[Imc-alternatives] Converting sites to Drupal

[Chuck]

strypey at riseup.net wrote:
> Kia ora Chuck
> 
> Aotearoa IMC is still sitting on DadaIMC too, and we are also keen to do a
> migration sometime this year. There is a bunch of info on docs about using
> Drupal for IMC sites:
> http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Devel/ImcDrupalDev
> 
> There is a list on the topic also:
> http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/imc-drupal-dev
> 
> Don't know if anyone has written a workable migration script for DadaIMC >
> Drupal yet. If you come across one, please let us know. We have considered just
> archiving our old site and starting again from scratch with Drupal if we can't
> find a solution soon.

Thanks for responding. Thanks to everybody who has responding to my query.

The Kansas City Indymedia site is pretty moribund at the moment, but I 
might be inspired to call another "re-launch" meeting if we can move our 
site to Drupal. dadaIMC is just too old-fashioned for what is needed in 
a contemporary news CMS. Drupal would allow us to create special pages 
for the front page, easily add blocks, create special pages, add news 
feeds from local blogs, and so on.

I hadn't thought of simply starting fresh with a Drupal install and 
keeping the old site around as an archive running dadaIMC. We could 
always transfer old stories in the future when we find somebody to write 
the scripts. I'm nearly at the proficiency required to write such a PHP 
script, but right now I'm focused on learning Java and Flash in order to 
find employment.

Thanks!

Chuck