So there are definite "gotchas" to migrating content from Drupal 6 to Drupal 8, when you take away the assumption that the ids throughout the system will remain the same.
Drupal 8
🕑Jul 14, 2016 🖋John Locke
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Ask Freelock: Why haven't you migrated to Drupal 8?
Richard asks:
Just a question after reading an article posted here back from January 21, 2016 on Drupal 8, why Freelock.com has not moved to Drupal 8? Just wondering if there was a particular reason we should avoid before jumping in? Thanks.
🕑Jul 01, 2016 🖋John Locke
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Updating a D6 -> Drupal 8.0.x migration to Drupal 8.1.x
We have several Drupal 6 to Drupal 8 upgrade projects going on, which is particularly challenging given how quickly the Drupal Migration system is changing.
🕑Jan 21, 2016 🖋John Locke
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8 Reasons Why Drupal 8
Drupal 8 has been out for 2 months now, and there's never been a better time to choose Drupal for your website platform. Here are 8 reasons why!
🕑Jan 12, 2016 🖋John Locke
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Drupal 8 migration status and surprises
We're digging into our first dry-run migrations from Drupal 6 to Drupal 8, and learning a lot about what's ready and what's not. And there's some surprises in there...
🕑Dec 13, 2015 🖋Don Dill
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Upgrade to Drupal 8? This is our plan for migration
I'm sure many of you reading this may have heard that Drupal 8 has been released, may have even received some marketing emails.
🕑Nov 19, 2015 🖋John Locke
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Content Management on the Web has changed. Today.
November 2015
Today marks the release of Drupal 8, and the birthday of its founder, Dries Buytaert. This release is more than just a new digit, it's an entirely new platform with something for everyone to love, but it's particularly big for web site owners.
What's the big deal? The biggest, most powerful, one of the most successful open source projects in the world has two major, fundamental changes that change everything you thought you knew about it.
Well, not everything. Lots of the things that people love about Drupal are getting some nice improvements:
🕑Apr 03, 2015 🖋John Locke
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Drupal 8 is around the corner... time to upgrade?
We're starting to recommend Drupal 8 for some new upgrade projects, with the following notes...
🕑Oct 05, 2014 🖋John Locke
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Ask Freelock: Upgrade D6 to Drupal 7, or wait for 8?
Apparently there's some FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) being sown by a few Drupal shops who are spreading downright wrong information about Drupal 8, trying to encourage people to upgrade to 7 now.