Out With the Old, In With the Drupal 7

Have a legacy Drupal website and are unsure of when, how or why should upgrade to Drupal 7? Have a large number of legacy sites and are unsure of your upgrade "path"? Let's discuss!

There are some amazing new features in Drupal 7, and you are dying to get your hands on them, and exciting new modules are coming out every day. But how do you identify if and when your current Drupal website/platform can or should be migrated to Drupal 7?

This session will walk you through the questions you should be asking, as well as show you some of the tips, tools and tricks of the trade to migrate your Drupal 5 or 6 site into Drupal 7. After migrating over 180 websites in a massive multi-site setup for Portland State University in the early Alpha and Beta days of Drupal 7, we'll help you gain a good understanding on this process, and share some words of wisdom and lessons we learned along the way.

Questions Answered By This Session:

- Should/When/How do I upgrade to Drupal 7?
- What are the real benefits to upgrading my website(s) to Drupal 7?
- How much work/time is involved in the upgrade process and what tools are available to me to make the upgrade process easier?
- What about my contributed and custom modules?
- What are some of the gotchas or pain points of the upgrade process I need to consider and prepare for?