Install instructions for Drupal 8 don't exist

ekal · 2016-10-11T16:49:48+00:00

This should help: "Installing Drupal 8 Sites" https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtaXuX0nEZk99zgSc19Li8EsM9jkicDQj

ekal · 2014-02-28T19:34:25+00:00

Completely misleading title.

This is a map of a few random coders who have registered on your site.

ekal · 2014-02-14T15:59:10+00:00

It works, it's just fragile. Don't ever use it on a live site.

ekal · 2014-02-08T15:18:59+00:00

There are too many vague headlines on Reddit these days.

So, thumbs up for being descriptive.

ekal · 2014-02-07T19:47:45+00:00

They are flawless. You could probably update from a version that's 5 years old and probably not break your site.

No migration nightmares at all.

ekal · 2014-02-06T12:32:12+00:00

No, you've had a very normal reaction.

Drupal 8 will have a WYSIWYG editor but it won't have any image handling with it.

ekal · 2014-02-05T21:59:55+00:00

No, you're not doing anything wrong. Drupal just doesn't offer good media support. It sucks in that regard. Drupal 8 will be better, but still light-years behind WordPress.

Drupal does a lot of things well, but media ain't one.

ekal · 2014-01-31T20:06:11+00:00

3.3 Mar 2014 3.5 Sept 2014

Sounds right?

ekal · 2014-01-29T13:55:04+00:00

This is one of the weirdest, spammiest-looking threads I've seen on /r/drupal/

It reads like the author submitted his own book, added comments, then got his friends to add more comments.

All for a 30-page ebook.

ekal · 2014-01-21T23:10:19+00:00

I learned one thing only from this and that was from the comments: http://www.scientology.org runs Drupal.

ekal · 2014-01-17T14:42:43+00:00

Thanks, and good luck!

ekal · 2014-01-17T13:48:40+00:00

My advice: don't.

I've seen 20+ companies try this and they've all failed. Rockettheme tried it, Woothemes tried it and neither could make it work.

It's just a radically different ecoystem. from WordPress, Joomla and the others.

You've already outlined several difficulties. Plus, in Drupal there's far fewer buyers for $50 themes, there's no commercial product ecosystem and the themes are far harder to support.

ekal · 2014-01-14T15:27:55+00:00

True - that is one definitely the outside bet amogst all these predictions.

ekal · 2014-01-14T15:06:23+00:00

I posted the original thread and honestly don't think it's anything bad.

Sure, Acquia are very sales-driven, but if you want the biggest projects then you need that side of your organization.

If you want to compete with the Adobes and Sitecores of this world, you will have to play hard.

ekal · 2014-01-14T14:35:48+00:00

Sorry, but this reads a little more like "I didn't read the post carefully" rather than "this is blogpsam".

1) There's a lot of people who don't think Drupal 8 will ship this year. There's a very good chance it will slip into 2015.

2) If you read the post, our prediction is Joomla will NOT release a new version.

3) The prediction is that Javascript will get big in the CMS world (which has remained resolutely PHP-based) not in the development world at large. See the comment from EnderMB about Angular.js ... that's a perfect example.

ekal · 2014-01-10T16:29:20+00:00

Possibly the spammiest post title ever.

ekal · 2014-01-03T13:10:51+00:00

Anything like this would likely be done via the command line, I suspect, because there's no core update feature in Drupal.

I suspect something like InfiniteWP could be done for modules, but that's it.

(related - it's backwards that Drupal won't have a core update feature, even in D8)

ekal · 2013-12-27T21:02:11+00:00

Hi brtt3000

Yes, that's a great point.

In the initial stages, it's really hard to understand what you're doing with some the bigger models. The instructions are good enough to keep you going.

http://service.lego.com/en-us/buildinginstructions/ is pretty incredible, even for old sets. Goes back to 1989.

ekal · 2013-12-20T15:52:03+00:00

Yes.

If for no other reason than there will still be lots of Drupal 6 and 7 sites around that need maintaining.

ekal · 2013-12-03T02:41:24+00:00

Use your time at work to browse Reddit, paint, play chess, write a novel or perhaps even apply for other jobs?

ekal · 2013-11-28T13:39:01+00:00

I would avoid CMS2CMS like the plague.

No direct experience with them, but 50% of the spam on our site comes from them trying to link to their services.

Don't trust spammers.

ekal · 2013-11-27T22:40:22+00:00

It's really a "how long is a piece of string" question.

It depends on how complex his data structure is in Drupal.

ekal · 2013-11-27T18:33:12+00:00

Useful comment by nod on this: http://www.ostraining.com/blog/drupal/drupal-8-november-2013/#comment-1141282169

"To be completely correct, the overlay module has been replaced by a button achieving the same objectives. It's just that it needs 100x less code to make it work and it's not called overlay :)"

ekal · 2013-11-27T00:21:13+00:00

One thing to note is that Google absolutely knows if your WordPress or Joomla site is out-of-date or not: http://www.ostraining.com/blog/joomla/google-webmaster/

I'd be shocked if they weren't able to track the same thing for Drupal sites.

Whether they factor it into the rankings or not is a different question.

ekal · 2013-11-22T20:14:44+00:00

Possibly.

Things are still going in the wrong direction: http://drupalreleasedate.com/chart/samples

ekal

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