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Checking out Drupal 6: What's going on around here!?

Drupal 6

Yow! It's an all-new look! And not a great one, either – though that's my fault, not that of the wonderful 4 Seasons theme currently sitting in as a theme placeholder. (Text size or color not to your liking? See spiffy controls at upper left.)

The uprade to Drupal 6 is comple... no, most certainly not completed. It didn't go down all creamy smooth, and there are plenty of bugs to work out. Okay, the old Drupalace theme doesn't work here, but that's fine; I was tired of it anyway, and wanted to a take a fresh and more proper start. All my Images attached to nodes were also out of action for quite a while, too – though lo, they're back! Good. Alas, all my old Views remain AWOL – and all menu items attached to those Views are vanished. I'm hunting them down. Punishments may be in store.

Lots of other features remain to be restored, but overall things are working. I've got some notes to share on the upgrade; stay tuned!

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