Converting to Drupal

Hello Drupal Community,

I recently needed to convert users from a Joomla database to Drupal 5.x. After doing some research, I settled on a "manual" approach using an Excel spreadsheet. The original spreadsheet was created by gareth_w at this URL. I've modified the spreadsheet, and enhanced it. Here's what it does:

- generates SQL you can use to populate the user table, map users to roles, and map other values to profile fields.
- Retain the timestamp that this user was created
- Corrected insertion syntax on USER table
- Added the ability to add data into profile_field table (i.e. the Joomla "name" field, for example)

Process:
1. Export the joomla user table into CSV
2. Open the CSV in Excel
3. Do any formatting required for the date field (this part was a bit weird, but the expected input format is in the spreadsheet)
4. Paste the required values into the appropriate fields (login, md5 password hash, email)
5. Optional stuff to change: timezone, status (1 = active, 0 = blocked), profile fields (add more if necessary)
6. Copy the generated SQL and run it through mysql using your favorite method.

Download here: Joomla to Drupal user conversion script.

* we are migrating a homegrown, perl/mason-based extranet. i am evaluating many CMSes, so far installed drupal, joomla, bricolage, nuxeo, and alfresco, and like drupal the most
* i looked at that IBM article that webchick refered to in her google presentation that described how they used drupal for an extranet (http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ibm/osource/implement.html)

* we have lots of resources that have to be restricted by role, and it looks like we will have to add modules for that. we have 100+ roles and will have more.
* we want to be able to add a new group using a template or something that automatically creates a hierarchy of folders or the equivalent and about 4 associated roles with the new group (like, for new customer company fred, create fred admin, fred super user, fred viewer, fred editor)
* when a new user is added, they have to be approved and added to the appropriate role by our administrator-- this will not happen automatically
* we will also have an internal staging and publishing workflow which will post to these customer groups (adding 2 more roles for each group.)

i was wondering if anyone had success with a similar process or any recommendations?

Hi All,

I need to port a load of users from joomla to Drupal. I have a script to most of it, apart from the dates (first registered, last login, etc).

Joomla gives the dates as "2006-08-15 22:53:03"

Drupal stores dates in (my) MySQL as "1186599292"

These are both generated by the same host/account - so no differences there.

I'm guessing the Drupal date format is the Unix/Linux seconds since the epoch type format, but can anyone point me at a web page/script/service/formula to convert these?

Many thanks,
Gareth

I am thinking about moving my site to Drupal, but I need to know a few things. The most important is can I use the drupal logins created by users to control access to other parts of my site. Also, is the username easily stored in a session variable so I can use that login to control some dynamic content?

Thanks.

I have created a webform (from module webform) that I would like to use to replace the "Personal Contact Form". In other words, when someone clicks on a user's personal contact link, instead of getting the default "Contact Form", I'd like them to get the defined webform. Any ideas?

Thanks!

Greetings,

I am currently engaged in fairly large site redesign project and I am using Drupal 5.3 using the php template engine. I am well versed in xhtml and css, and understand the basic principals of php, and have a php pro at my disposal. I have developed some other sites w/ drupal, but have only modified an existent theme's css files to produce desired results. I am not a total newbie, but I am sailing into uncharted territory.