Before you start

Hi there,

Been looking this over and the install instructions are absolutely Greek to me. Isn't there some kind of automatic install whereby I would create the database, upload the files and go to something like:

http://mysite.com/install.php

or something like that where the rest of the install would be fill in the blanks?

Thank you,
Deb

Hi everybody

(I also posted this also in another node; sorry for crossposting, still not sure about the right place)

I am seriously considering a migration from PostNuke. However, my site is starting to get some audience just now, so I would hate to mess things up in the move. Therefore, I am asking fellow Drupal users their input on the following issues:

• Database migration. I have some 500 registered users, 200 stories, 300 weblinks and 200 file downloads. Will the above script handle all of them? How about comments and PNphpBB2 forum messages?
• Categories, stories... I am just now getting into the Drupal architecture, so I am not sure if the PostNuke setup of Topics and Categories does also apply here.
• Mobile version. My site is about mobile devices, so a PDA version is absolutely required. Is there a module, template... available for this?
• Full RSS feeds. Can the Drupal RSS feeds be configured so they include the stories full text (besides the usual title and homepage text)?
• Legacy links. I have seen that there is a way to rewrite URLs so PN links still work. However, I am using a ShortURL (search engine friendly) module in PN, so my legacy URL are not PN native. Can this be solved?
• Downloads library. Is there a module for mantaining a library of downloadable files in Drupal?
• Newsletters. Is there a module for managing email newsletters to be mailed to registered users with a summary of recent site content (stories, weblinks, downloads)? Can it be made language aware (separate newsletters for each language)?
  

I'm pretty clueless as a programmer, but I run quite a few sites. I've been recommended the drupal software on a few different occassions, but can't seem to install it.

I'm looking for a reasonably priced installation and perhaps a small bit of customization.

Please let me know if you can help out.

Or if not, are there any plans to support IPB instead of the included forums?
Thanks!

Hi,

I am on a shared server. My host moved a copy of php.ini into my cgi-bin when I was experimenting with another CMS and needed to make some changes to it. Can someone tell me if this is where (that is, cgi-bin) php.ini needs to be for Drupal as well?

Or should it be elsewhere- web root or public_html, for example? I am going to install Drupal in a sub-directory (that is, public_html/example) since I only want to test it on one of the many sites hosted on my account. So, should my php.ini be in public_html/example?

Hi,

Can I create outside public_html? I have several sites on my hosting account and only wish to use Drupal on one of those. For example, public_html/example/ which is my example.com web site.

Are there any changes to be made to conf.php or any other files for this? And, does this break any links etc.,?

Would be thankful for some assistance.

Thanks
Ramdak