Drupal North East - Drupal 6 to 7 migration case study
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The document outlines a case study on migrating a Drupal 6 site to Drupal 7, highlighting key features like a CPD system, online course registration, and events. It provides insights into the planning process, challenges encountered during content migration, and the outcomes, particularly around user and webform migrations. The document emphasizes the importance of preparing for potential issues and offers contact information for further inquiries.
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Drupal North East - Drupal 6 to 7 migration case study
- 1. Drupal 6 - 7 A case study of a Drupal 6 to 7 migration @PeacockCarter
- 2. The history
- 3. A very old Drupal 6 site
- 4. Key features “CPD” system for members Online course/results registration Events Jobs
- 5. Why migrate?
- 6. Drupal 6 EOL 24th February 2016
- 7. Newer theme
- 9. Wanted to extend online tools
- 10. Our plan (Because everything goes to plan)
- 11. Website migration? What could go wrong?!
- 12. Plan ahead! - Research modules - Discuss order to import - Client content audit (aka – what do you not still need?) - Migrate - Design & develop features - Launch
- 13. Key points - Legacy content - “CPD” system for members - Online course/results registration - Events - Content vital to their status
- 14. Migrate (d.o/project/migrate) - Migrate users, roles, pages, webforms - Alex did this (sorry Alex!)
- 15. The outcome
- 16. Content migration - Kind of worked for basic node content and Views, too - Some taxonomies missing - File attachments
- 17. Views - Import/export tools worked really well!
- 21. Pain points - Content migration (expected!) - Shear bulk of content, especially files - Legacy content vs responsive