Experienced upgrade/data migration specialist needed for a project

By james_w on 18 Apr 2013 at 19:08 UTC

I am looking for an individual to take on the project of updating a Drupal based site from version 5 to 7 as well as updating all relevant modules (there are many) or finding suitable replacements plus recommending a new US hosting provider and moving the site to said provider. I am an amateur that built this site about 4-5 years ago but it is now plagued with minor bugs and one or two major bugs including the poor performance of the hosting company. I do not have time these days to complete this task myself as it would likely take me 200 hours to teach myself and carry it out, whereas I'm sure one of you pros can get it done much faster.

Currente site statistics:
Drupal Version 5.19
Approx 35,000 Nodes
Approx 15,000 Users (not all active)
Approx 120,000 Comments
Approx 50 Modules in Use

The site belongs to a non-profit organization that hosts a large online community which is mostly forum based. A reliable chat room is also needed for the community.

You will need to complete a test run using backups of:
Upgrading Drupal version from 5 to 7
Upgrading or replacing all modules and working out nuances so they integrate relatively seamlessly
Likely the theme will need to be replaced and possibly tweaked.
Migrating the extremely large database and site to the new hosting provider (data loss or deletion is not an option)
Allow user testing of the migrated 'test site' for a period of a few days.
Do it all over again 'live' once everything has been signed off.

We do not desire a 'by the hour' pricing as funds will be raised for this project from the community prior to services starting. Please quote a price range based on what you think the project is worth at a minimum and maximum. If you have questions I am happy to provide more specifics - please ask your questions in this thread so others have the benefit of seeing the answer.

Please speak fluent English. Additionally, please answer the following questions:

Gambling, Alcohol, Marijuana, and "street drugs" are highly regulated or illegal partly because of their addictive nature. Do you feel these should be regulated the way they are or should they all be legal, with full responsibility being with the owner to control their habits?

Are you an avid video gamer? Which games specifically?

Please describe your overall general web design knowledge.

Please send these answers and your quote to me via my contact page at http://drupal.org/user/272950/contact

Please post any questions in this thread.

Thanks!

James

Comments

Hi James, Could you please

sagar ramgade commented 19 April 2013 at 06:51

Hi James,

Could you please post list of modules used on the site, Is there any custom module?

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Here is a list of modules

james_w commented 19 April 2013 at 13:14

Here is a list of modules used copied from the Modules page in Administration. There are no custom modules. As I mentioned if these modules do not have existing Drupal 7 upgrades available then part of the project will be to port them to Drupal 7 or find a comparable replacement. I have removed Drupal Core modules from the list. Thank you!

3rd party integration
Enabled Name Version Description

FlashChat 5.x-1.0 Place this FlashChat Block on your Drupal 5 Site to show your Users Who's in chat.

Access control
Enabled Name Version Description

ACL 5.x-1.6 Access control list API. Has no features on its own.
Required by: Forum Access (enabled)

Forum Access 5.x-1.10 Allows forums to be set private and allows forums to be given moderators
Depends on: ACL (enabled), Forum (enabled)

Administration
Enabled Name Version Description

Abuse 5.x-1.0-beta An abuse system to flag content on the site
Required by: Watchlist (disabled)

Watchlist 5.x-1.0-beta Allows nodes and comments to be automatically marked into a pending pile and so extension of the abuse module
Depends on: Abuse (enabled)

CCK
Enabled Name Version Description

Content 5.x-1.7 Allows administrators to define new content types.
Required by: Content Copy (disabled), Date (enabled), Date Copy (disabled), Fieldgroup (enabled), ImageField (enabled), Node Reference (enabled), Number (enabled), Option Widgets (enabled), Text (enabled), User Reference (enabled)

Content Copy 5.x-1.7 Enables ability to import/export field definitions.
Depends on: Content (enabled)

Fieldgroup 5.x-1.7 Create field groups for CCK fields.
Depends on: Content (enabled)

ImageField 5.x-2.1 Defines an image field type.
Depends on: Content (enabled)

Node Reference 5.x-1.7 Defines a field type for referencing one node from another.
Depends on: Content (enabled)

Number 5.x-1.7 Defines numeric field types.
Depends on: Content (enabled)

Option Widgets 5.x-1.7 Defines selection, check box and radio button widgets for text and numeric fields.
Depends on: Content (enabled)

Text 5.x-1.7 Defines simple text field types.
Depends on: Content (enabled)

User Reference 5.x-1.7 Defines a field type for referencing a user from a node.
Depends on: Content (enabled)

Mail
Enabled Name Version Description

Private messages 5.x-3.x-dev Allow private messages between users.
Required by: Privatemsg Mass Mailer (enabled)

Privatemsg Mass Mailer 5.x-1.x-dev Mass Mailing Plugin for the Privatemsg module
Depends on: Private messages (enabled)

Node Profile
Enabled Name Version Description

Usernode 5.x-1.4 Automatic creation and deletion of usernodes - one node for each user.

Other
Enabled Name Version Description

'me' Aliases 5.x-1.0 Provides links to current user's pages using 'me' instead of the numerical user id.

Administer Users by Role 5.x-0.9 Allows users with 'administer users' permission and a role (specified in 'Access control') to edit/delete other users with a specified role. If the user being edited has multiple roles, the user doing the editing must have permission to edit ALL of the user being edited's roles. Also provides control over user creation. Works well in conjunction with role_delegation.

Advanced Forum 5.x-1.0-alpha10 Enables the look and feel of other popular forum software.
Depends on: Forum (enabled)

BBCode 5.x-2.1 Allow the use of BBCode in your posts.

Comment mover 5.x-1.x-dev Move comments to other threads or convert them to nodes.
Depends on: Comment (enabled)

Filter Default 5.x-1.0 Allows each role to have a default input format for nodes and comments.

Find user 5.x-1.0-beta2 User search on its own page. Includes username, user name and real name.

Flat comments 5.x-1.1 Makes all comments replies to the post regardless of the reply link used.
Depends on: Comment (enabled)

Google Search 5.x-1.0 Lets users easily search a site with Google SiteSearch.

Graphstat 5.x-1.0 Creates graphs based on data recorded by the statistics, node, user and comment modules.
Depends on: Statistics (enabled)

Node_Type_Filter 5.x-1.0 Filters lists, such as taxonomy/term, by content type.

Poormanscron 5.x-1.1 Internal scheduler for users without a cron application.

Quote 5.x-1.3 Allows users to quote posts or comments.
Depends on: Comment (enabled)

Role Delegation 5.x-1.1 Allows site administrators to grant some roles the authority to assign selected roles to users.

Signatures for forums 5.x-2.4 Tweaks signatures in ways inspired by other traditional forum software.

Site map 5.x-1.2 Display a site map.

Token 5.x-1.11 Provides a shared API for replacement of textual placeholders with actual data.

User badges 5.x-1.x-dev Enables assignment of graphical badges to users and roles.
Depends on: Upload (enabled)

Word Filter 5.x-1.x-dev Replaces words inside posts with filtered versions.

Spam
Enabled Name Version Description

Bayesian filter 5.x-3.0-beta1 A bayesian filter.
Depends on: Spam API (enabled)
Required by: Spam URL filter (disabled)

Custom filter 5.x-3.0-beta1 Allows the creation of custom spam filter rules.
Depends on: Spam API (enabled)

Duplicate filter 5.x-3.0-beta1 A duplication detecting spam filter.
Depends on: Spam API (enabled)

Spam API 5.x-3.0-beta1 The core Spam API for autodetecting and managing spam.
Required by: Bayesian filter (disabled), Custom filter (disabled), Duplicate filter (enabled), Spam node age filter (disabled), Spam Surbl filter (disabled), Spam URL filter (disabled)

Spam node age filter 5.x-3.0-beta1 A node-age comment filter plug-in for the spam module.
Depends on: Spam API (enabled), Comment (enabled)

Spam Surbl filter 5.x-3.0-beta1 A Surbl filter plug-in for the spam module.
Depends on: Spam API (enabled)

Spam URL filter 5.x-3.0-beta1 A URL filter plug-in for the spam module.
Depends on: Spam API (enabled), Bayesian filter (disabled)

Spam control
Enabled Name Version Description

CAPTCHA 5.x-3.1 Base CAPTCHA module for adding challenges to arbitrary forms.
Required by: Image CAPTCHA (enabled), Text CAPTCHA (enabled)

Image CAPTCHA 5.x-3.1 Provides an image based CAPTCHA.
Depends on: CAPTCHA (enabled)

Text CAPTCHA 5.x-3.1 Provides a simple text based CAPTCHA.
Depends on: CAPTCHA (enabled)

User Interface
Enabled Name Version Description

jQuery Update 5.x-2.0 Updates Drupal to use the latest version of jQuery.
Required by: Wysiwyg (enabled)

User goodies
Enabled Name Version Description

User Stats 5.x-1.0-beta3 Provides post count and other user statistics. Integrates well with Workflow NG and Token (if installed).
Depends on: Profile (enabled)

User interface
Enabled Name Version Description

Wysiwyg 5.x-2.0 Allows users to edit contents with client-side editors.
Depends on: jQuery Update (enabled)

Views
Enabled Name Version Description

Views 5.x-1.6 The views module creates customized views of node lists.
Required by: Calendar (enabled), Calendar iCal (enabled), Calendar Popup (disabled), Views RSS (disabled), Views Theme Wizard (enabled), Views UI (enabled)

Views RSS 5.x-1.6 RSS plugin for the views feed selector argument.
Depends on: Views (enabled)

Views Theme Wizard 5.x-1.6 The views theme wizard helps create stub theming for views.
Depends on: Views (enabled)

Views UI 5.x-1.6 The Views UI module allows you to create and edit views.
Depends on: Views (enabled)

Thanks for listing the

soundsational commented 21 April 2013 at 21:23

Thanks for listing the modules.

Could you provide a link to your website? This could possibly help us to assess the amount of work needed.

Also, any reason why you are asking everyone to answer your questions in regards to Gambling, Alcohol and street drugs? Why or how does this relate to the website work?

thanks,