Drupal Migration

• from D5 to D6
• export/import tools
• other issues

Upgrade from D5 to D6

Preplanning

• High level functionality summary (calendar, publicaitons, etc.)
• List of contributed modules
• List of features implemeted in the theme vs features implemented in templates
• Any custom modifications in template.php
• Prepare TEST PLAN

1. Backup (files and database) / create dev site  http://drupaltraining.stanford.edu/workshop3/handout
2. Take site offline (optional if using dev site)
3. Change theme to default 
4. Update to the latest core version (5.x) + contrib modules  (update.php)  https://techcommons.stanford.edu/topics/drupal/drupal-core-upgrade-script
5. Disable all cotnrib modules (do inventory, make sure that all modules that you need are available for 6.x)  https://techcommons.stanford.edu/topics/drupal/disable-and-re-enable-all-contributed-modules-once
6. Update core code 5->6 (make sure to update .htaccess and settings.php that come with new core code to have your settings ) 
7. Update db (update.php)
8. Install contrib modules
9. Update db (update.php)

Testing

1. Functionality / modules
2. Theme update

Notes

• Some features are easier to build fresh in D6 (views, panels, etc) and then reconfigure content that has been migrated from D5.
• For theming - look for functions/hooks availble for 6.x (comparing to 5)

Timeline