feeds is my friend: a drupal 6 to 7 migration story

“Feeds is my Friend”

A Tale of Heroes and Villains

in a Drupal 6 to 7 Migration

December 5, 2013: GT Build Day

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“Feeds

is my

Friend”

“Feeds

is my

Friend”

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The Heroes (modules)The Heroes (modules)

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The HeroesThe Heroes

• Views (latest version 3.x) and Views Data Export (need for Drupal 6 site, so you can export data in a useful format).

• Feeds, Feeds Xpath Parser, Feeds Tamper(need for Drupal 7 site, so can ingest data; may need patch at https://drupal.org/comment/7620089#comment-7620089).

• Features (Best way to export Feeds Importers from Dev to Prod in D7)

• Masquerade (to pretend to be user #1, if can’t get access to import views, etc. Don’t leave “on” for Prod!)

• QA process (not a module, how to compare old & new data)

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The Villains (field/entity types)The Villains (field/entity types)

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The VillainsThe Villains

• Taxonomy & Multiple values

• Users

• Text Input Formats

• Dates

• Pathauto

• Menus

• Attached files/images

• Sequence (what to do first)

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The Tale of Two Sites (demo)The Tale of Two Sites (demo)

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Learn MORELearn MORE

http://drupal.gatech.edu/handbook/migrating-drupal-7

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What did I forget to mention?What did I forget to mention?

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