New to drupal, so please bear with me. My client has given me their "Sites All" themes and libraries folder as well as their site-specific "themes", "files", "settings.php," a list of their modules, and a database sql dump. My job is to take this and get it up and running on a different server. The problem: When I load their sql data into a new database to use for drupal, I'm not able to view the drupal dashboard-like thing. When I use a clean database to start installation with drupal, I am able to view the dashboard properly, but loading their data gives me sql errors.
I thought I'd try rebuilding my personal site in Drupal, just for fun and gain experience with this system. So far, it's been just about anything but fun to be honest. I've been building sites, for myself and clients for ages using in Joomla and Wordpress but as a former collegue was so infatuated with Drupal I though I'd give it a go. Obviously I'm missing something obvious.