A joint effort with the ABQ Wordpress Group to talk about converting Drupal to WordPress and how annoying that would be to the general public.

2. Into the
Neutral Zone
A journey of Drupal and WordPress

3. 1. Discuss migration from Drupal to Wordpress
2. Discuss major difference between platforms
3. Mock Mark
Goals

4. Warning

5. Mark Casias
Sr Drupal Developer for Mediacurrent
@teampoop
ABQ WebGeeks
ABQ Drupal Users
Who Am I

6. lowyinstitute.org
membercentral.aaas.org
americanmanufacturing.org
transcribe.archives.gov
standingoproject.com
weather.com (in progress)
nba.com
Sites

7. I only use Drupal
I hate WordPress
I want you to start using Drupal NOW!
Drupal is the right and only answer for all the
things.
Assumptions
This slide will be taken
out of context.

8. “When the only tool you have is a hammer,
Everything looks like a nail”
~everyone on the planet
Old & Busted
“When the only tool you have is a rope,
Every thing looks like a neck.”
@carolineblaker
New Hottness

9. Obligatory non-XKCD photo

10. Community
Semper Gumby
Contributed Modules
Security
Multi-site / Multi-lingual
Challenging
Why am I a Drupal Developer

11. Get to the point, man!

12. 1. Full site redesign (and it fits)
2. Major Drupal revision updates
3. Fanboy insistence.
Why move from Drupal to WP

13. 1. Full site redesign (and it fits)
2. Major Drupal revision updates
3. Fanboy insistence.
Why move from WP to Drupal

14. Wordpress blog inside Drupal instance.
Alternatives to full migration

15. Wordpress microsite inside Drupal instance.
Alternatives to full migration

16. Common issues
that will make you angry
Besides the fact that I am still talking

17. Programming will be required

18. Multiple Content Types

19. Users are a content type

20. Taxonomy is moar

21. Data Structure

22. Data Structure

23. Data data data

24. Themes

25. Themes

26. Themes

27. Themes

28. All the OOP
Twig themes
Inline editing
Better configuration / migration
Restful Web Services (Headless Drupal)
Views in Core
Better Multilingual / Accessibility
To the Future (Drupal 8)

29. Begin the heckling