I am moving to Drupal. My site has previously been pure HTML and PHP, parts being dynamic but it's been mostly static and I've maintained it using Dreamweaver.
Now I'd like to migrate to Drupal. I've been working on this from time to time since Oct last year. I've got my new design ready and I know what the structure and organization of the new site will be like. I am converting with XHTML+CSS design to PHPTemplate right now, technically it's no so hard as I'm an experienced PHP programmer.
What'd I'd appreciate advise on, and help with, is how to go about structuring the theme. Almost every page on the site will have its own layout except a few generic layouts used for listing articles and such.
I'd appreciate the help of someone who's done this before. I understand that my site is not the easiest and maybe quite a huge undertaking for someone who is relatively unexperienced with Drupal but I enjoy challenges so I don't mind really.
I am prepared to pay someone, if that's what it takes, or offer linking to their site. This is a high PR site with good traffic, links from this site are valuable. I'd really like to get started but right now it feels like I'm not getting anywhere. Any help is highly appreciated.
My site consists of:
(all pages have static navigation at the top at the moment)
Front
- 2 columns, 50/50 width
- left: latest entries from my blog and news (these will type Story), clicking "read more" will lead to the News or My Blog page