SFDUG Coworking, Networking & Presentation on Upgrading to Drupal 8 with Ease

The San Francisco Drupal User Group (SFDUG) is back in action and excited to announce our first presentation of 2018! Join us to network, co-work and socialize with fellow Drupal users and learn about upgrading to Drupal 8 with ease from Irina Zaks, a web developer at Stanford University. Agenda

5:30 - 6:00 p.m. Open/Social/Co-Work
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Irina Zaks: One click upgrade to Drupal 8
7:00 - 7:30 p.m. Networking
7:30 pm: Head to the local watering hole, Wooden Nickel at 1900 Folsom St. Please RSVP soon to secure your spot!

Where: Mission Center Building, Room MCB 126, UCSF
When: Thursday, March 8, 2018

The building entrance is on a parking lot which is entered from 15th Street or Harrison

Pizza (veg, gf, vegan, meat), salad and water/soda is sponsored by Hook42 & Kanopi Studios

Upgrading to Drupal 8 with Ease
One click upgrade to Drupal 8 - how, why and when This year Drupal turns 17. For more than a decade, upgrading from one version of Drupal to another was a fairly major undertaking. Now, Drupal 8 has drastically improved the ease of upgrading, making the process a pleasant surprise! Looks like Drupal is getting out those teenage years and becoming a more mature entity. By the end of this session, you’ll know how to complete a content upgrade for your Drupal 7 or 6 website. We’ll demo the migration process step by step, including:

• Starting with an out of the box vanilla Drupal 8 site
• Connecting to the existing website that you’d like to upgrade
• The modules you’ll need for Drupal 8
• Blocks, Theme, and Views migrations
• Options available for moving content from other systems: Feeds (finally ready for Drupal 8), Migrate Plus and other plugins.

We will also discuss when the time is right to upgrade your site when you should migrate, and variations/combinations between the two.

Session Takeaway: How and when to upgrade your website to Drupal 8

Audience: This session is designed for site builders, content managers and strategists who are planning overall site development.

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