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As we all know, the official support from Drupal.org for Drupal 6 is going to cease and the security updates will no longer be available. However, there is no reason to get upset; in fact, there is nothing in the code that will cause Drupal 6 site to stop functioning after February 24th, 2016. If you choose to keep running the code, it will run as long as your hosting company allows to do so. Then, why would anybody want their website to be migrated to Drupal 8 ? The answer is quite simple, nobody wants to stay behind. It's actually a step forward.

Ecommerce has grown exponentially over the last twenty years and has become an integral part of our lives. Today, with the proliferation of Internet and mobile devices, consumers have multiple options to browse through before choosing a product. Hence, it is important to provide consumers with a user-friendly experience and easy payment methods.

Migrating content to a Drupal site is usually a painless experience because Drupal is quite well structured. Even if we were to move the content from non-Drupal database to Drupal database without the help of any API or migrating services, all that is required is to understand the database structures of both sites and then write a series of SQL queries that copies the content from any non-Drupal database to Drupal database; which can be done by any above average Drupal developer.

The term ‘Migrate’ in the context of Drupal means re-creating the content and configuration of a source site (usually Drupal 6 or Drupal 7) in a new Drupal 8 installation. In earlier versions of Drupal, the common practice was to provide an upgrade path. i.e., update the code to the latest version and then upgrade the database structure according to the code. Once it is done, the content is updated separately.

Have you ever found it difficult to access a private file within drupal, then read on. Below are the steps I followed to create and access the private file.

Websites have become an integral part of any organization; they are your brand’s first impression. Since first impression is the best impression, every organization needs to rope in the best skills and technology to design and develop a website.

Online retailers are continuously searching for newer and better ways of addressing their business challenges to ensure future success. While an e-commerce business can be a rewarding one, it's owners have to face their own set of trials and tribulations. Competition is fierce and survival requires special skills and tactics of the highest level, which brings us to our topic in focus.

Mobile phones have become an indispensable part of everyday life. The tremendous advancements in mobile technology are transforming lives, helping to create new businesses and changing the way we communicate, work, earn, and spend. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have taken advantage of the Internet, resulting in an enormous increase in sales and business activities. Today, sales made over the internet represent a massive proportion of overall commercial sales. The key to creating the best mobile commerce or m-commerce experience is to innovate and provide consistent, connected experiences over the smartphone that give customers sufficient information to make a purchase decision.

Come 24 February 2016 and Drupal 6 will reach its end-of-life and will no longer have active community support. The newly-launched Drupal 8 and Drupal 7 will be the community’s focus and Drupal 6 will not receive security updates which are so important for the functioning of a website. It will also be a prudent move not to launch a new project with Drupal 6 and get stuck with a soon-to-be-obsolete Drupal version.

Drupal has been the core of our business at Zyxware for over 9 long years now. Everyday, this brilliant CMS continues to surprise us with its never-ending choices of vibrant themes, multi-functional modules and tools. We have built thousands of Drupal websites for numerous clients across the globe.

We would have came across many Drupal sites run down into performance issues and we always start blaming the Drupal framework or MySQL queries, PHP versions. You need to debug into the actual cause for the issues rather than pointing on some non-even solutions.

If you are looking for a real personalized shopping experience where there are no sales persons to bother you and you have an unlimited range of products lined up before you, log on to the top shopping websites from your mobile phone and shop till you drop. A few years back this would have been unimaginable as shopping websites were few and could be accessed only from a PC or a laptop.

Australia, like the rest of the world, is poised to take the next step in ecommerce, especially when one considers the voluminous amount being spent online. A large majority of the Australian population is privileged to have access to high-speed Internet. Internet has become the most convenient way to receive information and news or go shopping, and Australian businesses are increasingly using it to engage its potential and existing customers.

In one of my recent project I had a task to create a content type with a select list field of all image styles. But how can we get all image styles in Drupal? In Drupal there is an option to create different image styles using a module 'image'. Image module allows users to upload images into Drupal with proper permissions along with this its thumbnails and additional sizes are created automatically. Image module also gives an image_styles() function that can be used to get all image styles and their settings.