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Drupal 7→9 Migration & Refactor for ISSUE Project Room

Services Covered:

Website Development • UI/UX Design
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Industry
Industry

Non-profit Organizations

Duration
Duration

6 months

Budget
Budget

10K - 49K

Start Date
Start Date

1 July 2022

Team Size
Team Size

30+

Engagement Model
Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

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82/100
Strong

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Client

ISSUE Project Room

mapBrooklyn, United States of America

Project Summary

ISSUE Project Room, a Brooklyn-based performance nonprofit, hired Five Jars to update and migrate its site from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9. Five Jars analyzed the codebase, prepared migration plans for modules and themes, migrated content and assets, refactored the site and tested the new build. The project was completed on time and the client praised the team's communication and professionalism throughout the engagement.

Key Challenges

  • Update the client's CMS from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9
  • Migrate all content while maintaining the front-end design
  • Troubleshoot and test the new website to ensure functional parity

Project Deliverables

  • Update from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9
  • Refactor and rebuild the website for Drupal 9
  • Prepared migration mapping and addressed migration blockers
  • Analyzed and migrated content types, taxonomy and views
  • Migrated user accounts, roles and permissions
  • Migrated media, blocks, custom code and custom theme (libraries and templates)
  • Testing and publishing of the new Drupal 9 site

Project Solution

Five Jars analyzed content types, taxonomies, user accounts, views, contrib modules, custom modules and the custom theme to prepare a migration plan from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9. They prepared migration mappings, addressed blockers, created needed content types, and migrated user accounts, media, content, views, blocks, custom code and the custom theme with required libraries and templates. The vendor then tested the rebuilt Drupal 9 site and published the results.

Project Outcome

  • The site was successfully updated from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9
  • The entire website was rebuilt and migrated with content and assets preserved
  • The new site was tested and published
  • All deliverables were completed on time with consistent project communications

Platforms

  • CMSCMS
  • WebWeb

Tech Stack

  • DrupalDrupal
  • BasecampBasecamp

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

5star5 out of 5 stars

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Five Jars completed all deliverables efficiently and on time; they led a successful update and migration. The team was professional and communicative through progress meetings and Basecamp. Moreover, they were transparent, personable, and responsive to the client's feedback and requests.”

Nick Scavo

Comms Director & Associate Curator

Note: This endorsement is based on publicly available client feedback from external review sources.

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