Why Should I Upgrade My Drupal Website to Version 7?

Unlike many proprietary software products that require mandatory upgrades, Drupal is open source content management system. If you are running Drupal 4 site you are responsible for the security updates and developing anything new is pretty unproductive since you need to do a lot of coding.

If you’re interested in upgrading and looking for reasons to persuade decisions makers, below is a list of the top reasons,

Responsive Template: If you’re looking to implement a new theme using responsive design technique it will be much simpler to do in Drupa7 than in D6 due to the outdated version of jQuery and other resources.

Backend Interface: Changes include a new administration theme, inline administration links, reorganisation of the menu system, drag and drop tactic, inclusion of the Vertical Tabs module and a new administration toolbar.

Workflow Capability: Managing content in Drupal Workbench provides improvements that include a simplified UI for content editors and a customizable editorial workflow that integrates with access control permissions. Great if you have a large team of editors.

Web Technologies

RDFa which is an extension to HTML5 for your Ecommerce website helps you markup things like People, locations, Events, and Reviews. And, search engines and web services use this markup to generate better search listings and give you better visibility.

Flexible Database Layer

with a fully Object Orientated database layer Drupal 7 improves on D6 that provides the ability to support multiple database types at once, master/slave replication support, transaction support, database specific optimisations and improved database portability. Sure, an enhanced flexibility to web developers.

Development Process on each successive version of Drupal has become more efficient. And that’s why “Now” is the optimal time to upgrade so you can take advantage of the efficiencies gained from Drupal 7.

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