drupal on linux?

[Mark Woodward]

On 02/16/2011 01:21 PM, Matt Shields wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Mark Woodward <markw-FJ05HQ0HCKaWd6l5hS35sQ at public.gmane.org 
> <mailto: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 <http://www.linuxpcrobot.org> and
>     www.mohawksoft.org <http://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
>     <http://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
>     <mailto: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
>     <mailto:nobluspam5476-MTb9uo0rH9eJIAd+swBSYQ at public.gmane.org>>
>     > Subject: drupal on linux?
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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.

There are so many things I would do if I had the time. The world needs a 
"professional" grade CMS system. To me, it is a no-brainer that there 
should be a stage, qa, and deploy development cycle. What's wrong with 
these guys?