Drupal 7 Released

After several years in the making, Drupal 7 was officially released yesterday. According to Dries Buytaert, over 1,000 people contributed to the Drupal 7 release.

There are over 267 parties planned in 91 countries. Or follow hashtag #d7rp on Twitter.

What's Changed?

There have been maaaany changes and improvements with Drupal 7 - watch the video or take the tour.

Upgrading from Drupal 6

The process of upgrading to the latest version of Drupal can vary in difficulty depending on the complexity of your current installation. Read the UPGRADE.txt file in the root of your Drupal 7 directory.

Before upgrading your installation, check that there are Drupal 7 versions of any modules you require. Currently, there are over 850 contributed modules available for Drupal 7, with likely many more coming shortly.

Also, read the handbooks on upgrading your custom modules & themes:

• Converting 6.x modules to 7.x
  http://drupal.org/update/modules/6/7
• Converting 6.x themes to 7.x
  http://drupal.org/update/theme/6/7
• API Documentation
  http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/7