Site building and development HowTos for Drupal 7

Future-proof your Drupal 7 site

Last updated on

1 November 2016

Drupal 7 will no longer be supported after January 5, 2025. Learn more and find resources for Drupal 7 sites

Drupal 8 is coming! But what decisions can you make now on your current or new Drupal 7 sites to make transitioning to Drupal 8 easier?

This page is based on David Reid's presentation DrupalCon Austin 2014: FUTURE-PROOF YOUR DRUPAL 7 SITE. Dave covers new features available in Drupal 8, and how you can use those new features now in Drupal 7. Dave Reid also did a similar presentation at DrupalCon Amsterdam 2014.

Module	Start time
Mobile Friendly Navigation Toolbar	4:46
Quick Edit	5:43
CKEditor	6:43
Responsive Bartik	8:10
HTML5 Tools	8:59
Views	10:22
Administration Views	10:59
Views Bulk Operations	11:46
Views Responsive Grid	12:38
Responsive Tables	13:43
Breakpoints	15:04
Picture	15:47
Tours	16:41
Instant filter	18:38
Simplified Menu Administration	20:08
Escape Admin	21:00
Caption Filter	22:09
Custom blocks (Bean)	23:21
MultiBlock	24:10
Entity reference	25:03
Telephone	25:29
Email	26:54
URL	27:36
Datetime (Date)	29:01

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