Into the Neutral Zone

A journey of Drupal and WordPress

1. Discuss migration from Drupal to Wordpress

2. Discuss major difference between platforms

3. Mock Mark

Goals

Warning

Mark CasiasSr Drupal Developer for Mediacurrent@teampoopABQ WebGeeksABQ Drupal Users

Who Am I

lowyinstitute.orgmembercentral.aaas.orgamericanmanufacturing.orgtranscribe.archives.govstandingoproject.comweather.com (in progress)nba.com

Sites

I only use DrupalI hate WordPressI want you to start using Drupal NOW!Drupal is the right and only answer for all the things.

Assumptions

This slide will be taken out of context.

“When the only tool you have is a hammer,Everything looks like a nail”

~everyone on the planet

Old & Busted

“When the only tool you have is a rope,Every thing looks like a neck.”

@carolineblaker

New Hottness

Obligatory non-XKCD photo

CommunitySemper GumbyContributed ModulesSecurityMulti-site / Multi-lingualChallenging

Why am I a Drupal Developer

Get to the point, man!

1. Full site redesign (and it fits)2. Major Drupal revision updates3. Fanboy insistence.

Why move from Drupal to WP

1. Full site redesign (and it fits)2. Major Drupal revision updates3. Fanboy insistence.

Why move from WP to Drupal

Wordpress blog inside Drupal instance.

Alternatives to full migration

Wordpress microsite inside Drupal instance.

Alternatives to full migration

Common issuesthat will make you angry

Besides the fact that I am still talking

Programming will be required

Multiple Content Types

Users are a content type

Taxonomy is moar

Data Structure

Data Structure

Data data data

Themes

Themes

Themes

Themes

All the OOPTwig themesInline editingBetter configuration / migrationRestful Web Services (Headless Drupal)Views in CoreBetter Multilingual / Accessibility

To the Future (Drupal 8)

Begin the heckling