Drupal 7, Are You Ready?

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Drupal 7 is ready! But are you ready for Drupal 7? Should you start using it to build new sites? Should you upgrade all of your current sites? Angie Byron, Kent Bye, Jeff Eaton, Nate Haug, Joe Shindelar, and Jeff Robbins discuss the ins and outs and try to help listeners to decide whether they should start using Drupal 7.

This chart, created for the Webchick Drupal 7 Tour was the impetus for the discussion (click for PDF version):
















Drupal 7 Upgrade Chart

Podcast links down below...

Links:

  • Drupal 7: http://drupal.org/drupal-7.0
  • Drupal 7 release announcement: http://drupal.org/drupal-7-released
  • Drupal 7 Release Parties: http://www.drupal7releaseparty.org/
  • Webchick Tour: http://www.lullabot.com/events/workshops/webchick
  • DrupalCon Chicago: http://chicago2011.drupal.org/
  • Pre-DrupalCon Training: http://chicago2011.drupal.org/training
  • Drupalize.me: http://drupalize.me/
  • Drupal 7 Overview video: http://drupalize.me/videos/overview-drupal-7
  • On backward compatibility: the drop is always moving - http://drupal.org/node/65922
  • Database API documentation: http://drupal.org/node/310069
  • Latest number of Drupal 7 core tests: http://qa.drupal.org/head-status
  • Examiner.com running on Drupal7: http://www.examiner.com/
  • Tag1 Consulting worked with Examiner on scalability for Drupal 7: http://tag1consulting.com/
  • Upgrade Drupal 6 module code to Drupal 7: http://upgrade.boombatower.com/tools/php/directories
  • Update SQL queries to the new DBTNG: http://upgrade.boombatower.com/tools/sql/inline
  • More references for converting 6.x modules to 7.x: http://drupal.org/update/modules/6/7
  • Categorical list of which D7 updates are included in Coder Review & Coder Upgrade: http://drupal.org/node/394070
  • Pending ISSUE: Updating CCK Fields and Data from D6 to D7: http://drupal.org/node/781088
  • Drupal core usage statistics: http://drupal.org/project/usage/drupal
  • Migrating Drupal 6 theme to Drupal 7 theme: http://drupal.org/update/theme/6/7
  • Migrating directly from Drupal 5 to Drupal 7: http://quicksketch.org/node/5739
  • Lullabot Events: http://www.lullabot.com/events/workshops

Modules mentioned:

  • CCK - http://drupal.org/project/cck
  • Views - http://drupal.org/project/views
  • Organic Groups - http://drupal.org/project/og
  • Media - http://drupal.org/project/media
  • Upgrading from Content Profile - http://drupal.org/project/content_profile
  • MongoDB - http://drupal.org/project/mongodb
  • Coder Module - http://drupal.org/project/coder
  • Grammar Parser - http://drupal.org/project/grammar_parser
  • CCK Fieldgroup - http://drupal.org/project/field_group
  • CCK References - http://drupal.org/project/references
  • Field permissions - http://drupal.org/project/field_permissions
  • Token - http://drupal.org/project/token
  • Panels - http://drupal.org/project/panels
  • Date - http://drupal.org/project/date
  • Calendar - http://drupal.org/project/calendar
  • Ubercart - http://drupal.org/project/ubercart
  • Drupal Commerce - http://drupal.org/project/commerce
  • Pathauto - http://drupal.org/project/pathauto
  • Eldorado Superfly - http://drupal.org/project/eldorado_superfly
  • WYSIWYG - http://drupal.org/project/wysiwyg
  • Webform - http://drupal.org/project/webform
  • Flag - http://drupal.org/project/flag