I've started experimenting with Drupal for my nonprofit's new website. Before I go too far, I want to find out what's the best way to build and test a new site while keeping the old one up and running.
Our current site is here (cobbled together with Movable Type and Ning):
http://www.kitchengardeners.org
and I'm playing with Drupal here:
http://drupal.kitchengardeners.org

Here i need to know any site having some architecture diagram developed based on drupal cms..can any one suggest me...

I own and run a site name www.scratchbuildersguild.com
I hate how joomla breaks without warning and constantly needs to be repaired or fixed even if the site is idle for a month.
I would like some advice on a few things and hope this thread is both allowed and treated as a legitimate request. I bought and read a few chapters of the book and found I need that human guidance.
What version is the smartest to start with.
I am very open to 6 months of converting as a domain name change will happen too.

Hi everybody!
I would like to convert http://www.carouge-natation.com/ to drupal, and my attempts haven't been successful as of now. Could someone provide me with some advice on the best way to do such a thing? This website was built from scratch using Adobe GoLive by someone else, and it really needs some strong updating.
So far, I have only succeeded in getting stuck with errors when executing the php code I had adapted to drupal.
Here's the error I get:
Fatal error: Function name must be a string in /home/www/39885474e02bb47b62c182d50ebb7449/web/Natation_Drupal/drupal-6.6/mysql.runtime6.php on line 360

can any one guide me about the proposed architecture of a drupal based application.

Hello,
Trying to convert my existing site (made with Dreamweaver templates).
First of all I would banish duplicate content accessible by /node/xxx
Then it appairs that link like mysite/page/ is accessible also by mysite/page without redirection
I have a light directory script allowing webmasters to inscribe their site into proposed categories. Is there something like that in Drupal ?
Thanks

We are about to set up a hosted account at www.midphase.com/hosting_prophase.php to have our html template rebuilt into Drupal.
We also plan on installing a template there we can practice on and add modules to, in order to figure out how to make the CMS function the way we want. But I am confused as to which version of drupal we should use.
I have been reading about php 5.2 not working well with drupal v.6. Some developers have said that version of php is for security, while I find that other functions (I am not well versed in server language - or knowledge) work best with newer versions of PHP.

We are about to set up a hosted account at www.midphase.com/hosting_prophase.php to have our html template rebuilt into Drupal.
We also plan on installing a template there we can practice on and add modules to, in order to figure out how to make the CMS function the way we want. But I am confused as to which version of drupal we should use.
I have been reading about php 5.2 not working well with drupal v.6. Some developers have said that version of php is for security, while I find that other functions (I am not well versed in server language - or knowledge) work best with newer versions of PHP.

Hello,
First off, I'm trying to make my website menu so that the sub-menu items aren't indented. For example, this is how it looks
GRADUATE OPTION
-OPTION 1
-VERY LONG OPTION
How do I make it look like this?
GRADUATE OPTION
OPTION 1
VERY LONG OPTION
Secondly, how do I make it so that my sub-menu items aren't completely capitalized? I'd like it to look like this:
GRADUATE OPTION
Option 1
Very Long Option
Third, how do I make my parent menus bolded?
GRADUATE OPTION
Option 1
Very Long Option

Dear all.
I'm looking to convert one of my sites to Drupal.
My question is, is there any modules that works in a similar way as the JOOMLA modules "DocMan" and "Remository".
I have been trying to search the Module pages, but I'm gettin lost.

Thanks in Advance. May anyone please help in converting my website into Drpal based web?

Hello, I have a website www.bitsolution.info .
I want to convert it to a Drupal powered website so that My clients can Login, and post comments and send emails using contact form. I will be very happy if I can retain same looks of my website.
All I want is just converting the site to Drupal without changing appearance

Please suggest me how to do this, Have any links for related tutorials?

Hi all!
I am migrating my old website to drupal, and I encounter a strange error. It is to note that I am only copying and adapting the code of my old site (that works perfectly) for drupal, so the only thing I changed in the code are the include and require paths, and these seem to work.
When I execute a page that contains require commands in the following way:
$DOCUMENT_ROOT = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];require("$DOCUMENT_ROOT/Natation_Drupal/drupal-6.6/mysql.runtime6.php");$DOCUMENT_ROOT = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];require("$DOCUMENT_ROOT/triathlon/config/include/utils.runtime6.php");

I heard of Drupal when my organization received a proposal in response to an RFP to redevelop our site. Our current supplier uses proprietary software and I don't like the fact that we will never own our site. So, one bidder suggested developing our site with Drupal. The question I have is: should this small 2 person company default on their services will it be easy for us to find someone who can take over the site development and administration? Although I fully understand that distance is not a problem in cyberspace, our organization is on Vancouver Island in Canada and in as much as we have no web experience on staff, I want to make sure we are prepared for contingencies before we invest a substantial amount of money. We are a not-for-profit entity.
Thank you for your advice. We need to make a decision first week of January.

Hi Drupallers,
I made a wordpress backup (100 category, 3260 posts). It's a .XML file.
How do i easily import category/posts and if possible blog comments to drupal?
Thanks

hey,
im looking for more info on converting site's content from .mdb. i have mdbtools (linux) to convert the data to mysql database, but wondering how to arrange it so drupal will be able to work with it. like, how drupal arranges the content in the database?
thx alot,
alex

Is it possible to run php2lua as a standalone php script rather than as a drupal module to batch-run multiple scripts?
How could I input each php script in turn?
How might I do that?
Thank you
Chris

Hi guys, please could you help
I'm currently running a community website with over 11,000 users which I would like to move to Drupal.
The backend i'm using uses all my own code which i've integrated with Web Wiz forums, however the passwords in Web Wiz are stored, i believe as MD5 hashes.
In the database for Web Wiz is the
hashed password : BC21390DE1EB2F359C1482689743ED67AAA017D0
and a salt : EA17B65
I've tried importing the users & passwords directly into Drupal however login fails.
Is there any way to import users & passwords successfully ?

Hey all!
I'm looking to import essentially an entire 4.6 site (and also a 5.x site) into a Drupal 6 install as subsites. What are some general approaches to this? My plan now is to essentially try to hack the data by adding the same number to the nid field in the node table, along with other similar ideas. But this seems like a bad idea.
Does anyone have suggestions and/or links, or resources of any kind? I'm not really sure where to start. I'm having a hard time finding resources on this subject (even though I own all the Drupal books).
I can figure out the specifics, but could someone give me a general strategy, point me to some functions that might be handy?

Hello,
I'm trying to have my website's menu look like this:
Graduate Option
-Option 1 (always visible, not just when you click on "Graduate Option")
--Apply (always visible, not just when you click on "Option 1")
-Option 2
--Apply (always visible, not just when you click on "Graduate Option")
I have set "Graduate Option" as a primary link, and set "Option 1" underneath it. After that I set "Apply" underneath "Option 1", and this is what it looks like:
Graduate Option
-Option 1 (visible when you click "Graduate option")
--Apply (visible when you click "Option 1")

I'm looking for a way to share users across multiple sites on different servers. I know Liferay does this, but I would prefer to have this feature as part of the CMS. Can Drupal do this? If so, how?