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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Generally I wouldn’t advise going
back. Rather consider setting up a new 5.x site and use copy/paste
to move the content from one site to another. Downgrades are
unsupported there’s all kinds of dragons there. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I don’t know what the timeline is
for views and cck, but I wouldn’t advise using the betas on an important
site yet cause of the heavy rewrite of views in this module.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Also remember that because views is a
rewrite with no “backward compatibility” any work that you do
in 5.x will need to be redone in 6. Depending on your drupal experience,
you may want to factor this into your decision. Expect to need to
rewrite all of the views that you do in 5.x when you do finally move to
6. That’s a pretty good reason to consider waiting till the 6.x
modules are available. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I wouldn’t think using 6.x views is
advisable in the may timeframe, but if the beta does come out within the next
few days, then September is probably a completely different story.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hope that helps, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Good luck, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> support-bounces@drupal.org
[mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b>Jean Gazis<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, April 28, 2008 8:08
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> support<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [support] moving site
from Drupal 6 to 5 (reverse upgrade)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I have a site (<a href="http://www.kidsplaytunes.org">www.kidsplaytunes.org</a>)
that was recently set up, just after we installed D6, so I set it up in 6. But
given that some important modules are not yet available for 6, I was thinking
of moving it back to 5. How hard would it be to do that? The main (CCK &
Views) mods for 6 are due out in beta any day, but a) I don't know if that will
be everything we'll need, and b) that means using beta mods on a production
site.<br>
<br>
KPT is currently not using any contrib mods at all, so the only customization
is the CSS, and the content is pretty minimal. <br>
<br>
My sysadmin says "we could try to go back, but I don't know how compatible
are the database structures between 5 and 6." <br>
<br>
How advisable and or difficult would it be to do this, or am I better off just
trying to wait/work ith the D6 modules as they come out?<br>
<br>
The first event that might generate a lot of site interest is May 13, and it
wil need to have seom community functionality by September 2008.<br>
-- <br>
Jean Gazis<br>
<a href="http://www.jeangazis.com">www.jeangazis.com</a><br>
<a href="http://www.boxofrain.us">www.boxofrain.us</a><br>
<a href="http://www.kidsplaytunes.org">www.kidsplaytunes.org</a><br>
<br>
"I can't understand why people are afraid of new ideas. I'm afraid of the
old ones."<br>
- John Cage <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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