Drupal Migration · Derby
Drupal Migration in Derby
Drupal migrations for Derby organisations, where the distance travelled determines everything. Moving between recent major versions is a manageable upgrade with tooling to help; moving from Drupal 7 is a rebuild in all but name, and organisations still on it are running a version that reached end of life some time ago.
Why this comes up
The problem
The site runs on Drupal 7, it is past end of life, and every quote to upgrade describes a rebuild rather than an upgrade.
What you get
What we deliver
- The gap assessed honestly — routine upgrade, staged modernisation or rebuild
- Contributed modules audited, since these decide whether an upgrade is possible
- Custom modules reviewed for what is still used and what can be dropped
- Content migrated through the platform's own migration tooling where available
- Content model revisited rather than reproduced, since it accumulated over years
- Addresses preserved or redirected, as public sector sites carry many inbound links
Want this scoped for your business in Derby?
Thirty minutes, no charge, no sales script. You leave with a written summary of what drupal migration would actually involve — whether or not you use us.
Working in Derby
East Midlands
Derby is an engineering city — aerospace, rail and automotive supply chains — so the work here skews toward integration with existing plant systems, quality and compliance workflows, and reporting that has to stand up to audit.
Most work here involves connecting shop-floor and plant systems to reporting the rest of the business can actually read, plus quality and compliance workflows that have to survive an audit.
Sectors we work with in Derby
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Aerospace
- Rail Engineering
- Automotive
- Logistics
What we work with
Technologies and platforms
- Drupal
- PHP
- Composer
- Drush
Who we work with
Industries we serve
- Public sector
- Education
- Healthcare
- Charities
- Media companies
Why us
Why Derby businesses choose Asionis
- Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
- No long-term contracts required
- All team members UK-based
- Dedicated account manager and development team
- Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
- Scalable from startup to enterprise
How we work
- Step 1
Free consultation
A 30-minute call to understand the problem. You keep the written summary either way.
- Step 2
Proposal
Scope, timeline and a fixed price, in writing, before anything starts.
- Step 3
Build
Short cycles with regular check-ins, so you see progress rather than hear about it.
- Step 4
Launch and support
We handle the go-live and stay available afterwards.
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Drupal Migration in Derby — common questions
- Why is Drupal 7 different?
- Because the architecture changed fundamentally afterwards. Modules, theming and much of the code do not carry across, so it is a rebuild with content migration rather than an upgrade — which is why estimates surprise organisations expecting a version bump.
- Are recent version upgrades easier?
- Substantially, and that is the point of getting current. Once on a recent version, subsequent major upgrades are routine work with deprecation tooling to guide them — so the difficult migration is the one that gets you onto the modern platform.
- What blocks an upgrade?
- Contributed modules without a compatible release. The core upgrade path is well supported, and a site depending on a module nobody has updated needs that function replaced, adopted or dropped — which is where the unbudgeted effort concentrates.
- Should the content model come across unchanged?
- Rarely. Content types accumulate over a decade in response to individual requests, and migration is the practical moment to consolidate them — reproducing the existing structure faithfully carries forward decisions nobody would make again.
- Do you work with businesses across Derbyshire?
- Yes. We are based in Leicester, United Kingdom and work with clients throughout East Midlands, including Derby and the surrounding Derbyshire area. Most collaboration happens remotely, and we travel for kick-offs and key milestones.
- What kind of Derby businesses do you usually work with?
- Most work here involves connecting shop-floor and plant systems to reporting the rest of the business can actually read, plus quality and compliance workflows that have to survive an audit. Beyond that we work across Advanced Manufacturing, Aerospace, Rail Engineering, Automotive and Logistics.
- Do you cover the areas around Derby?
- Yes — we work throughout East Midlands, including Nottingham, Leicester, Loughborough, Birmingham. Derby is an urban area of roughly 260,000+, and we take on work across the wider Derbyshire region rather than the city boundary alone.
Talk to us about Drupal Migration in Derby
A 30-minute call with someone who would actually work on it. No sales script, no obligation.
- Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
- No long-term contracts required
- All team members UK-based
- Dedicated account manager and development team
- Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
- Scalable from startup to enterprise