Converting to Drupal

Dear drupal'ians :

I am writing a code to convert an existing custom built site into drupal. The site i am converting is basically a news site and i will transfer all its data into a drupal site with a Forum and multiple containers matching news_categories ( ie. asia, north_america, australia, middle_east etc... ).

So after creating all the backbone structure (ie forum, containers etc...) required, now i have to transfter the actual data.

IMHO, I will have to :

a. read the data from the old site database which is, NEWS_CONTENT , CATEGORY, DATE.

b. re-allign data according to the table columns in "node", which are :
* node_id ( auto_increament )
* type ( forum )
* title ( available from old site )
* uid ( publisher_id )
* status ( 1 )
* created ( available from old site )
* changed ( same as created )
* comment ( 2 )
* promote ( 1 )
* moderate ( 0 )
* teaser ( available from old site )
* body ( available from old site )
* revision ( blank )
* sticky ( 0 )
* format ( 1 )

c. Then I will have to assign a category to every node that create. So, in Drupal Forum table, I will have to set appropriate ( $nid, $tid ) values. The $tid can be easily determined from the drupal table ( Term_Data ).

This is my first attempt with drupal and I am not sure if this is all that is required for this transition ? Do I need to change anything with comment and other drupal tables to make this work ?

i have downloaded the drupal4.6. In sites/settings.php i have changed the baseurl & database url.
ie
baseurl:http://192.168.1.106/canadian.com(non drupal site)
databaseurl:to our database.
on running drupal i get the default page but on clicking of every link i get the main page of canadian.com
since i am beginner & new to php..i have some questions
1)how to convert this site to drupal
2) how to call the drupal API..

I am looking to extend a current ASP based solution with an open source CMS. Drupal looks like it will work great, however I'm still struggling to find the following requirements:

- Querystring based session keys will need to be passed from the current system to Drupal for seamless logins. (no cookies, can drupal be used on non-cookie accepting machines?)

- User permissions must allow for completely seperate experiences (areas) (ie. each "group" will get their own "website" that other users can't see)

I'm trying to help provide an alternative to someone and was wondering if there is a script that will migrate users/articles from Xaraya 1.0.1 to Drupal 4.6/4.7? It's a private intranet site. Thanks!!

Hi there. I'm contemplating converting my site to Drupal, but I'm not sure of the best means to do so, or if it's even feasible.

Right now I have three main content types on my site: reviews, articles, and podcasts. The URLs for each type are set up like this:

/reviews/123/
/articles/45/
podcast/6/

Additionally, I link up these content types to particular movies, which are accessible in a similar format:

/movies/789/

I know I could just create separate node types for these, but my problem is this... The id #'s of the different content types are overlapping... In other words, there is a review #100, a movie #100, and an article #100. So I don't see an easy way to preserve old links & old numbers when converting. I see a few options:

1) Convert all content to node types. Abandon the old permalinks.

2) Convert all content to node types. Write up a PHP page to translate old ID #'s to new node #'s.

3) Build new tables in the Drupal system. Build a module to use these tables outside of the traditional node system. I imagine this is going to make things difficult for searching and other options.

I'd really like to go with #3, but I'm just not familiar enough with Drupal to know if there's any particularly difficult roadblock in doing so.

How about the Drupal experts here, what would you recommend? Is there perhaps a better solution that I haven't thought of?

Hi all. After months of trying out various CMS and blogging packages, I think I've decided on Drupal. Seems to be the most functionally equipped for my specific needs...

I'm currently running my site on PHP-Fusion 6.00.206, and am curious as to whether or not I'll be able to bring my userbase and data across or if I have to start over (only 15 members, but still a hassle).

I don't even really know what information I should post here to facilitate a response.

Thanks.
Dan