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Hello and thanks for any help you can provide! I know I'm in way over my head, but Processwire has me drunk on power. I know so little and yet so far I've been able to do pretty much everything I've wanted to, including all sorts of crazy admin features that until recently I'd thought were the sole purview of programming ninjas. Anyway on to my problem: thanks to PW I've picked up a lot of PHP, but I know next to nothing about MySQL. So you can assume utter-beginner level knowledge, but also full readiness to learn what needs to be learned to get the following done: I have an existing database that has lots of data I want to use to model PW pages on. How would I build a PW site using some of the fields/tables in this database? The PW database would need to change and re-model this data in various ways. This existing database also keeps changing. How can I stay in sync with the database, even while my database no longer looks like the existing database (cause my data changes too)? Where can I start learning about what I need to know to start doing this and slowly get on top of it? Please point me in the right direction to start investigating - modules, books, tutorials - any input is welcome and deeply appreciated. Thanks again. -
Right now I have my processwire files in a folder called "processwire" on my remote server, as a child of the root folder. I'm wondering how I can begin to apply the CMS process to my existing website pages instead of the default, sample site. I'm guessing I can start by moving all those files in the "processwire" folder out into the root directory, but what should I do with the index.php file which the processwire folder came with? I'm also guessing I should replace my sites original index.php file and set the processwire one as the default. But then what should I do with the old index and the other pages as well? Where do the pages I already have go? Basically I'm unsure how I should go about "integrating" processwire into my already made pages. The Basic Website Tutorial ("http://wiki.processwire.com/index.php/Basic_Website_Tutorial") instructs me to clean out everything but leave the default site template and a few fields, but it seems like I would be adapting my site to that template. Instead, I wish to adapt processwire to the pages which I've already made. Tell me if I'm getting the workflow/structure wrong: I feel like the workflow/structure requires me to make each of the pages that I already have -- or an identical part of each page -- a template, and then in processwire spawn off a duplicate of each page in my website using the "new" button and selecting those pages as as a template. I feel like I'm kind of working backwards relative to the workflow, or I'm getting the workflow/structure wrong in my head. Thanks for any help in advance! Update: I've tried changing the "home" page to a template that is basically my original site's homepage, but I get the error: Can't save page 1: /: Selected homepage template cannot be used because it does not define access. I read that ryan said the home, admin, and 404 page are essential. However I don't want the home's template style. What is the php code I need to include in my own homepage to start using it as a template? I've tried copy and pasting this from the original home.php template: <?php /** * Home template * */ include("./head.inc"); echo $page->body; include("./foot.inc"); But I'm still getting the same message.
