i have a doubt about Drupal, i've recently developed a website using php and mysql, this site has a cms that was created by the previous developer, so... i have some new contents in the DB and i need to create the modules in the cms to manage them, but i've heard that it would be better if i install drupal. ¿Can i install this drupal cms and manage my already created DB?, i'm not using a drupal theme. I mean i only need to manage the DB not create the entire site. ¿is it possible? or it would be better just create the new modules into the already created cms (it isn't joomla, wordpress...) ¡thanks in advance!
You will not be able to install Drupal and use it to manage the existing site. They are going to have different data structures.
If you came to understand the data structures of the two CMSes you might find that you could export out of the old one and into Drupal. This would require a good bit of comfort with MySQL.
You can use the existing db and can build custom module to use the data in other table, created for your custom CMS. However, there is no direct or automatic way which will allow you to access those data! You have to write your own code!
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I am working on a freelancer site that will use Joomla as the base. I would like to create a custom component for the freelancer functionality and was wondering if there is a way to convert an existing freelancer PHP program (specifically Ilance) into a Joomla component. I have a license for Ilance and thought about using the wrapper in Joomla for it. But this option will not work for me. Instead, I would like to add all the functionality of Ilance into Joomla without creating it from scratch.
OFC you can do that. Joomla components should be MVC but they don't need to. They can actually be any (crappy) code you want. That's why everyone calls himself a pro joomla developer ;)
You only need to work your way into creating the basic joomla bootstrapper file and some installation xml and off you go.
I am new to drupal and just finished studying the basic concepts in drupal.
We are migrating an existing php site into drupal.
The website posts articles every week and the articles are stored in database.
Do I need to create a custom theme if I want to have exactly the same presentation as of existing site?
And just seeking advice that if there is any easier way of migrating an existing dynamic php site into drupal.
You will definitely need to create a custom theme if you want to have it mirror the way your current site looks. I would recommend using a base theme, like Zen, and customize from there.
As far as migration goes, it really depends on how your site is currently setup. I would recommend writing a custom script to migrate your articles into Drupal.
I want to create a blog-like website. At the begining I'll need a simple one person blog software, but in the future I'd like to have full access to the code and database (control the way posts are organized, offer special forms for creating new posts, allow users to register, implement a rating system, etc.)
What's the best solution for this? Is there a specific tool that will generate a database and php files, to which I'll have access, or should I code everything from zip?
I know Wordpress and Joomla are good blogging tools, but couldn't figure out whether I'll be able to freely redesign a blog that was created using those tools.
Wordpress is an open-source, flexible website infrastructure that is pluggable; and also quite simple to setup without any code modifications. It will generate its own database files and is capable of upgrading itself with minimal administrative overhead.
If you choose at a later date to expand the blog, you can manipulate and customize the theme (100% of what the end-users see), as you see fit.
Wordpress also has a strong plugin repository that may provide extended functionality without any need to code. For example, a post rating plugin already exists that shouldn't require coding to implement;
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rate-this-page-plugin/
Just install wordpress, you'll have full access to the code and database, and it supports writing plugins to extend functionality. You can change page layout with their template engine.
Writing a blog from scratch is not a simple job
Just use Wordpress for now.
There are plenty of plugins to customize Wordpress
You can later develop your own plugins or write a new weblog system and migrate to it.
I'll promise when getting familiar with Wordpress. you won't leave it anymore!
I am looking to create a web site that will need to exchange information with a Filemaker Pro (version 11) database. Using PHP I can create simple web apps that submit and retrieve data from Filemaker. I would however like to use a CMS framework (such as Drupal) to allow users to control access to the site and update site content (blog posts, images, etc ...).
Is it possible to use Drupal as a "shell", controlling access to certain pages and allowing site editors to modify content, while embedding a PHP page/form to interact with the Filemaker data? I would be planning to use MySQL for Drupal and the custom "web apps" would access Filemaker. Thanks for any help.
Have you ever heard of the expression "there's a module for that?" It's used quite a bit in the Drupal world. And yes, for Filemaker, there is a Module for That!. It's called, the Filemaker module, see more detail at http://drupal.org/project/filemaker.
Now I've never tested it, so it may not give you everything you want. But the beauty of open source is that you can always contribute what it doesn't already have. Or at least see how they did it to see if its worth it for you to try your own integration.
Now this module is one version behind current, so maybe you can learn Drupal by learning to upgrade the module. There's great guides on how to do this.
I have a web application that needs to be built using PHP/MySQL. The application will require documents to be generated from data in the MySQL database. Such documents will be printed and/or emailed and user will be prompted to run a daily print/email job based on business logic.
This application functionality needs to be made available to individual users such that they can upload data, have the system prompt them as to whether letters/emails are to be generated. The site also needs to be able to support a bulletin board, online live training events and will have admin area as well.
Question: Should a hybrid solution be developed such that the data management (upload functionality, and letter production) be a separate part of the site that authenticated Joomla users can access? That is, the document management functionality would exist separately from Joomla, but be called from within it via a link in the Joomla sitemap. Alternatively, should custom modules be developed from within Joomla to accomodate the document management functionality?
Thanks so much for your input!!
Joomla could do the job for you but based on the amount of things you need that differ from a normal Joomla site I would use a framework to build from instead of a CMS. I say this because it sounds like you need a lot more than just a CMS and it can be more work if you try making Joomla do things it wasn't designed to do. In my opinion Joomla is for "web sites" and not as much for "web apps". Of course those terms have overlap but it sounds like you would be better off with a Framework to go off of instead of working around Joomla to get what you want. However if the site is already done in Joomla it may be less work just to make a Joomla add-on.
Since you have to use PHP I would definitely recommend CakePHP for your framework. As for an integrated forum try looking at the links in this post. If that doesn't work for you, try out Vanilla forums (vanillaforums.org) which are very clean and may be easier to integrate into CakePHP than some of the other PHP forums.
If you decide to use CakePHP, check out Cake Forge to see if you can find anything there to make your life even easier.
If you were to use Joomla, the upload functionality and letter production would be written as a custom component. You can write the component to make sure that the current user is authenticated before generating the documents. I would not develop this as a separate application alongside Joomla; it would be easier to write it as a component.
Many forums and forum bridges are available for Joomla, so that would be something you wouldn't have to write.
I'm not sure what kind of live event support you're looking for.