Drupal Migration 6 to 7
Seamless and smooth upgrade
One of the reasons we love Drupal is that migrating data in and out of Drupal is unsurpassed in the CMS world as the flexible platform excels in its ability to map and import data from any source and manage it as its own. If you are looking to upgrade from Drupal 6 to the latest version of Drupal 7, we can make the transition smooth for you and your customers.
Drupal 6 to 7 migration steps
Full Fat Things can look after the whole process of upgrading your site from Drupal 6 to 7, looking after all the technical aspects so you don’t have to. Our agile approach allows for seamless migration of data and content – no matter the size, scope or complexity.
Drupal 6 to Drupal 7 migration steps are relatively simple when compared with migrating to Drupal 8. Importantly, Drupal can guarantee that your data is safe between major version upgrades and when undertaking a Drupal 6 to 7 migration, the Drupal database will be upgraded in place.
All our Drupal 6 to 7 migrations are achieved using the Migrate Module; a core Drupal general purpose migration tool. It’s so powerful that it positions Drupal uniquely within the enterprise content management system (CMS) space. It allows us to migrate and manage data in Drupal at scale and in a process driven way that supports knowing full progress allowing us to deliver projects effectively and efficiently.
Upgrade to Drupal 8 instead?
Although, Full Fat Things can migrate you from Drupal 6 to 7, we recommend migrating straight to 8. Why? Not only will you get a data upgrade but Drupal 8 has adopted Symfony and lots of PHP code from the wider PHP community, along with popular Drupal 6 modules. The incorporation of Drupal 6 modules into Drupal 8 makes migration work fabulously well. However, you will need to build a new theme for your website as Drupal 8 includes a new way of delivering website front-ends.
Features of Drupal 8
- Better performance and scalability
- Editor simplicity, allowing you to edit and preview context
- Multilingual support
- Enhanced accessibility
- Headless publishing
What’s more every site we migrate to Drupal 8 is built to be Drupal 9 ready. When that’s released your next migration will be painless.