How to Upgrade Drupal 5 to 6? by CMS2CMS Team September, 2014 www.cms2cms.com
Nov 30, 2014
How to Upgrade Drupal 5 to 6?
by CMS2CMS TeamSeptember, 2014
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How to Prepare for Drupal Upgrade?
1. Back up your current Drupal 5 website2. Install new Drupal 63. Find FTP access details (for both Drupal sites)
Find more info in this article
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Migration Setup Step 1. Create your account
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Register your CMS2CMS account or sign up via Facebook or Google
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Migration Setup Step 2. Set up your Source and Target sites
1. Select your Current and New CMS types (Drupal in both cases)
2. Type in the URLs of your websites
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Migration Setup Step 3. Connect your Sites
1. Download Bridge file (zip) to your PC
2. Extract 'cms2cms' folder from the zip
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o Connect to your current Drupal 5 website via FTPo Upload extracted 'cms2cms' folder to Drupal 5
root directory. o Connect to your new Drupal 6 website via FTPo Upload 'cms2cms' folder to its root folder.
Note. Root directory is the top folder with index.php file Find more info here or watch the video tutorial.
Migration Setup Step 3. Connect your Sites
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Migration Setup Step 3. Connect Your Sites
Go back to Migration wizard and click "Verify Connection to your Sites"
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Migration Setup Step 4. Select Migration Preferences
Check the boxes to activate the following migration options:
• Migrate Image Files - to have images moved
• Make URLs SEO friendly - to have internal links formed according to the rewrite rules on your current Drupal 5 site.
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Migration Setup Step 4. Start Demo Migration
You're all set to start your migration. It's recommended to start the free Demo migration to see how the service works.
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Note. You can skip this step and start Full migration right away
Migration Setup Step 5. Start Full Migration
Only one mouse click separates you from the new Drupal site.
After you click 'Start Full Migration', your Drupal 5 website content will be moved to the Drupal 6 installation.
You'll receive an email notification as soon as the transfer is complete.
You'll be able to check the results and enjoy your new upgraded Drupal 6 site!
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Migrate your site now - it's never been easier!
Go ahead and start the new life of your website!
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