drupal on linux?

[matt-urrlRJtNKRMsHrnhXWJB8w at public.gmane.org (Matt Shields)]

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Mark Woodward <markw-FJ05HQ0HCKaWd6l5hS35sQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:

>
> With Drupal on the top of my head (I just upgraded a couple sites) I can
> offer some suggestions.
>
> Drupal's model is very much database dependent. That is good in some
> ways but problematic in others. It is difficult, for instance, to change
> databases from MySQL to PostgreSQL. You more or less have the choose
> correctly the first time. (hint use PostgreSQL)
>
> Second, the mainstream modules and content are fairly stable and work
> fine with PG, a lot of 3rd party modules may assume MySQL and not
> function correctly with PG.
>
> Lastly, and this is important, while the raw structure of your site may
> be defined in the theme, the content is defined in the database. One of
> the things that drupal uses is the idea of "blocks" to layout content.
> These blocks are defined in the database along with the content,
> comments, and the users. All in one big messy mess. This means you can't
> stage and deploy changes to a site. You have to apply them live. This is
> a problem for me as I come from a world where you work on a "dev" site,
> and then apply changes that have been through QA to the live site. There
> was no automated way of doing this with drupal. This may be a deal
> breaker in some environments.
>
> www.linuxpcrobot.org and www.mohawksoft.org are both drupal 6.20 running
> on PostgrSQL.
>
> As for books? I hate to say it, don't waste your money.  drupal.org's
> main site has some good docs. Setup an experimental site and play around.
>
> On 02/16/2011 12:00 PM, discuss-request-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org wrote:
> > Message: 11
> > Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:51:56 -0500
> > From: "R. Luoma"<nobluspam5476-MTb9uo0rH9eJIAd+swBSYQ at public.gmane.org>
> > Subject: drupal on linux?
> > To:discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org
> > Message-ID:<20110216115156.d8b9e1e7.nobluspam5476-MTb9uo0rH9eJIAd+swBSYQ at public.gmane.org>
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> > I need to do an evaluation of
> > Drupal for a website content management system.
> >
> > While Drupal is available through the package
> > managers, I am trying to figure out
> > how to get started.
> >
> > Do anyone have suggestions for tutorials/books?
> >
> > (I do realize that some gentle readers
> > favor other systems such as Plone)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -- R. Luoma
>
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You have the same dev/qa/staging/prod problem with Wordpress as well.


-matt