Comments on: On moving from WordPress to Drupal http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/05/19/on-moving-from-wordpress-to-drupal/ ce n'est pas la connaissance. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:42:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Anonymous http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/05/19/on-moving-from-wordpress-to-drupal/#comment-81859 Anonymous Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 1608354698#comment-81859 D'Arcy, I've been contemplating moving a few sites from WP to Drupal too- mostly because I didn't really find a boolean search selector for categories- and because a few clients seem to think WP "Looks too much like a blog"- which I try to tell them- is a good thing. Saw this plug-in- thought it might interest you: http://lxtr.us.to/posts/dbook-plugin-page-navigation-and-book-pages-in-wordpress/ It supposedly provides the book structure of Drupal. I also saw that Drupal 4.7 still doesn't have trackbacks down quite right yet- Thanks again for keeping your blog- I learn a lot from you. D’Arcy,
I’ve been contemplating moving a few sites from WP to Drupal too- mostly because I didn’t really find a boolean search selector for categories- and because a few clients seem to think WP “Looks too much like a blog”- which I try to tell them- is a good thing.
Saw this plug-in- thought it might interest you:
http://lxtr.us.to/posts/dbook-plugin-page-navigation-and-book-pages-in-wordpress/
It supposedly provides the book structure of Drupal.
I also saw that Drupal 4.7 still doesn’t have trackbacks down quite right yet-
Thanks again for keeping your blog- I learn a lot from you.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/05/19/on-moving-from-wordpress-to-drupal/#comment-81860 Anonymous Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 1608354698#comment-81860 D ... I have actually been thinking the same thing. I want to be able to take advantage of the simplicity of WP, but I love the extended features of Drupal. I am curious what podcasting stuff you need in WP that Drupal doesn't offer? Is it the iTunes stuff or is it something else? One thing I have been thinking about doing is pulling down my Mambo front end at the root of my domain and installing drupal and using the URL /blog to point to my blog -- managed by Drupal. I am ready to move on from Mambo, but the thought of running 2 CMS tools (Drupal and WP) seems silly. Keep us posted as I am getting closer. I could also use some more robust features for things outside of pure blogging -- publishing class related content for example, that seems to fit the book model so much better. Just random thoughts ... but, it is interesting that I am hearing more people talk about this type of a move. I wonder if the WP community is making adjustments to their feature sets ... people are now becoming much more savvy users of these tools and will start asking for them. D … I have actually been thinking the same thing. I want to be able to take advantage of the simplicity of WP, but I love the extended features of Drupal. I am curious what podcasting stuff you need in WP that Drupal doesn’t offer? Is it the iTunes stuff or is it something else?

One thing I have been thinking about doing is pulling down my Mambo front end at the root of my domain and installing drupal and using the URL /blog to point to my blog — managed by Drupal. I am ready to move on from Mambo, but the thought of running 2 CMS tools (Drupal and WP) seems silly. Keep us posted as I am getting closer.

I could also use some more robust features for things outside of pure blogging — publishing class related content for example, that seems to fit the book model so much better. Just random thoughts … but, it is interesting that I am hearing more people talk about this type of a move. I wonder if the WP community is making adjustments to their feature sets … people are now becoming much more savvy users of these tools and will start asking for them.

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/05/19/on-moving-from-wordpress-to-drupal/#comment-81861 dnorman Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 1608354698#comment-81861 <p>David - I saw that plugin, linked from the WP dashboard, and while it's very interesting - I don't relish the thought of more content hacks. I wonder how the DBook stuff is implemented - a new nonstandard content type, or something native to WP? I'd love to be using Books for longer writing - articles don't always make sense as dated blog posts.</p><p>Cole, I think the PodPress plugin for WordPress blows the crap out of anything I've seen in Drupal - doesn't mean there isn't a comparable module I just haven't seen one yet.</p><p>Also, I'm more than a little nervous about running a public blog without Spam Karma 2 and/or Akismet running interference for me. The Flickr post plugin I use rocks, and the image upload/post process is so smooth in WP2, as opposed to what I've been able to do in Drupal. Perhaps not fatal, but I think it would affect how I use the site.</p> David - I saw that plugin, linked from the WP dashboard, and while it's very interesting - I don't relish the thought of more content hacks. I wonder how the DBook stuff is implemented - a new nonstandard content type, or something native to WP? I'd love to be using Books for longer writing - articles don't always make sense as dated blog posts.

Cole, I think the PodPress plugin for WordPress blows the crap out of anything I've seen in Drupal - doesn't mean there isn't a comparable module I just haven't seen one yet.

Also, I'm more than a little nervous about running a public blog without Spam Karma 2 and/or Akismet running interference for me. The Flickr post plugin I use rocks, and the image upload/post process is so smooth in WP2, as opposed to what I've been able to do in Drupal. Perhaps not fatal, but I think it would affect how I use the site.

]]> By: Chris L http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/05/19/on-moving-from-wordpress-to-drupal/#comment-81881 Chris L Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 1608354698#comment-81881 Finding a "real" way to handle tags in WP-- not the tagging, but a good facility to browse with intersection or search with intersections-- is the killer feature I am missing in WP.... Finding a “real” way to handle tags in WP– not the tagging, but a good facility to browse with intersection or search with intersections– is the killer feature I am missing in WP….

]]> By: Laexter http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/05/19/on-moving-from-wordpress-to-drupal/#comment-81902 Laexter Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 1608354698#comment-81902 <p>Hello, this is the author of DBook.</p><p>In contrary to what you have spoken here, DBook does not introduce any nonstandard content type. All data needed to make such a structure in WP is already available without any hacks. If you think more about it, the current page structure in WP is very much like a book, except it does not have easy prev-next-up navigation.</p><p>DBook does not introduce any new content type. No database structure is modified when you install DBook. What the plugin does is it searches which pages are the next, prev, child, and parent pages, and display them. Simple. </p><p>The motivation of my plugin is basically the same as yours - I want to use Drupal, but it lacks something, then I think I'll use WP, but it lacks something too. So I thought of strengthening the WP side (as the development of Drupal modules are too centralized for me to participate).</p><p> (also note that the data structure of posts and pages are identical, so implementing page-like hierarchy to posts is super easy and does not need database modification)</p><p>(also note again that the plugin is still in beta...) </p><p>Also: which modules do you use to enable non-anonymous comments? It is what I'm looking for! </p> Hello, this is the author of DBook.

In contrary to what you have spoken here, DBook does not introduce any nonstandard content type. All data needed to make such a structure in WP is already available without any hacks. If you think more about it, the current page structure in WP is very much like a book, except it does not have easy prev-next-up navigation.

DBook does not introduce any new content type. No database structure is modified when you install DBook. What the plugin does is it searches which pages are the next, prev, child, and parent pages, and display them. Simple.

The motivation of my plugin is basically the same as yours - I want to use Drupal, but it lacks something, then I think I'll use WP, but it lacks something too. So I thought of strengthening the WP side (as the development of Drupal modules are too centralized for me to participate).

(also note that the data structure of posts and pages are identical, so implementing page-like hierarchy to posts is super easy and does not need database modification)

(also note again that the plugin is still in beta…)

Also: which modules do you use to enable non-anonymous comments? It is what I'm looking for!

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/05/19/on-moving-from-wordpress-to-drupal/#comment-81913 dnorman Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 1608354698#comment-81913 Laexter - I totally misunderstood what DBook did. Sorry for adding confusion. It sounds like it's a great plugin, and I'll be recommending it to all of my WP-using friends :-) Laexter - I totally misunderstood what DBook did. Sorry for adding confusion. It sounds like it’s a great plugin, and I’ll be recommending it to all of my WP-using friends :-)

]]> By: pazza http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/05/19/on-moving-from-wordpress-to-drupal/#comment-83053 pazza Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 1608354698#comment-83053 I am going to change to Drupal 5.1 which looks delicious. Does anyone know of a good tool that is up to date to do this from Wordpress to Drupal? I am going to change to Drupal 5.1 which looks delicious. Does anyone know of a good tool that is up to date to do this from Wordpress to Drupal?

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/05/19/on-moving-from-wordpress-to-drupal/#comment-83056 dnorman Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 1608354698#comment-83056 pazza - I haven't seen an up-to-date importer, but there may be something mentioned on the Drupal.org website. pazza - I haven’t seen an up-to-date importer, but there may be something mentioned on the Drupal.org website.

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