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April 2010
Migration to Drupal
After presenting on 'Migration to Drupal' on Monday 12th April at DrupalCambs, had a few good chats about the nature of the drupal database and associated points.
Potentially, Migration to Drupal, I believe is fairly straighforward depending that you understand both the source and the target data well. Therefore in most cases you need to know your database and the Drupal MySql (or PostgreSql) database. However, for future reference it appears that when using content management systems, there is a belief that you don't need to understand how the data interacts providing that it does.
My Top 5 Drupal Modules
Drupal as a massive extensible CMS has a plethora of useful and frankly fantastic modules. Her are the top ten as I am using them, obviously the drupal site has a list of the most used modules on Drupal, however, I thought I might just suggest my favorites too:
1. Views (it makes the whole database flexible which is obviously invaluable)
2. CCK (make data as you want it)
3. Mollom (brilliant spam detection and easy integration)
4. WYSIWIG (because sometimes it is so much easier)
5. Pathauto (brilliant SEO tool and makes my life easier)
About Me
As a freelance Web Developer, I have worked largely within PHP including synchronization with databases, mainly MySql, across both a WAMP and LAMP platform. I have worked extensively within the Drupal and Joomla open-source content management systems including module extensions and third party services, I am active within the Drupal UK and Drupal Ubercart community and DrupalCambs group. My freelance work has involved careful liaison with client both with regards to technology and graphic design.
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