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Since WF is so cool, I thought I would start a thread for anyone who has questions about Drupal.

I've had a lot of success with FeedAPI - will let you slurp in CSV/data files and make them nodes - matching up taxonomy, etc.

Anyone on WF use Drupal?
 


How can I customize my search results page in drupal so that it links directly to the comments of the node in question?
 
Have you used the Drigg setup? How hard would it be to make a themed ummm theme that is totally unique? I have ideas I just am not a coder. Around a retro style website. Retro avatars and langauge, the whole bit.

I have used WP and WPMU quite a bit. Taking web design class now.
 
I think I installed it once when it was first coming out, but it was kinda buggy. There are other options. It may have come a long way since then, though. IIRC, one of the reasons I didn't go with it was because it was a separate Drupal code base...

As for themes, they're not too hard. You do want to have some basic PHP knowledge, though. There are a lot of good themes or templates out there that you could use for a starting point. There do seem to be a lot more themes for WP available...

That help any?
 
Ya a bit. I have some jS and php. I guess I just have to get brave and jump in.

Like 5 huge projects going right now...
 
Drake said:
Have you used the Drigg setup? How hard would it be to make a themed ummm theme that is totally unique? I have ideas I just am not a coder. Around a retro style website. Retro avatars and langauge, the whole bit.

I have used WP and WPMU quite a bit. Taking web design class now.
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I actually have a Drigg site with a custom theme. If you can theme wordpress drupal isn't terribly different. Just starting with the default theme and messing around will get you fairly far.
 
I like and use both.

Drupal is more like a swiss army knife and has a lot of other features (and bloat) built in whereas WP started as software for a "blog"... That said, there's a lot you can do to WP to get it out of the 'blog' mindset/look...

Want to have a digg like site? There's modules to do it. Forums? Modules to do it. Input RSS as posts? Modules to do it. Etc.

Both are tools good for different things, imho. I've worked with Drupal more, though.
 
Why should I use Drupal instead of WordPress as a CMS?
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Ok, thinking about it more, here's a difference that affects a lot, i think...

In WP, you have one content 'type' - the 'blog' or 'post'...

In Drupal, there is the generic 'node' that can be turned into different content 'types'... so, you can create a 'content type' for classifieds or events and even add extra fields for just that content type.

Once you've split the content up that way, there's a lot you can do with it besides post in reverse chron order...

HTH
 
I've been a web developer going on 8 years now and CCK + Views is just mind blowing in what it can do.
 
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