Jumpchart + Drupal

Paste Interactive 09/04/09
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How cool is this?

danfrydman: using #jumpchart to build a menu hierarchy / sitemap in #drupal via #wordpress – more to come

-via Twitter

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  1. Dan Frydman says:

    Yes, it is very cool!

    We’re actively using Jumpchart to build sitemaps then export to WordPress.

    With just a few tweaks to Drupal we’ve been able to do the following:

    1. Preserve the path that’s automatically generated in WordPress after the XML import it done.

    2. Keep the node order in the same order as it comes from Jumpchart (drupal sets nodes in the menu in alphabetical order by default).

    The benefits are easy to understand – when the client changes their mind yet again, we can run the export via WordPress to Drupal and not have to worry about creating nodes again and move everything around manually.

    It’s not much good if it happens again just before launch – but during the sitemap / design / development phase for sites up to about 150 main page nodes, we think it’s going to be okay.

    If anyone is interested in us contributing the update modules back to the Drupal community, do let me know via:

    dan at inigo dot net

    or a direct message on Twitter to:

    @danfrydman

    I suspect that something very similar can be done with Joomla, Typo3, etc.

    Cheers guys – you made this stage of the job a lot easier :)

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  • @markofrespect Got it. While we don't have that (yet) you could export the HTML, apply your own CSS, then share that with the client.
  • @markofrespect (Great to hear) In what way do you want to customize it more? Layout?