Menu path changes from 6.x to 7.x

This page is a list of changes to the menu path from D6 to D7.

See Information Architecture Drupal 7 for more information.

Many paths to admin screens have changed

Paths to many administrative screens have changed between Drupal 6 and Drupal 7, as part of the information architecture and usability improvement effort. Here is a list (possibly incomplete):

• Most items in admin/settings/* moved to admin/config/* (see exceptions below)
• Some items in admin/build/* moved to admin/structure/* (see exceptions below)
• Media-related items are now in admin/config/media (issue)
• admin/build/modules -> admin/modules
• admin/build/themes -> admin/appearance
• admin/build/path -> admin/config/search/path
• admin/build/block -> admin/structure/block
• admin/build/menu -> admin/structure/menu
• admin/content/types -> admin/structure/types
• admin/content/taxonomy -> admin/structure/taxonomy
• admin/content/forum -> admin/structure/forum
• admin/build/testing -> admin/config/development/testing
• admin/settings/site-maintenance -> admin/config/development/maintenance
• admin/settings/performance -> admin/config/development/performance
• (Issue) admin/settings/contact removed
• admin/settings/filters -> admin/config/content/formats
• admin/user/user -> admin/people
• admin/user/permissions -> admin/people/permissions
• admin/user/roles -> admin/people/permissions/roles

Changed log out path from 'logout' to 'user/logout' for consistency

(issue) The menu path to log out the current user is now 'user/logout' and fits in line with all the other user-related paths like user/login, user/register, etc.

Drupal 6.x:

drupal_goto('logout');
l(t('Log out'), 'logout');

Drupal 7.x:

drupal_goto('user/logout');
l(t('Log out'), 'user/logout');

Changed Clean URLs and Search settings page path

(issue) Clean URLs and Search settings pages have been grouped in a "Search and metadata" category.

Path for search settings page has been changed from "admin/settings/search" to "admin/config/search/settings"
Path for clean URLs settings page has been changed from "admin/settings/clean-urls" to "/admin/config/search/clean-urls/"

Example - Drupal 6:

<?php
function customsearch_menu() {
  $items = array();

  $items['admin/settings/customsearch'] = array(
    'title' => t('Custom search settings'),
    'description' => t('Administer custom search.'),
    'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form',
    'page arguments' => array('customsearch_settings'),
    'access callback' => 'user_access',
    'access arguments' => array('administer site configuration'),
    'type' => MENU_NORMAL_ITEM,
  );
  return $items;
}
?>

Drupal 7:

<?php
function customsearch_menu() {
  $items = array();

  $items['admin/config/search/customsearch'] = array(
    'title' => t('Custom search settings'),
    'description' => t('Administer custom search.'),
    'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form',
    'page arguments' => array('customsearch_settings'),
    'access callback' => 'user_access',
    'access arguments' => array('administer site configuration'),
    'type' => MENU_NORMAL_ITEM,
  );
  return $items;
}
?>