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Migrating to Drupal 7


Год: 2012
Автор: Trevor James
Издательство: PACKT Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-78216-054-0
Язык: Английский
Формат: PDF
Качество: Изначально компьютерное (eBook)
Интерактивное оглавление: Да
Количество страниц: 158
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In Detail
This book will show you how to migrate your content into the Drupal content management system. You’ll start by building a content type in Drupal to hold your migrated content. You’ll then import your content into Drupal using the Feeds module. In order to be able to easily use them again and again, you will also learn the best methods of maintaining and packaging migration configurations.
In "Migrating to Drupal 7" you’ll learn how to quickly package your legacy site’s data into a format that’s easy to import into Drupal. You’ll then build a content type to hold migrated data in Drupal. To save time and hassle you will learn how to import content into Drupal using the Feeds module. You’ll then get a brief introduction to the Migrate module and its powerful features.
With this guide you’ll also learn how to upgrade your Drupal 6 website to Drupal 7 in short, simple steps. You’ll also learn how to package your configuration code in Drupal using the powerful Features module.
In "Migrating to Drupal 7" you’ll start by collecting your current site’s content and packaging it up into a CSV file so you can easily import it into Drupal. You’ll then build a content type to hold your migrated data and content.
Mastering migrations using the Feeds module will be the next invaluable tutorial before you get a closer look at the Migrate module’s powerful features. You’ll then upgrade your Drupal 6 site to Drupal 7 and use helper modules to help run the upgrade faster and with less hassle. This book will then take you through the process of migrating CCK-based Drupal 6 fields to Drupal 7 using the Content Migrate module.
Using the Features module you will then package up our Feeds importer and content types into code to help you to build an easily maintainable and flexible Drupal website with.

Approach
Written in a friendly and engaging style with practical tutorials and step-by-step examples which show you how to easily migrate your Drupal 6 or WordPress site to Drupal 7.

Who this book is for
"Migrating to Drupal 7" is for anyone interested in how to move content from an existing website into the Drupal content management system. Both novice and advanced Drupal users will gain practical hands-on knowledge in how to migrate content into Drupal using this book. You will become experts in using the Feeds module to migrate content, and in packaging your code using Features.

Preface

Chapter 1: Preparing Drupal for Content Migration
Preparing for migration
Required core modules
Required contributed modules
The Administration Menu module
Chaos Tool Suite (CTools)
Views
Job Scheduler
Features
Installing the Feeds module
Installing the Feeds Tamper module
Other import module considerations
Prepping your existing data for migration
Summary

Chapter 2: Starting a Migration Path
Creating a content type
Planning for the content type fields
Additional contributed modules needed
The Location module
The Location Feeds module
The Link module
Adding fields to the content type
The Location and text fields
Adding a Location field
Integer fields
Term references
Adding a vocabulary
Adding the term reference field
Node references
Installing the References module
Adding the node reference field
Testing our content types
Testing the node reference field
Changing the display formatter on the node reference field
Testing the term reference field
Content type summary
Migrating images and files
Summary

Chapter 3: Creating a Feeds Importer
Creating a feeds importer
Exporting, cloning, and deleting importers
Importer configuration
Basic settings
Fetcher
Parser
Processor
Mapping your importer
Adding a source and target
Running an import process
Summary

Chapter 4: Feeds Tampers
Using the Feeds Tamper module
Adding a tamper plugin
Running the import with the tamper plugin
Testing the tamper plugin results
Summary

Chapter 5: Maintaining a Migration Path
Updating imports
Cloning importers
The cloning process
Running the import update
Summary

Chapter 6: Packaging Content Types and Feeds Importers
Features
Building a content type feature
Creating and enabling the feature
The custom feature module
Overriding your feature
The Diff module
Reviewing the override
Recreating the feature
Reverting features
The Feed Importer feature
Migrating your feature to another Drupal site
Summary

Chapter 7: Migration Using the Migrate Module
Migrate module installation and configuration
Installing Migrate
Configuring Migrate
Viewing a specific migration mapping
Running the migration
Summary

Chapter 8: Migrating Content from Earlier Drupal Versions
Upgrading Drupal 6 to 7
Upgrade Status and Upgrade Assist
Upgrading Drupal core
Migrating Drupal 6 CCK fields and content to Drupal 7
Upgrading your contributed modules
Summary

Chapter 9: Migrating from WordPress
Migrating content from WordPress to Drupal
Installing and configuring WordPress Migrate
WordPress Migrate configuration
Exporting a WXR file from WordPress
Summary

Index