Drupal 5.x to 6.x Upgrade Resources

These docs were kind of hard to find so I’m dumping them here for convenience. I’m going to need them a lot now that Drupal 7 is about to be released. The additional links at the bottom are helpful case studies and tips from others. (This post will be updated as I find more stuff.)

Instructions:

References for Porting to Drupal 6:

Help upgrading specific modules or themes from Drupal 5 to 6.

Useful Reads:

Common Errors and Solutions:

  • Fatal Error: Unsupported operand types in
  • Can’t create table cache_block
  • “This content type has inactive fields. Inactive fields are not included in lists of available fields until their modules are enabled.” — disable and re-enable the modules responsible for the inactive fields. Some kind of dependency got whacked during the multitude of updates you just did.

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If you know of a link that’s useful for upgrading from Drupal 5.x to 6.x, please leave a comment!

This content type has inactive fields. Inactive fields are not included in lists of available fields until their modules are enabled.