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  • #44975
    NghiQuach
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    Hey guys,

    Want to know if anyone has ever done something along these lines.
    What resources did you guys use?

    Trying to learn anything I can.

    Thanks!

    #136077
    chrisburton
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    First off, why Drupal?

    #136080
    NghiQuach
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    Company I work for chose it over WordPress, the reason I was told was just the overall features it has right now.
    More ways to solve certain problems than WordPress.
    I’m not familiar with either so I couldn’t really say which I’d rather do.
    They also have some sub-sites done in WP.

    #136081
    chrisburton
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    Are you familiar with PHP?

    #136088
    NghiQuach
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    Not at all, should I start there first?

    #136110
    chrisburton
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    I think it could only help. But you don’t need to know everything about PHP to understand how WordPress, Kirby (a better CMS, in my opinion) or Drupal works.

    #136113
    NghiQuach
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    Yeah, out of the few sites i’ve read extensive PHP isn’t mandatory just helps make your life easier.
    I don’t see many resources on converting existing sites into a cms other than for WordPress.

    What it seems like I might basically have to do is create my on theme.
    The site I’m converting is built mostly on bootstrap so I was hoping making just make a sub-theme with my sites css/js to override some of that bootstrap stuff.

    Just looked into Kirby seems like for my case it’d be the best choice. Maybe I can convince the head-honchos haha?!?

    #136115
    chrisburton
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    Ha. Let’s hope. Kirby is quite easy to understand compared to WordPress. Especially when it comes to custom post types.

    #136764
    NghiQuach
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    They pretty much set in on Drupal 7. Couldn’t tell you guys why.

    Anyone know of any resources that help convert existing templates into a custom theme?

    The site is basically built on bootstrap, but has css overrides for unique styling.

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