[support] advise coverting static site to Drupal

[Scott Trudeau]

I wish I'd known more about Drupal when I left a job a few years ago,
since I think it would have been easier than most CMSes to do a
conversion for their largest site.

Here's an idea for a module (maybe something along these lines exists?):
* Move the old static site to a specially named folder
* Hook into the menu/path system and, if there isn't a defined Drupal
path for a given URL, check the static folder (perhaps allowing for
derivatives (foo, foo.htm, foo.html, foo.php, etc.) and serve up the
static page until it gets replaced
* Log hits to static URLs to provide a handy tool for helping
prioritize which things to convert sooner

Scott

On 5/17/07, Sean Effel <sean at crushyou.net> wrote:
> On 5/17/07 9:51 PM, "Emmanuel Gandelman" <makopolok at gmail.com> hollered:
>
> Hi Emmanuel,
>
> I've got tons of experience converting small NPO sites from their
> traditional straight HTML to a Drupal platform.  From what I can tell from a
> quick look at your site, I think it would be a pretty simple task and
> probably open your site up to a few basic features that will make your life
> easier.  Your site is as straight forward of a conversion as they get.
>
> Between the standard node system for publishing new articles, and maybe
> taking advantage of the member and profile modules, you'll cut back a lot of
> your administration.  The addition of the standard Drupal RSS will also help
> you push your content further out.  Posting photos to your articles would
> get easier as well, with the CCK or just plain Image (with image_attach)
> modules.  Posting new content to the site will feel just like writing an
> email if you build it right.
>
> But I can't comment on Hebrew text generation. I have never used Drupal to
> publish right-left text.  I know lots of people have done so, maybe they can
> comment here, I would like to know as well.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Sean Effel
> http://www.drupaltherapy.com
>
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