[UCIMC-Tech] Fwd: [Drupal.org] ucimc.org is using Drupal 6.28 which has security vulnerabilities

[Josh King]

Hi Danielle,

That's great that there's grant money for this. I think that one of the 
first priorities for grant money around the website specifically should 
look at site redesign; we have some ability in-house to upgrade the 
site and/or port it to wordpress, but design work is probably a bit 
outside of our wheelhouse (or that's the case for me, anyway).

On Tue 29 Apr 2014 09:57:16 AM EDT, arthousefarm at gmail.com wrote:
> Hi Chris -
>
> By unsupported I wasn't referring to tech group but was quoting the email I forwarded which says the version we are running will have "unsupported" core and modules.
>
> I am trying to pull together a conversation about UCIMC technology going forward with a major donor funder to the IMC at google who wants to help more, tech group, Acorn and a few of us here. That will help determine next steps. Be in touch soon.
>
> Danielle
>
>> On Apr 29, 2014, at 7:47 AM, Chris Ritzo <critzo at opentechinstitute.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Danielle,
>>
>> "Unsupported" is rather harsh. We should upgrade the site in the interim
>> and I'll take care of that if you like. We can coordinate with you on
>> migrating to Wordpress too, perhaps through Acorn Active Media.
>>
>> If you are going to use funds to outsource this, Acorn could bid for it.
>> We also could investigate just helping out so you can save some bucks.
>> OTI just moved off Drupal for the Commotion site, and we have some tools
>> that might help with this. We didn't move to wordpress, but have a
>> script that might help migrate the content.
>>
>> Just let us know what you'd like done. We can also provide access to
>> folks who you may be working with to do the migration.
>>
>> Best,
>> Chris
>>
>>
>>> On 04/29/2014 08:15 AM, arthousefarm at gmail.com wrote:
>>> Our website is about to be unsupported - do you know when?
>>>
>>> We want to migrate to WordPress and have a big of grant funding to
>>> support this (I was hoping to find matching funds).
>>>
>>> Suggestions?
>>> Danielle
>>>
>>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>>> *From:* priyanka at ebizontech.com <mailto:priyanka at ebizontech.com>
>>>> *Date:* April 29, 2014 at 12:40:53 AM CDT
>>>> *To:* chyn at ucimc.org <mailto:chyn at ucimc.org>
>>>> *Subject:* *[Drupal.org <http://Drupal.org>] ucimc.org
>>>> <http://ucimc.org> is using Drupal 6.28 which has security
>>>> vulnerabilities*
>>>>
>>>> Hi Danielle,
>>>>
>>>> I noticed that Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center website is
>>>> using Drupal 6.28. Your current version is now outdated and you have
>>>> missed 3 security updates released from Drupal security team. Since
>>>> the release is designated as a security update, you should apply the
>>>> update as soon as you can.
>>>>
>>>> Whether or not you upgrade to Drupal 7 is highly an individual
>>>> decision. But with Drupal 8 release coming closer and closer,
>>>> upgrading is necessary because Drupal 6 will be unsupported by Core
>>>> and Security teams.
>>>>
>>>> Updating to higher version of Drupal is beneficial not only because it
>>>> fixes the bugs and takes care of critical security updates but it also
>>>> helps in using the new and powerful features of upgraded version.
>>>>
>>>> You can find the upgrade instructions here -
>>>> https://drupal.org/upgrade/ if you want to do it yourself.
>>>> Alternatively, I can do a free evaluation of your site and let you
>>>> know about different security updates that need to done in Drupal core
>>>> and contrib modules.
>>>>
>>>> Please reply to this email if you want a free evaluation.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Priyanka
>>>>
>>>> Direct: +1 (202) 738-1188
>>>> Skype: priyanka.jhamnani
>>>>
>>>> 2012 : Contributor of Drupal Open Badging Module :
>>>> http://drupal.org/project/OpenBadging
>>>> 2010 : Speaker at Design 4 Drupal Camp at MIT, Boston
>>>
>>>
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