Drupal Maintenance Drupal6 to Drupal7 Upgrade Slides

Hello, my name is Chris

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Upgrading from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7

Okay, so when should I upgrade?

#D7CX pledge - http://cyrve.com/d7cx

1. Are all the contrib modules and theme(s) I am currently using available (and stable) for Drupal 7?

Why should I upgrade to Drupal 7?

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Overview of the upgrade procedure

How hard can it be?

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Drupal 7 Upgrade Guide at http://drupal.org/node/548922

Preparation/Upgrade

• Devise a backup and restore procedure

• Check for “module movement”

• Disable and remove unused stuff

• Use pencil to create an upgrade plan

• Take your site off-line

• http://drupal.org/node/195435 - Theming the Drupal 6 maintenance page

Preparation/Upgrade (cont.)

• Switch your theme to Garland

• Disable all custom & contributed modules

• http://drupal.org/project/contrib_toggle - disable contributed modules with two clicks - woooo!

• And so on...

• Testing

• Put your site back on-line

Coders, get involved in Coder

http://drupal.org/project/coder

"Developer Module that assists with code review and version upgrade."

Useful Moduleshttp://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate - Backup and migrate module - "Backup and Migrate simplifies the task of backing up and restoring your Drupal database or copying your database from one Drupal site to another."

http://drupal.org/project/contrib_toggle - disable contributed modules with two clicks

http://drupal.org/project/coder - Coder module - "Developer Module that assists with code review and version upgrade."

Useful Linkshttp://drupal.org/node/548922 - Drupal 7 Upgrade Guide

http://drupal.org/node/195435 - Theming the Drupal 6 maintenance page

http://drupal.org/node/536854 - Review and test the upgrade guide for Drupal 7

http://drupal.org/node/563106 - Cannot upgrade from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7 - meta issue

http://drupal.org/node/366364 - Upgrade path for D6 CCK fields

http://drupal.org/update/modules/6/7

http://drupal.org/update/theme/6/7

Worth Watching

http://www.archive.org/details/TheStateofDrupal - The State of Drupal - keynote by Dries

http://www.archive.org/details/Drupal7StatusUpdateandNextSteps - Drupal 7 Status by Webchick

How to Help

Issues tagged with "D7 upgrade path" - http://drupal.org/project/issues/search/drupal?issue_tags=D7%20upgrade%20path

That’s that, any questions?