D7 Upgrade – 4/23/11

Very frustrating day. Followed the Upgrade.txt steps, but when finally at step 13, visit upgrade.php, I got the error message: “Drupal 7 requires PHP 5.2.4 or higher with the PHP Data Objects (PDO) extension enabled.” Round and round. Checked the host site to make sure php and PDO were there. php -i reported php 5.2.13… Continue reading D7 Upgrade – 4/23/11

D7 Upgrade – 4/22/11

I made slow progress today, mostly because of my unfamiliarity with the tools greengeeks (my web host) gave me. First, I update my live site to bring drupal to 6.20 and zen to 6.x-1.2 which were the only items needing update. Since drupal really wants you to backup before doing a core update, I thought… Continue reading D7 Upgrade – 4/22/11

Upgrade to drupal 7

Drupal 7 came out months ago. I’ve been waiting to see if any issues came up, but I think I’ve waited long enough. Drupal 7 comes with a detailed Upgrade.txt file plus lots of online documentation to supplement it. That said, it looks like there will be a fair amount to consider, so I will… Continue reading Upgrade to drupal 7

ollieweb.org On-Line

Today I brought a new domain up: http://ollieweb.org as a new site using drupal 6. It follows the multi-site approach outlined here: http://drupal.org/node/290768 and took a very few moments to add to the existing two sites, http://www.arboretumfriends.org and http://www.riskeval.com. The site will eventually replace the mediawiki site at http://home.acheson.org, but I am not certain whether… Continue reading ollieweb.org On-Line