[kwlug-disc] OT: Drupal 7 Migration to Backdrop CMS

[Bob Jonkman]

Seems like a topic (for a presentation) to me...

--Bob.


On 2022-11-21 23:30, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
> 
> How long will Backdrop be supported?
> 
> This seems pretty on-topic to me.
> 
> - Paul
> 
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 09:26:37PM -0500, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
>> If I recall correctly, some of the people here have Drupal 7 sites.
>>
>> Despite Drupal 8 coming out, and then going into End Of Life after Drupal 9
>> was released, there are still more active Drupal 7 sites (~ 439,000) than
>> all of 8.x, 9.x and 10.x combined (~ 380,000).
>>
>> The effort to upgrade from 7 to later versions is massive, and that is why
>> smaller sites have stuck with 7. Drupal.org itself is still on 7, but that
>> is mainly because of a complex set of modules that handle module issues,
>> releases, ..etc.
>>
>> Drupal 7 is supported till November 2023 at least. The Drupal Association
>> cannot just pull the plug on 400,000+ sites.
>>
>> Meanwhile, there is another path to stay with Drupal 7 for longer. It is
>> called Backdrop CMS. It is a fork of Drupal 7 that happened years ago, with
>> some improvements in storing the configuration as JSON files, a much better
>> layout manager, and various things here and there.
>>
>> Backdrop CMS has many of the contrib modules already in core (Views,
>> ..etc), and is 30% faster out of the box.
>>
>> Recently, I completed the migration of my Drupal 7 sites to Backdrop CMS,
>> and it was fairly straightforward.
>>
>> Migration is by swapping Drupal's files with Backdrop's, move your 'files'
>> directory, then rune /core/update.php. Depending on the modules you are
>> using, equivalent ones may have been ported to Backdrop CMS, or you have to
>> port them.
>>
>> The process is not hard, provided you test the steps in advance and see
>> what needs to be removed, fixed, tweaked ...etc.
>>
>> If you want more info on this, contact me off list.
>> -- 
>> Khalid M. Baheyeldin
>> 2bits.com, Inc.
>> Fast Reliable Drupal
>> Drupal performance optimization, hosting and consulting.
>> "Sooner or later, this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going
>> to blow up in our faces." -- Dr. Carl Sagan
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