Monday, August 20, 2007

Friday, July 13, 2007

Ray of hope...

It turns out the fifth installation goes without a problem. Even the routine of configuring the site was not as discombobulating as it used to be the previous times. What helped immensely of all these first days was The Drupal Cookbook (for new drupallers).
It is a great resource, indeed. The only problem is (I think) that if this is your first CMS, you will find you need to be like an intellectual Shiva, learning on the go new concepts, new ways of thinking about the site structure, a whole new vocabulary to learn and, at the same time, get your hands dirty with the nits and bolts of the actual site. Easy to mess up something! But not impossible cope with (I hope).

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Getting side-tracked


I must admit it is very easy to get frustrated, even for a stubborn person. :(
Failed to configure the site as I wished, forgot my concept entirely and ended up morphing myself into Munch's Scream. Art for heart's sake, heh...

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Hi, nice to meet you!

and thanks for holding my hand during this rollercoaster journey! I can't even promise it will be pleasant; in fact, this whole story makes me a bit dizzy, to use but an elegant expression when in all honesty I plainly wanna puke!
Ooops, this was supposed to be a nice introductory hello-world type of entry... Oh well... We can't be nice all the time, right?
The story so far: I have just aborted the 4th installation of Drupal, and bravely ventured the fifth one (how's that for enthusiasm?). I am a newbie, albeit an enthusiastic one, which probably makes me somewhat obnoxious, too.
So why Drupal?
  • because I was fascinated by its features;
  • because once you get through the teething pains, you can expect to be in possession of a wonderful, low-key maintenance site machine;
  • because it is secure;
  • because it is sexy
  • last, but by no means LEAST! actually, the top reason! because my baby brother recommended it (and despite my bitter experience I secretly harbour hopes of blackmailing him into tweaking, fine-tuning and altogether helping me along the way)

Right now, though, it is a Drupal installation a day - which, unlike the proverbial apple, is more likely to get me to the proverbial doctor, rather than keep the doctor away. Anyways, if the doctor is tall, dark, handsome and intelligent, I wouldn't mind very very much!
There is some progress in my being drupalised - I had to uninstall the previous D-site cos I somehow managed to ban admin access. Yeah, I *suspect* I could have edited the access files through the server - but life is too short, and I was so disappointed with myself.
Just read something that made me feel a tiny bit better:
Drupal has a way of making an otherwise intelligent person feel like a complete bumbling idiot.

Needless to say this blog popped up while I was searching for something entirely different from "Drupal CSS and Themes for Dummies" but nevertheless enjoyed!