Drupal 8 is scheduled for release in late 2014. It will bring improvements like configuration management, REST services, responsive design, improved multilingual support, and more core modules. While most contributed modules have not yet been upgraded for Drupal 8, upgrading from Drupal 7 is not necessary due to feature parity and potential issues. It is best to upgrade when doing a major site restructure or if using Drupal 6. The migration process involves moving configuration, functionality and content using the Migration module. Upgrading during a restructure has advantages over upgrading after by allowing integrated testing and adaptation to the new structure.

1. Drupal8
1st Edition
March 2014

2. StateofDrupal2014
http://w3techs.com/technologies/
http://trends.builtwith.com/cms
http://www.opensourcecms.com/general/cms-marketshare.php
• Top 3 CMS
• No. 1 for complex sites
• Built on PHP, world’s most
popular language
• Growing community (> 600k
members)
• Superb Drupal Association
• > 30’000 modules and
developers
• Thriving ecosystem with
bullish distributors

3. MajorDrupalReleases
!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drupal, 14 March 2014

4. Core&ContribModules
• Core 8.0:
~Q3 2014
• Contrib 8.0:
~Q1 - Q2 2015
Contrib
30’000Modules
Core

5. UsagestatisticsforallDrupalprojects
1,014,252
Drupal
Projects
!
https://drupal.org/project/usage/drupal, 22 February 2014

6. WhatwillDrupal8bring?

7. WhatwillDrupal8bring?
Configuration
Management
REST
Responsive
Multilingual
More
Modules
inCore

8. WhatwillDrupal8bring?
Configuration
Management
REST
Responsive
Multilingual
More
Modules
inCore

9. WhatwillDrupal8bring?
Configuration
Management
REST
Responsive
Multilingual
More
Modules
inCore

10. WhatwillDrupal8bring?
Configuration
Management
REST
Responsive
Multilingual
More
Modules
inCore

11. WhatwillDrupal8bring?
Configuration
Management
REST
Responsive
Multilingual
More
Modules
inCore

12. WhatwillDrupal8bring?
Configuration
Management
REST
Responsive
Multilingual
More
Modules
inCore

13. Why not upgrade to Drupal 8?
• Drupal 7 will be security supported until Drupal 9
• All features of Drupal 8 are available in Drupal 7
• Most contrib modules have not been upgraded yet
• Teething problems

14. When should I upgrade?
• If current site is built in Drupal 6
• If a structural/functional rebuild of the Drupal 7 site is
required anyway

15. How to migrate to Drupal 8
Drupal6/7 Drupal8
Configuration
&Functionality
Content
Configuration
&Functionality
Content
Rebuild
MigrationModule

16. Why upgrade when restructuring?
Drupal8upgrade
afterrestructuring
Drupal8upgrade
whilerestructuring
Migration&Adaption
fornewStructure
Testing,PM,etc
Implementation
ofnewStructure
Testing,PM,etc
Migration
Implementation
ofDrupal8
Restructuring
Drupal7
Implementation
ofDrupal8
Migration
Testing,PM,etc
Upgrade
Drupal8

17. Questions?