found info on doing that- I have other things installed in various sub-directories - is there any chance that new directories will be created by Drupal, other than the ones that I see right now - that could cause conflicts?
I've installed phpBB 3 already - but do not have too many users- I have phpBB 2 on several other sites - so I'm used to administering it, but I had hoped that version 3 would be much improved with regards to basic management like spam blocking and it is not - it still requires 3rd party addons - is there any advantage to switching my users to Drupal forums
I have an existing Wiki [TikiWiki] that I'm using - its mostly for my use to provide product info and not an "open to all" Wiki - is there any reason to switch to another Wiki that integrates with Drupal
Can I create new Drupal pages that match existing page names in my site, so that I do not lose Google indexing on those pages.
In my own installation i have
In my own installation i have Drupal in root, and phpBB in a sub folder called forum Has been working well for 2 years now. phpBB in my opinion is far superior to Drupals forums, but then it was designed to be only a forum. In fact i do not strictly use phpBB but a derivative see http://ptifo.clanmckeen.com/ its a derivative of phpBB2 but with enhanced security, so may be worth checking out
As to Wiki, i have yet to find one i understand for Drupal, though its been a while since i last looked, so others may advise better
regarding page names. its not really the issue but more the URL . In drupal you can create URL alis to match your old, though a bette roption would be to use path auto to automatically create them based on your settings. Admitedly they will likeley not match your old URL, but that doesnt matter as you then add Path Redirect to 301 redirect the old URL to the new one. And of course this is all done with clean URLS enabled. And dont forget Global Redirrect will handle duplicate URL issues
Then its a case of looking at your page not found log to see if you missed any re-directs
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If you're planning to 'move it to root' via some apache rewrite foo, no problem. If not, any paths you have in the site will have "drupal/" in the path and need to be updated. I find it much easier to use subdomains for dev (ie drupal.site.com) sites.
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@WorldFallz: Does it mean that the development site in the sub-domain will not be indexed and after you move it to site.com, the site is indexed by the search engines?
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Whether or not the site is indexed has nothing to do with subdomain or subdirectory structure. You could either remove the 'access content' permission for the anonymous role or edit the robots.txt file.
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was thing the same. Thanks
After my post, I was thing the same way. Thanks