Drupal 6 released

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jethro's picture

Hooray! Drupal 6 has been released. Digg is going crazy and the drupal.org  site seems to be under some pressure! However I was able to download it easily. Now to install in a test server and start playing testing.

Dries Buytaert linked to where Greg Knaddison has prepared a screencast displaying the new features. If you can't be bothered watching that then check out my short list below.

Some of the new features include:

  • Improved installer - improved (read: easier for noobs) installs
  • Multi-language - character handling built-in (this is huge for global adoption)
  • OpenID - built-in to stave off the profile/password overload conundrum
  • Admin menus - tuned-up with intuitive organization and handy dropdowns
  • PHPTemplate - now part of core for improved theming
  • Draggable blocks - allowing for instant re-arranging rather than by numerical "weight"
  • Transition state Actions - simple workflow actions can be associated with a transition (i.e. send email when this content is published)
  • Category revisions - Changes to categories and vocabulary are treated "versions"
  • Performance Improvements - Better Caching and performance options
  • Use ability features - Table headers scroll with the page - this is awesome!

     

     

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    real live preacher's picture

    Are you going to upgrade

    Are you going to upgrade your sites with it? I'm curious if upgrading drupal is always as hard as it was with my site. Or is it better to stay current so you never get that far behind.

    jethro's picture

    So far I have created a test

    So far I have created a test site only. There are a number of server related issues surrounding the conversion from PHP4 to PHP5. The first thing to do will be wait until the code settles down - normally 1 or 2 point releases - and also wait until contributed modules that we need on sites are upgraded. Seeing as in most cases we only upgraded to version 5 a couple of months ago we are not in hurry to upgrade to version 6 yet.

    DUI Attorneys California's picture

    I upgrades 2 of my sites to

    I upgrades 2 of my sites to Drupal 6 and it seems to work great. I like the new features and it does seem to work a tiny bit faster.

    jethro's picture

    Well these comments are a bit

    Well these comments are a bit out of date now.
    This site is running on 6.2 after a successful upgrade to 6.2.
    We have since built 5 or 6 websites on 6.2 and plan some more migrations from 5.7 soon.
    The admin tools set in 6.2 are much easier to manage and there are some cool new tools - eg status updates and static headers etc.

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