updating your website to drupal 7
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After three years of development Drupal 7 is finally here providing a powerful open source solution that is more flexible and more scalable than ever. Vast improvements in usability and functionality allow site developers to roll out their sites in less time. Now is the time to upgrade your website to Drupal 7. Join Erik Webb and Jacob Singh for this one-hour webinar where they will show you just how new and improved Drupal 7 is. Attendees will learn: -How to take advantage of all the new features -Considerations when upgrading your site to Drupal 7 -Next steps for getting your upgrade startedTRANSCRIPT
Upgrading Your Website to Drupal 7
Jacob SinghPrincipal Engineer
Acquia
@jacobsingh
Matt AckleyMarketing
Acquia
@mbackley
Erik WebbTechnical Consultant
Acquia
@erikwebb
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Upcoming Webinars
Thursday February 10th 1pm Eastern Time, 12 pm UTC
–OpenPublish Webinar: Work!ow for Editors
Register Today - http://acquia.com/webinars
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Upcoming Training Events - February & March 2011http://training.acquia.com/events
February 7 - 9, Manchester, UK
– Drupal in a Day
– Site Building with Drupal
February 23-25, Leuven, Belgium
– Drupal Module Development
Throughout February - March in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal Canada
– Drupal in a Day
– Site Building with Drupal
– Theming and Module Development
March 1-3, Geneva, Switzerland
– Drupal in a Day
– Site Building with Drupal
March 7-9, Edinburgh, Scotland
– Drupal in a Day
– Site Building with Drupal
March 21-24, Washington DC
– Drupal in a Day
– Site Building with Drupal
March 29-31, Paris, France
– Drupal in a Day
– Site Building with Drupal
Register for Drupal Training in your area
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Introduction
Jacob Singh–Principal Engineer, Acquia
Erik Webb–Technical Consultant, Acquia
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Introduction
What are the new features worth upgrading for?What is the status of D7 in the wild?What you need to know to decide if you should upgrade
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What’s new?
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Built in content !elds system
Standardized method to enhance content typesApplicable to all entities, not just nodes.
Easier to create "exible contentMore "exible for integrations
Developers
Site owners
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Vastly improved user experience
Updated jQuery and jQuery UIre-usable widgetsLess time training users documenting
More consistent interfacesLower barrier to adoption
Developers
Site owners
Drupal 6
Drupal 7
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More database support
Open database APIORM layer
Support for enterprise-standard DB’s (e.g. Oracle, MS SQL)
Developers
Site owners
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More scalable than ever
SOFTWARE
Support for Varnish, CDNs, etcPluggable storage to allow noSQL object caches
Support for enterprise-sized infrastructures from normal Drupal package
Developers
Site owners
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Automated code testing
Built-in feature testing frameworkMore stable core
Continuous bug testing to eliminate regressions, rock-solid bug-free* software
Developers
Site owners
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More powerful installation pro!les
Easier-to-build distributions for rapid development
Greater ability to implement foundations that can be re-used for many different clients
Developers
Site owners
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More on what’s new
http://acquia.com/resources/webinars/drupal-7-top-40-core-modules-and-what-they-mean-you
http://drupal.org/drupal-7-released
http://drupal.org/about/new-in-drupal-7
http://drupal.org/update/modules/6/7
http://www.drupalgardens.com/
http://www.unleashedmind.com/en/blog/sun/more-than-50-drupal-modules-moved-into-drupal-7
Slides with links will be published at:
http://www.slideshare.net/AcquiaInc
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Drupal 7 is ready
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Drupal 7 is ready
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Sites running Drupal 7 today
http://drupalgardens.com –Running 35k+ Drupal 7 sites and more every day
http://examiner.com–Very large news site
http://chicagopublicmedia.org/–Portal for public media in Chicago
Thousands more at –http://groups.drupal.org/node/113489
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15+ books on Drupal 7
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Reasons to upgrade now
Great new featuresNew development happening on 7–Module developers will be adding new features to D7 so
your site is getting more out of date as time goes on.
Ride the wave–There is a lot of focus on upgrades now.
If you’re building new functionality in 6, you will have to rebuild / upgrade it later.
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Upgrading your site
(the condensed version)
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Assessment
What modules am I using in D6?Which modules have been moved to core?What modules have D7 upgrades?What about my custom code?
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Update status
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Good start, but not enough.
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Building an upgrade path
Custom upgrade paths for modulesEffort to re-write custom code or port–Coder module
Some modules don’t need an upgrade path
Coder module
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Next steps
You want to upgrade to D7Estimate the work required to upgradeDevelop an upgrade planIdentify the resources you’ll need to complete it
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Training @ DrupalCon - March 7thUpgrading from Drupal 6 to 7
Conduct upgrades of sites, identify pitfalls and gotchasInstructor Team:– Erik Webb - Professional Services, The Inspector – Jacob Singh - Engineer in Drupal Gardens, Mr. Media– Joshua Brauer - Client Advisor, Dr. Deployment
Price: $450http://chicago2011.drupal.org/training/upgrading-drupal-6-7
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How to plan for your upgrade
What are the tools to help you succeed
The current state of major modules and the tricks to upgrade them cleanly
The upgrade procedure - how to minimize downtime and risk
Rebuilding vs upgrading
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Already registered? You can add training to your ticket purchase.
Training @ DrupalCon - March 7thUpgrading from Drupal 6 to 7
Thursday, February 3, 2011