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1. How to Upgrade Drupal 5
to 7?
by CMS2CMS Team
September, 2014
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2. How to Upgrade Drupal 5 to 7?
Automated Migration Service
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3. How to Prepare for Drupal Upgrade?
1. Back up your current Drupal 5 website
2. Install new Drupal 7
3. Find FTP access details (for both Drupal sites)
Find more info in this article
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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. Migration Setup
Step 3. Connect your Sites
o Connect to your current Drupal 5 website via FTP
o Upload extracted 'cms2cms' folder to Drupal 5 root
directory.
o Connect to your new Drupal 7 website via FTP
o 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.
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8. Migration Setup
Step 3. Connect Your Sites
Go back to Migration wizard and click "Verify Connection to
your Sites"
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9. 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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10. 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

11. 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 7 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 7 site!
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12. Go ahead and start the new life of your
website!
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Migrate your site now - it's never been easier!