CMS - Drupal Site Conversion!

[BStoltman]

Anyone here familiar with Drupal. If so I am considering converting my website over to use drupal, but not sure if it will suit my needs. Most sites that i have found that use drupal are not that visually pleasing to me. I have a website at www.Blakestoltman.net does anyone here know if I can perfectly recreate the website I currently have in Drupal, with relative ease.

Thanks,

Blake

[sreiser]

Saw this post on twitter and I wanted to respond.

Drupal gets a bad rap when it comes to themes, partially because the default ones are not the prettiest. I'd like to point out a number of different sites that use drupal and have a solid look and feel:

http://www.recovery.gov/
http://www.theonion.com/content/index
http://www.yo-yoma.com/
http://www.43folders.com/
http://seanreiser.com/
http://earlyreiser.net/

(OK, those last 2 were my blogs, but examples with different looks). Where none of these sites "looks like yours" I don't think any of them scream "this is Drupal". Also, you'll notice some big names there, something to think about.

As far as recreating your site... with a little CSS, PHP and Drupal knowledge you could get that look. With all due respect, might I suggest that you use the move as an excuse for a face lift. I understand that blue is a good, strong color (I tend to overuse it myself) but I think if I were you I'd consider using a different background color where the main content is. When I load your site, my eye doesn't know where it should be looking. Just an opinion.

Blake feel free to reach out the me with Drupal questions.

Good Luck!

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Sean
sean@seanreiser.com

[HuXLy]

Yes you can recreate your sites look on Drupal. You can do it in two ways. 1. if you have a photoshop mock up of your site you can use http://psd2cssonline.com to create a Drupal theme from your photoshop file. Or, 2. If you rather work from your existing html files check out this video, Click Here (http://www.mustardseedmedia.com/podcast/episode24)

Hux