Converting to Drupal

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if any of you could help out...

I am currently using an old YaBB SE forum with a rather big database of posts that I would love to migrate to the new shiny Drupal installation I have set up to catapult us into the new millennium and finally move away from our ghetto with a real CMS system. I do not want to integrate the YaBB SE forums to our site, just port the content itself.

Hi,

I'd like to add some data to my drupal forum, and i dont really undertand the database model/scheme. Can somebody point me to some documentation? For example i need to understand the role of node, vocabulary, term_data tables and what is tid,vid,nid fieds... Then i could add data the sql way.

Regards,

Jam

HI, my name is Jim Rivas and I was wondering what's the price of Drupal? I searched for it on this website and I can not find anything related to the price. Can you give me some details? Anyway,the product seems good, so I want to use it. Is it possible to try it first? The trial version has any limitation? Jim Rivas
Thanks in advance!
Best regards,
Jim Rivas

I'm a rails developer of about 1 year. I've come to a point where I can quickly produce features in hours and days, not weeks or months. UI design is another strong point of mine so building interfaces that flow and look good doing it aren't hard for me. However, as a web developer for a university forced to use to Drupal, I still don't see how this tool (drupal) is better than rails for developing web apps to manage content.

The star feature of most content management systems are user role/group management. The ability to control how and what content people are allowed to produce. The fact is, I can produce that same feature(s) in rails. And, in the same amount of time it takes to download, setup and configure drupal. Building content management isn't hard in and of itself. Its just when you want to build a one-size fits all solution that really starts to get complicated.

I honestly believe Drupal is a great tool for content producers who need more flexibility than that of your run of the mill blogging tools (i.e., Wordpress or MovableType). But when I really want to-the-tee functionality with the highest adaptability, drupal loses appeal.

So I guess my only question is where does drupal gain its appeal for people like myself who understand UI design, content management and user role management enough to roll their own CMS? I'm a hard case, so come packing.

Hi All,

I'm currently trying to convert my pre-existing Joomla-based website (http://www.somethingfm.net/) over to a Drupal-based one. I was wondering if anyone else out there had done this, or if it was even possible (without doing a lot of content copy-pasting).

I am thinking about moving an existing site to drupal that is custom php, mtacdl.org. The site has a member directory. Members can elect to allow non-members (anonymous browsers) to view their profile. So, some members only want other members to have access to their profile. What the best/easiest way to accompish this.

More info...

A member fills in their personal details, specifies their geographic region and whether non-members can find their profile. Members can search through all other members. The public searches for an attorney in their specific area (and only through the public profiles).

It doesn't seem like there is a lot of flexibility with the built in profile code. I am looking at usernode to make these profiles look like normal nodes. I am also trying to use nodeaccess to allow people to restrict the viewers. I think I'm close but I haven't got it to the point where users can "grant" access on a usernode yet.

I also thought about keeping profiles private to members and allowing members to create a new cck node called "ad". This looks pretty good. Is there a way to add the "location" to a cck node so I can later use a gmap view to allow the public to find people by location? Even getting the little link that pulls up the google map that shows that users location (as opposed to seeing all on same map which hasn't worked for me yet) would be nice.

A lot of questions... if anyone has useful info please reply. Thanks.