Migrating from Drupal to Backdrop

1. Introduction to Backdrop.- 2. Installing Backdrop.- 3. Editorial and Administration Interface Differences.- 4. Backdrop Modules and Themes.- 5. Converting Modules to Backdrop.- 6. Porting Drupal Themes.- 7. Creating Layouts.- 8. Migrating to Backdrop.- 9. Migrating to Backdrop from Drupal 6.- A. Where to Learn More.

Todd Tomlinson is a seasoned IT executive with 39 years of experience crossing multiple continents and technologies. He is a former Senior Director of EBusiness Strategy for Oracle Corporation, Senior Manager with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), Practice Director for IBM, Vice President for Claremont Technology Group, co-Founder-Vice President-and CTO of Emerald Solutions, Senior Managing Partner for CNF Ventures, Vice President of the Drupal Consulting Practice at ServerLogic. Todd is currently an independent consultant focused on Enterprise Drupal and Backdrop architecture and development. Todd's passion for the web began in 1987 when he worked for the National Science Foundation at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center) - and expanded when he helped Netscape Communication deploy their server platforms around the world in 1995-1996. He started using Drupal as a mechanism to teach advanced web design and development at the University of Phoenix, where he was the area chair and lead faculty member in the School of Business and Information Technology. He has helped many of the worlds largest organizations refocus their business around the web. He is the author of Pro Drupal 7 Development, Beginning Drupal 7, Beginning Drupal 8, and this book - Migrating from Drupal to Backdrop (Apress Publishing).