Migrating from Drupal to Backdrop

Introduction

In its relatively short life, Drupal has had a tremendous impact on the landscape of the Internet. As a web content management system (CMS), Drupal has enabled the creation of feature- and content-rich web sites for organizations large and small. With the release of Drupal 8 and the shift in focus toward large-scale enterprise solutions and the re-platforming of Drupal on Symfony, small to medium-sized organizations are faced with choosing one of the following:

• Bite the bullet and build or acquire the skills necessary to fully embrace Drupal 8
• Stay on Drupal 6 or 7, knowing that they will be unsupported in the future
• Migrate to another CMS
• Leverage their investment in Drupal 7 by moving to Backdrop, a “cousin” of Drupal that utilizes ...