Migrating current web site to Portal

Where can I get information (hints, tips tricks) for migrating our current web services to Portal. We're running an Apache web
server and have a lot of content created through FrontPage. We also have several services provided via Perl .cgi scripts. Is there
some white paper or FAQ on how to proceed? We currently have Portal 9iAS vers 1 and my DBA is struggling to get vers 2 up and
running. Thanks for any assistance that can be provided.
Regards,
Ron

Hi,
I am also looking for a WhitePaper / Article that suggests some best practices, faq, etc. I will be shortly migrating some static & dynamic content from a WebServer to Portal & need to know some collected thoughts of wisdom.
Please do let me know about any leads on this.
Regards,
Sandeep

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