Drupal 4.5.x or older

I originally installed Drupal 4.3 on a RH Linux 9 and whatever PHP and MySQL version came with that. It has worked so well and been so stable that I saw no need to upgrade. However, 4.3 is getting a little long in the tooth and it is time to bite the bullet but I, obviously, have several issues for this upgrade.

Due to the PHP version, I am unable to upgrade in place and have decided to do a parallel upgrade, involving new hardware and possibly a switch to Windows as well.

Any rough idea on where in the heck to start?

I will like to know if there are emarketers and web designers using 3ix.org to host their website(s). I wil like to know what you think abt their servers and customer services. I will reserve my personal comments until I have heard from the community but I will talk eventually.

We are looking for Drupal consultants in the LA area for ongoing work on exciting projects.

Please email info "at" pushoffices.com with your contact info, a brief description of yourself and the sites you have worked on.

MOST IMPORTANTLY – This is an opportunity for those willing to work in-house on the west-side of LA. This is not a gig that can be done from across the ocean, state or even town for that matter. Please don't reply unless you are willing to commute to west LA.

Best,
Push Offices

Updating from drupal 4.4 to drupal 6.x:

How do I do it? do I just find every version after it until 6.10? do I go from 4.4 to 4.7 then to 5.15 then to 6.10? I searched and couldnt find documentation on this but maybe I'm wrong. can anyone help me please?

Hi Everyone,

I am fairly familiar with Drupal, but am looking to hire an experienced developer for my project as it's simply too big for me to handle. The problem is that I'm not familiar with the going rates for Drupal development. Could some of you guys shed some light on this? (Via contact form is fine if you do not wish to post publicly.) I would like to get a good idea of going rates vs. experience before posting a job ad.

Hi,

I started building my first Drupal site back in September 2008. It has now been 7 months and I am still working on it =] although I am pretty close to finish. I wonder, in general, how long it takes everyone to build their Drupal site (of course I understand it all depends on how complicated the site is...)

My approach is to get all the modules that I need when building the site, aim on upgrading/maintaining after the launch, but I am not sure if it is better to just get the minimum done then add more after launching the site. What do you guys think?

BB