Upgrading Drupal

I am posting this mainly for other people relatively new to drupal like me.

What I learned from my tribulations was that it's essential to flush the cache and run update.php after module upgrades. Also really do backup everything before you upgrade... I also didn't know that you can clear caches via phpMyAdmin, which is important in case it's impossible to do it from within your installation...

The initial problem: site breaks after modules update

After updating from variable 7.x-1.1 to 7.x-1.2 and from internationalization 7.x-1.4 to 7.x-1.7 (as recommended on /admin/modules/update) I had the same problems as described in post no 11 on https://drupal.org/node/1660798:

- impossible to run update.php
- cache flush impossible
- theme reverted back to system default
- impossible to save any forms

plus a faulty presentation of the main menu and disappearance of the language switcher block due to changes in language detection...

I emptied caches via phpMyAdmin and tried downgrading and upgrading various modules using ftp to determine which module upgrade was causing the problem. In the beginning this was not at all clear to me since I had upgraded several modules at once as recommended on /admin/modules/update. From these experiments and internet searches it became clear that the problem was being caused by the internationalization and variable modules.

Hi

I have a number of client Wordpress sites that I maintain, upgrade and add content etc. I have the opportunity to take over the maintenance of a Drupal site with an Ubercart. The site is fairly simple and the cart is not huge.

My question is what is the learning curve like with Drupal even for a fairly experienced Wordpress user who can usually work things out?
Does Drupal work in a simular way to Wordpress?

Thanks
Phill

Several weeks ago i took down and small site that was not longer needed.
I dont recall how i took it down, but i think i FTP'd in and just deleted the files or i did it through phpmyadmin.
i redirected the site to a landing page through my registrar.
but i still keep getting this email:

The following script updates are available:

Drupal 7.15:
http:// thewebsiteinquestion.org

To upgrade these scripts go to your Control Panel -> Softaculous -> Installations.
There you will be able to update the scripts.

Hello

I want to migrate content of drupal 6(Blog content type) to drupal 7 blog content type. i have around 1000 posts in that.(in drupal 6 blog)

i saw some modules like node_import & migrate, but no help.
Please let me know how i can do that.

Thanks in advance
Ashish

Does anyone knows a "best practise" to do this?

We have 4 environments (Dev, Test, Staging and Production) with, at least, two servers in each one. We are trying to sync the environments as soon as content change.

Any help, please?

We would like to add the ability to perform full text searches through our website content. Basically, we want to be able to find content blocks quickly based on terms used in the body of the block. Is this feasible? How complicated would it be to implement for someone who knows drupal? As you can tell, I don't know much about drupal, myself, but I work with people who do. Is this simply a matter of enabling a built-in drupal feature, or is development time involved.