Mir2Drupal

References

• Check out some references about Indymedia, MIR, Drupal and site features.
• There is a companion git repository for this project, which contains all the code we develop in this process.

Important things to consider on the migration

• Performance (Pressflow Drupal installation profile, Pressflow documentation).
• Data security.
• Common database structure / migration.
• Static content generation / Mirrors.
• Backups.
• Publishing functionalities:
  • Make a denouncement about an article / promote an article (voting).
  • Features / newswire.
  • Other types of content (contribution from other sites, calendar).
  • Closed / open trashes.
  • Data retention issues.
• Theme.

Migration Plan

Phase 0

1. Send survey to D7 indymedia sites to gather info about possible installations.
2. Set up a secure environment for the production site.
3. Set up secure backup environments.
4. Set up secure mirror environments.

Phase 1

1. Drupal installation profile:
   1. Install drupal 7.0.
   2. Data retention and privacy.
   3. Set up content types
   4. Configure D7 modules.
2. Database migration.
3. Set up backups.
4. Set up mirrors.

Phase 2

1. Local collectives page.
2. Search filters.
3. Calendar / agenda.
4. Microblogging.
5. Theming.

Page configurations

• Set NOWYSIWYG = 1