Please use this website as a checklist and starting point to validate your new Drupal 11 website. Review the migrated content to ensure all relevant information has been successfully transferred from Drupal 7. Once validation is complete, please provide the Web Team at drupalupgrade@ucmerced.edu with your sign-off confirming the site is ready for go-live.
Elements Requiring Manual Work or Validation
Some elements from Drupal 7 were not able to be migrated one to one in Drupal 11, these elements will require you and your teams to recreate the content on your Drupal 11 website.
- Homepages & Block Based Pages
- Slideshows
- Hardcoded Dropdowns/Accordions
- Embeds & Iframes (Videos, Forms, Calendars, etc)
- Manual Scripts and Code
- Content created post Snapshot
- Accessibility Alerts (Missing Alt Text, Heading Structures, & more)
Site Identity and Overall Appearance
- Correct site name and branding are displayed.
- Correct URL page and menu paths match (i.e: WEBSITE.ucmerced.edu/path-to-page)
- Major page layouts generally match their intended Drupal 7 presentation.
- Header, footer, and primary navigation appear correctly.
- Important calls to action are present and functioning.
- No obviously missing sections, components, images, or content.
- Site works reasonably at desktop and mobile sizes.
- Any intentional differences from Drupal 7 are understood and acceptable.
Things to escalate: missing templates/components, widespread layout problems, broken responsive behavior, or systematic visual defects.
Drupal 11 Content Management
- Log in successfully
- Find an existing page to edit
- Edit content on existing page
- Add/edit headings, links, lists, etc...
- Add/replace an image and provide alt text
- Add/remove a document to a page
- Preview changes
- Save/publish changes
- Create a new page
- Add/reorder components
- Add or Locate/reuse existing media
- Create/update any specialized content
- Preview new page
- Save/publish new page
- Add/delete/reorder menu items in the main/secondary menu listings
- Confirm user permissions allow for them to do the work they are expected to perform (site owner, site manager, and content editors). You will need to add/re-add approved users to your site.
Escalate: missing pages, incorrect permissions, missing content types, errors or other unexpected behaviors
Forms and Embeds
- All current Drupal 7 webforms have been converted to MS Forms or alternative.
- All webform submission data has been manually downloaded and saved locally. Webform data will NOT be migrated and will be lost post migration.
- Reimplement iframe embeds or any other embed features using new iframe component.
Note: videos can be embedded using the video component.
Please refer to the Drupal 11 Migration video at around 23 min for instructions on how to create an MS Form and how to download your Webform submission data.
Escalate: issues with embedding iframes using new components, issues with downloading webform submission data or any unexpected behaviors.
Error Reporting and Escalation
If you find any missing, incorrect, improperly formatted content, or website functionality issues during validation, please document the issue with the page URL, a brief description of the problem, and screenshots when possible and send it to the web team at drupalupgrade@ucmerced.edu. Include enough detail so the migration team can quickly identify, reproduce, and correct the issue.
