Upgrading Drupal 7 to 10: Theme Rebuilding Made Simple

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Samuel J. Huskey, in a recent blog post, highlighted the challenges and solutions involved in upgrading a Drupal site from version 7 to 10, focusing particularly on the difficulties of rebuilding themes. With Drupal 8's introduction of a new theming framework, older themes are incompatible, necessitating a rebuild from scratch or creating a new theme. Samuel reassures that with some knowledge of CSS, and HTML, and a willingness to learn Bootstrap and Twig, the task is manageable, even without professional front-end development skills. Drawing from his experience upgrading two Drupal 7 sites with costly custom themes, Samuel opted to use Bootstrap due to its comprehensive documentation, extensive tutorials, and supportive community.

Reference: Rebuilding a Theme after Upgrading from Drupal 7 to Drupal 10: Introduction by Samuel J. Huskey (23 June 2024)

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