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
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On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Bob Morse <bob@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. :)

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