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Joe, you cannot go directly from Drupal 8 to Drupal 9. You need to
first update to at least Drupal 8.8.0 and apply the patch releases
for 8.8.x to update to the latest version of the core first to
prepare the database for Drupal 9. The bug fixes were not
backported to earlier versions. Also, not all modules and themes
are compatible so you should first check those before trying to
update. And if you have custom code, check for any code deprecation
while in 8.8.x first. Suggestion is to create backups along the
process to minimize rework on what already worked.<br>
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Drupal is a lot more powerful than Wordpress but it is also a lot
more complex (with a steep learning curve) and requires a high
technical skillset to maintain. Drupal is an amazing tool but is
the community really maximizing all of its capabilities? The
questions to ask are what level of technology the community really
needs and are there people with the needed level of skills to
maintain. Perhaps the NFB could consider employing an IT help desk
type person to assist?<br>
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Hope this helps...<br>
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Skye<br>
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 12:58:43 -0400
From: "Joe Orozco" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jsorozco@gmail.com"><jsorozco@gmail.com></a>
To: "'NFB Webmaster's List'" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nfb-web@nfbnet.org"><nfb-web@nfbnet.org></a>
Subject: Re: [NFB-Web] Drupal 9
I think it also worth having a conversation over whether or not it makes sense to continue using Drupal at a state level. My affiliate will kill me to hear such a suggestion after begging and pleading to switch from WordPress to Drupal, in part to fall in line with the template the national office was promising. I still maintain Drupal is the better of the two content management systems, but the steep learning curve makes it harder to allow volunteers to work on the site without fear of breaking one of its components without creating roles with severe restrictions. Moving from D 7 to D 8 is a heavy lift, but I started our affiliate out on D 7 because that is the version the national office was leveraging its template. At a national level it makes sense to take full advantage of the flexibility to render a variety of content types. I could even see a scenario where the national office creates a system of sub domains to power affiliate sites, but the more static nature of the average affiliate site is sadly making me rethink the value of having pleaded a case for Drupal. Anyway, just one guy's opinion.
Joe
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Cc: NFB of Illinois Webmaster <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:webmaster@nfbofillinois.org"><webmaster@nfbofillinois.org></a>
Subject: Re: [NFB-Web] Drupal 9
I also want an update from National regarding the new Drupal template they promised us last year.
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">On Jun 17, 2020, at 11:34 AM, Corbb O'Connor via NFB-Web <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nfb-web@nfbnet.org"><nfb-web@nfbnet.org></a> wrote:
?Gary, I know that our staff has been swamped the past few months. Could we discuss Joe? Joe?s question at national convention, along with the status of template updates (to bring these sites in line with national look and feel)?
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">On Jun 16, 2020, at 11:31 AM, Joe Orozco via NFB-Web <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nfb-web@nfbnet.org"><nfb-web@nfbnet.org></a> wrote:
?Hi, has anyone successfully installed Drupal 9? I attempted to
upgrade from Drupal 8, but I kept receiving generic error messages
that told me nothing about what specifically was wrong with the new
installation. There was no custom code to prepare for the new
installation, and I thought Drupal 9 would automatically remove any
code deprecations. My only other hypothesis was the lack of a proper
environment. My web host will not let me update MariaDB to 10.3, and
despite changing the PHP version to 7.3, the web host system seems
stuck at 7.2. I see Acquia developed a driver for backward
compatibility, but the path they lay out to install the driver files
does not match the path I see in my Drupal 9 package. Can anyone shed
light? I'm testing the newer CMS on my own personal site before
asking my affiliate's webmaster to similarly authorize the update on
our affiliate site, but I don't want to move them off D 7 until I can firmly put them on a path to D 9. Thank you kindly in advance for any assistance you can provide.
Joe
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