Drupal 8

Many of you reading this will be familiar with Backdrop, but for those of you who haven't heard of the project,

Drupal is not the only system changing though. PHPBB, EZPublish and even non-product PHP systems

When Drupal 7 was released, it came with an upgrade script that would convert a Drupal 6 database into a Drupal 7 database

Without the ability to Google my Drupal 8 questions, I had to figure out things by intuition, and by analogy with other components

In Drupal 7, definition and altering of blocks are done through block specific mechanisms. A block was defined by implementing providing the available deltas and the corresponding administrative labels

This means that if you have a 5-year-old Drupal 6 site, you will find major value in upgrading directly to Drupal 8. Many other benefits can justify the cost, including an easier to administer, responsive site.

Please note that since Drupal 8 is still under active development, some of the details below may change prior to its release.