[support] Some advice needed on setting up a new site

[Christopher M. Jones]

Off the cuff, I'd say create a cck type with the fields you need. If you 
can get your data into a csv then you can use node import to bring it 
into your drupal db. Use views to generate your searches. I'm also a 
huge fan of faceted search for stuff like this.

Marc Morris wrote:
> 
> I've just been asked to build a site which will list just over 5,000  
> movies. I currently have all the info in a Filemaker database.
> 
> What I'm trying to work out is how best to go about getting the data  
> into Drupal.
> 
> Should I have each title as a node, or is there a much better way to  
> achieve this?
> 
> Basically each movie will have the following info:
> 
> Title
> Director
> Country
> Year
> Genre
> Cast
> Synopsis
> Duration
> Awards
> 
> some may in the future include a movie poster image or selected pix  
> from the film itself.
> 
> etc..
> 
> Each title will be linked to from a drop-down navigation menu which  
> will offer results displayed by GENRE or STUDIO etc. Clicking on a  
> director's or actor's name will bring a a list of search results too.
> 
> At this stage most of the titles can be displayed purely in a list  
> format, although I should allow for the option of a full page view  
> per title for the future.
> 
> I'm hoping someone out there could offer a little advice about the  
> best way to set the site up.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Marc