Drupal

Gotchas in a D5 to D6 Upgrade

Agenda● Steps in an upgrade

– Backup– Plan– Test– Execute

● Gotchas● Links

Plan● Upgrade ● Migrate

Steps● Backup (files and database)

– Command line– GUI (phpmyadmin)– Module – Backup and Migrate

● Setup Test site ● Install Drupal 6, all contrib modules and

theme.

Prepare Site● Turn off contributed modules (do not uninstall)● Change theme to Garland or bluemarine● Set to maintenance mode● Login as user 1● Export database

Gotcha's● .info file for themes● Running update.php but not logged in as

user/1 – set access to True in settings.php●

● Upgrading - more sophisticated approach (http://drupal.org/node/323089)

● Convert a Drupal 5 theme to 6 (http://wtanaka.com/drupal/convert-theme-6)

● Upgrading Drupal( http://drupal.org/upgrade/ )

● Converting 5.x themes to 6.x( http://drupal.org/node/132442 )

● Converting 5.x modules to 6.x( http://drupal.org/node/114774 )