[development] Upgrading Drupal

[Mukesh Agarwal]

As an alternate solution, if the site is not too heavy with the features,
the entire site can be re-build in Drupal 7. I know its not the "drupal" way
of doing things but in the past I've found the method to be fruitful. The 4
important concerns would be:

   1. do you understand the information architecture of the site, d5 and d7?
   this will be used in content migration
   2. is there a drupal 7 module for all existing modules? if not, do you
   know how to do it?
   3. is there any custom module? are there documents pertaining to the
   custom modules? is the code for custom module documented?
   4. is there a base theme? is the current theme a sub-theme? if  not, is
   there an upgrade path for the theme? if not, do you know how to convert the
   theme to adhere to d7?

Again, the solution works if you have build the site in d5 and is likely to
fail in case you have not.

On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Dave Metzler <metzler.dl at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think Gordon has the answer... Database updates cannot be guaranteed
> without following the 5 to 6 to 7 methodology.  You will be left with a
> buggy site as a result.  I agree that there is nothing to say you couldn't
> never show the drupal 6 site as a live site.  You're just using it to get
> the schema updates.
>
> Of course if you are doing the work as a consultant, the number one reason
> that will convince them is that it will cost you more time and them more
> Money :).
>
> Of course that's only after you've verified that you have the contrib
> module coverage that you need...
>
> I hope that's helpful and not all too obvious.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jan 14, 2011, at 2:57 PM, nan wich <nan_wich at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> That's a good article. I suspect his approach worked because he was already
> intimately familiar with the site. My task would be to go into a customer's
> site that I haven't even seen yet, let alone explored internally.
>
> However, the question is what to say to the customer, not how to do it.
>
>
> *Nancy*
>
> Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L.
> King, Jr.
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Randy Fay <randy at randyfay.com>
> *To:* <development at drupal.org>development at drupal.org
> *Sent:* Fri, January 14, 2011 4:45:55 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [development] Upgrading Drupal
>
> You have to upgrade from the last Drupal 5 to the last Drupal 6 and then to
> Drupal 7.
>
> Quicksketch posted an alternate approach:
> <http://quicksketch.org/node/5739>http://quicksketch.org/node/5739
>
> -Randy
>
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 4:39 PM, nan wich < <nan_wich at bellsouth.net>
> nan_wich at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>>   I suspect I know the answer but am looking for reasons to convince a
>> potential customer. The question is: Can you jump from Drupal 5 to Drupal 7
>> in one fell swoop? I see upgrading contribs as one of the biggest obstacles
>> with API changes being the next one in line (assuming there is site-specific
>> custom code).
>>
>>
>> *Nancy*
>>
>> Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L.
>> King, Jr.
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Randy Fay
> Drupal Module and Site Development
> <randy at randyfay.com>randy at randyfay.com
> +1  970.462.7450
>
>


-- 
Cheers,
Mukesh Agarwal
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