By peterx on

I could not find a How to convert from Drupal 6 to 7 rc3 page for non technical people so here is my experience so far.

  1. Switch your site offline.
  2. Backup your site because upgrades always fail if you do not have a backup.
  3. Delete the following module(s), if you have them installed, because they are replaced in Drupal 7.
    • iamgecache
  4. Update the following module(s), if you have them installed, with the Drupal 7 version. You may need the dev version if there is no stable version.
    • Captcha
    • Token
    • Any other module in /sites/all/modules/ that has a Drupal 7 version.
  5. Replace Drupal 6 code with Drupal 7 code.
  6. Make settings.php writeable. (The same as when you install Drupal.)
  7. update.php
  8. Make settings.php not writeable. (The same as when you install Drupal.)
  9. Backup your site.
  10. Switch your site online.
  11. Login and test your site.
  12. Tweet about being first on D7.
⋅ Categories: Drupal 7.x

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pepemty commented

Thank you very much!

Warm regards from sunny México!
Pepe
:-)

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juc1 commented

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peterx commented

I am updating a list at How to convert from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7 based on converting 50 sites.

The biggest roadblock for some of the sites is the image module. Drupal 7 replaces most of the Image module but there is no automated upgrade path.

petermoulding.com/web_architect