Migrating from Drupal 6 and 7 to Drupal 8

Speakers: 

The Drupal 8 upgrade path does not exist - and that's a good thing!

Fraught with difficulties, the old method of dropping a new codebase on top of an old database, hitting update.php and crossing your fingers was never a simple thing.

But fear not - there is a new show in town - Drupal 8 migration framework!

A sustainable and flexible way to take your existing Drupal sites and migrate them onto the new Drupal 8 platform.

The session will

  • Explain the background to the introduction of the Migration Framework
  • Give an overview of the Migration framework
  • Walk through the process of migrating a Drupal 6 site to Drupal 8
  • Explain the current issues [as they are at the time] with the process
  • Talk through the current developments [as they are at the time], and planned improvements
  • Explain how the Migration framework can be extended and modified to meet custom requirements
Schedule info
Track: 
Site Building
Experience level: 
Intermediate
Drupal Version: 
Drupal 8.x