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Recreating a default Joomla 1.5 site using Drupal 6 (Part 2 of 2)

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UPDATE (9th Sept 2009):

I've noticed some odd things happening on this server. So sorry the demo site had to be taken offline to due security reasons and i haven't the time to keep it updated.

However, you can download this package and play with it on your localhost. If you plan, on installing it as a live site, please make sure you update Drupal and modules used in this package to the latest versions.

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In the first part of this article, i tried to create a default Joomla site using Drupal and through this, i had discovered some flaws which made the site somewhat inflexible trying to do it the Joomla way.

So in this article, i explore ways that we can harness Drupal to build a more flexible site utilising the site structure and content that i already have from creating the Joomla site using Drupal. Read more about Recreating a default Joomla 1.5 site using Drupal 6 (Part 2 of 2)

Recreating a default Joomla 1.5 site using Drupal 6 (Part 1 of 2)

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UPDATE (9th Sept 2009):

I've noticed some odd things happening on this server. So sorry the demo site had to be taken offline to due security reasons and i haven't the time to keep it updated.

However, you can download this package and play with it on your localhost. If you plan, on installing it as a live site, please make sure you update Drupal and modules used in this package to the latest versions.

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Over the weekend I was reminiscing over Joomla and why I had decided to go with Drupal. I still miss the wonderful vibrant Joomla community at times and how quick it was to build a website compare to Drupal. But I don’t miss the limitations of Joomla core system. However, Drupal does have it's own issues as well and that is, you tend to find quite often you'll need some kind of glue module (usually some custom code) to tie the pieces of modules together if something more specific is required. Read more about Recreating a default Joomla 1.5 site using Drupal 6 (Part 1 of 2)

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