Migrating the Drupal way. Part I: creating a node. Update: Acquia has released a great migration whitepaper to help you get ready to move to Drupal.
My position with Acquia will find me helping out with a lot of migrations and upgrades. I'm going to embark on a multiple-part blog to discuss some of the common techniques that I use when moving clients to Drupal. Migrating to Drupal can seem intimidating if you already maintain a database-driven website. However, populating a Drupal site with your current content might be easier than you think. Whether you are migrating from a popular CMS or a fully custom application, you can easily use Drupal modules to mimic your current data structures and migrate your data using a simple custom PHP script.
Scripts for direct DB creation of nodes? Bento 2.0 Released With Many Exciting Features. Last Week, I reviewed Bento 1.0, the extremely easy-to-use database tool designed for the Mac.
Well, little did I know that only a week later Bento 2.0 would be released. Bento 2.0 contains many nice new features, and a little layout adjustment. First, I will talk about the layout adjustment.