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how can i back up onli my nodes, galleri and menus in mysql

We're evaluating CMSs.

We've spoken at length with a number of people/companies re: general caching strategies to meet performance requirements, etc.

Drupal 7 is high on the list. If we use Drupal, our current requirements would (likely) include

Native Drupal7 ... not a variant
Varnish v3x (soon v4x) caching
anonymous & logged-in session mgmt, preferably in a distributable high-performance backend, such as Memcached.

It looks like Drupal 7 was released almost a year ago.

Reviewing the modules projects' issue cues, It appears that neither the Varnish or Memcached projects are yet ready for production. Not surprising as they appear to be volunteer efforts, with limited/sporadic funding so far.

In broad brushstrokes, is there a production-ready solution that

(1) is Drupal 7 based,
(2) uses publically-availble, widely-deployed modules that have a community of active,
production users behind them,
(3) does not require one-off, custom implementation to make it work

?

When we've spoken to several of the 'big' vendors about this, they all suggest that we deploy on their, hosted solutions, and/or hire their consultants. Again, not surprising -- but not the solution we're looking for. In the Drupal case, we're looking for community-based solutions.

Let me begin by saying that I have not used Drupal in a couple of years, and back then it was only for a simple cms site. I never got into the details of it. I am sure a lot has changed since then as well. That said, I have no problem with learning the software. I browsed through the documentation, about page, and other resources, and from what I can tell, this looks like it may work for what I need. The reason I am here is in hopes that some of you can help me out and tell me if what I want to do exactly is feasible or not, and what some of the best options for me may be. So, onto what I need.

I am trying to setup a website based around a game that my local hobby shop is creating. I am trying to find some software that will allow me to create a site that will do the following (I am going to try my best to explain this):

1) I need to have a virtual store of some sort that sells virtual items. Not anything physical or downloadable, everything is virtual. It looks like Ubercart may be able to do this??

2) I would sell virtual 'booster packs' of items. For those of you not familiar with what a booster pack is, think of it like a pack of sports cards. An item that you can purchase, then open and have a random assortment of items inside. Again, maybe ubercart can do this? Can it make the item 'usable'?

Hi, Every body I have a 1000 products SQL database with product name, description, images, stock, ..., on a local MS sql Server that i use to local billing system, can i use Drupal 7 to build a product catalog website to display products info and stock availability whit the existing database, I guess that SQL table strutucture are differente or fields names? please help me know that is it possible, thanks in advance for your reply.

Hi,

I'm working for an educational institute that has recently migrated our old website to Drupal 7. It has not gone live yet and I have some questions about best practices for content management and permissions (I'm not the developer, I'm just involved in setting up the structure and organization).

The site essentially breaks down into the following main topic areas: About, Students, Faculty, Alumni, Library, Information for Visitors.

The content for each major section on the website is managed by discrete departments within the institution, and each department has between 3 and 7 people with varying tech skill levels who need permission to edit pages within their section.

Currently, the developer has set-up over 50 content types that are essentially a Drupal basic page in the following format:

Personal name of individual with maintenance responsibility + main name of main website section + specific topic within this section

Example:
Joe Blow - About - history -
Joe Blow - About - Contact
Joe Blow - About - Faculty
Cindy Loo - About - General
Cindy Loo - About - Directory

This has been done to provide super granular access to individuals who need editing rights.

Roles: no general roles, just specific named individuals.

Concerns:
I'm concerned about this structure for the following reasons:

Ok, so I am setting up a harm minimisation/health site that provides (at least) these three services

1. Track usage - allow drug-users to record their drug usage and then display the recorded data per user, plus sum it across all users
2. Blog - account holders can blog on any topic
3. Forum - to discuss variety of health/usage topics.

Now I've installed blogs, set up auto-assign roles, I am using Drupal 7.9, but I am having difficulty with the first option. In this sites previous incarnation, I had a simple html page that pushed to mysql, but I am not sure how to repeat that in this setting? First I tried CCK, installed calendar pop-ups...then I moved to Webforms, but am having difficulty making this ...simple...which it needs to be, for people to use it.

I have Flex experience, and I've seen a bit on Flash/Drupal integration. Would it be a nightmare to go down that path?

The type of data I wish to record (and data-type in parentheses): date/time used (date), what used (list), cost(decimal), rating(list), Notes (textarea). more questions will be added over time to assist with particular data gatehring needs (e.g. clean equipment used - boolean).

So atm I am looking for general notes - should I have stuck with D6/should I not use Drupal/should I build a front Flex page and link to Drupal behind it....