[support] How to Fix a Messed Up Site

[Victor Kane]

Apart from agreeing wholeheartedly with rebuilding in D6 and importing, In
cases like this, I thought it could be interesting to share what methods
people use for porting nodes.

I recently used the Views Bonus Pack CVS output to export from the legacy D5
site, and node_import the output file directly into the D6 site. I have also
used xmlrpc with the Services module, and also with the stock xmlrpc
functionality that comes with Drupal core, as outlined in Pro Drupal
Development.

Naturally I have also used custom scripts.

Anyone else have other ideas?

Victor Kane
http://awebfactory.com.ar
http://projectflowandtracker.com

On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Bob Morse <bob at morsemedia.net> wrote:

> I agree with Bill. We just inherited a 5.x site that was poorly organized.
> The client couldn't update some content areas. We could have fixed it. But
> in the long term it was better to start over with a D6 site, port the
> content over, organize it in a more logical way and train the client on
> content management. This took longer, but in the long run will pay off for
> the client in many ways.
>
>
> Bill Fitzgerald wrote:
>
>> It sounds like you are in a 6 of one, half dozen of another situation.
>>
>> Attempting to clean up the existing site might feel like the shorter path,
>> and from a short term perspective it might be. But, in the process of
>> cleaning up the site, there is a fairly good chance that some cruft will be
>> missed -- and today's overlooked cruft is the fringe case bug three months
>> from now.
>>
>> My advice: start from scratch. It might take longer over the next 1-2
>> weeks, but it will give you both peace of mind and a known, reliable,
>> documented foundation as you move forward.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> Fred Jones wrote:
>>
>>> They are selling products and there is no order data--the store part
>>> has never been live. Cleaning out both ecommerce modules is
>>> potentially feasible. There is a "guide" to this on the Ubercart site,
>>> but the lead there (who wrote it) recommends against it. :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> In terms of the overall upgrade to 6 - is this a stock theme and are
>>>> there
>>>> upgrade paths to 6 for the modules in use. Sites that are done wrong in
>>>> 5
>>>> can be a problem to move to 6. I have ran into that trying to move my
>>>> first
>>>> attempt at Drupal from 5 to 6.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, I had the same thought. The theme is custom and the site has a
>>> bunch of modules--not all of which I think are even used.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Fred, I know you know this but I will say backup everything before
>>>> trying
>>>> this.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Several copies of the site already exist. :)
>>>
>>> Thanks!
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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