Quoting Donn donn.ingle@gmail.com:
Thanks for your feedback Walter,
I should have said that I have not yet used Drupal, but I get the impression that it has many ways to display elements and it's a matter of learning the way it does things.
To anyone on the list:
To further clarify: I would need to code a system that:
- Allows only logged-in users to access a custom 'content type'.
i.e. prompt for login when not logged-in. 2. Have many 'pages' within that 'content type' that provide the back and forth flow of things like shopping systems.
Check the modules at http://drupal.org/project/Modules
On point 2, there are two approaches: a) Many PHP files, each doing a certain thing: login.php, showproducts.php, basket.php, errors.php, etc. Where each one would hook-into Drupal's way of showing forms and theming. b) One PHP file that handles all of that using a switch or if-then-else mechanism so that it shows various 'faces' according to the results of GET/POST/COOKIES and so forth.
Check the documentation at http://drupal.org/handbooks
What's the best approach?
I suppose I could create an iframe (ugh!) content-type the content of which is my own system served from some other directory entirely - That would mean minimal css to maintain the look, but leave the Drupal home website on all surrounding sides.
Once you've reviewed the documentation and modules come back with more questions. I suggest the Ubercart module for eCommerce, others will have more to say about other eCommerce modules.
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