By klaatu on
I'd like to move the data from a Drupal 5.1 installation to a different server, and start using Drupal 8 with it. Is this at all possible, and could you please offer advice on the best way to go about it?
I'd like to move the data from a Drupal 5.1 installation to a different server, and start using Drupal 8 with it. Is this at all possible, and could you please offer advice on the best way to go about it?
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Moving your site to a new
Moving your site to a new server is a matter of copying the files and the database to the new machine and adjusting /sites/default/settings.php accordingly.
If you have sysadmin sills, you should be able to handle this straightforwardly.
There is no upgrade path to Drupal 8; you'll need to do a migration, or export all your data in some importable format (CSV, XML, etc).
You will have to create a new theme, as Drupal 5 themes don't work on D8. You don't need to redo your design or your graphics, most likely, but the theme itself will need to be rebuilt.
if your site actually does something more than just display content, you'll probably have to find new modules to accomplish whatever that is.
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