[support] Upgrade to Drupal 5?

[Neil: esl-lounge.com]

At the latest count, I have 9 core modules that I've edited. You just need 
to be very careful about keeping a list of what you've changed and on which 
line numbers. I just upgraded from 5.1 to 5.2 and it really didn't take more 
than about 10-15 minutes to put those core edits back in.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allen Stern" <allen at centernetworks.com>
To: <support at drupal.org>
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: [support] Upgrade to Drupal 5?


> There are many things that frustrated me when I started with drupal so I
> just edited them - not realizing it would mess up future upgrades.
>
> Frankly there are still a lot of things that frustrate me - how links
> are placed after a story, size of boxes, comment flow, no ability for
> people to get emails when comments are replied to, etc. Mostly nitpicky
> stuff but it has made me disappointed that my site isn't perfect (or
> even 90%).
>
> -- Allen
>
> Daniel Carrera wrote:
>> Allen Stern wrote:
>>
>>> FYI - I moved my drupal site (www.centernetworks.com) from 4.7 to 5 last
>>> month - I was quite worried because I edited the core along with just
>>> tons of edits. I found the process to be painless and took about 3 hrs
>>> to get everything back the way I wanted it. Some tweaks to the template
>>> were the trickiest if I remember.
>>>
>>
>> You edited the *core*? Wow.
>>
>> As a matter of fact, I've tweaked the templates too and that's part of
>> what I was worried about. I use the '$user' variable in a couple of 
>> places.
>>
>>
>>> Just make sure you watch the upgrade video and back up everything!
>>>
>>
>> Will do. I think I'll first setup a basic Drupal 5 site (I got a new
>> order) to get a feel for the software, then I'll upgrade a less
>> important site that I also administer and then upgrade the "mission
>> critical" site.
>>
>> Question: I know that you can have multiple sites on the same Drupal
>> installation. But can each site have a different set of modules? I admin
>> more than one site, but they are all totally different.
>>
>> Thanks for the help.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Daniel.
>>
>
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