[BNM] "Converting" a website to Drupal

[Steve Purkiss]

I would tend to agree - Drupal is a good framework for larger sites
with lots of functionality, Wordpress with the automatic upgrade
plugin r0cks for smaller sites.

My good friend Christian Payne's website is a good example of a
Wordpress site with a magazine style theme:

http://ourmaninside.com

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Nick Taylor <nick at tangerineworks.com> wrote:
>
> I think I'd definitely recommend wordpress in that case... take a look
> at the demos in that link I sent. They're pretty good - and open-source.
>
> I kindof recommend having a blog in any case. In the words of someone
> else somewhere at some point (might have been Kevin Rose) "If you're
> starting a business and you don't have a blog, you're hurting yourself",
> and I'm inclined to agree.
>
> If you are going with drupal then I definitely recommend a copy and
> paste job rather than a database migration. It will take a fraction of
> the time and you won't miss any loose-ends on the DB side of things.
>
>
>>> How many pages are you talking about here?
>>
>> Not many. There are about 7 main pages (About, Ratecard etc) plus a bunch of
>> portfolio pages, each with one thing on them. I'm sure the best way is to
>> just reinput everything which basically means this question is "can anyone
>> make me a Drupal skin?"
>>
>>> you might want to take a look at Wordpress as well
>>
>> I had a look at Wordpress... seems more suited to blogging, and most of the
>> WP skins I've seen look a bit like, erm, free software sites, if you know
>> what I mean.  :P But I'll have another look...
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Nick
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