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Team Members

pankaj_lnweb, shiks

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Qroople is a global real estate marketing platform built to empower small and mid-sized agencies. By combining property listings with innovative cashback coupon incentives, Qroople helps agents attract buyers, boost visibility, and stand out in the market—now serving users across 197 countries.

Describe the project (goals, requirements and outcome)

Project Goals

1. Upgrade Platform
 Qroople aimed to upgrade its website from Drupal 7 to Drupal 10, benefiting from its modern architecture, enhanced security, and improved developer experience.

2. Retain and Enhance Functionality
 A key objective was to retain all existing features, including custom modules and business logic, while also making room for enhancements where needed.

3. Improve Performance
 With increasing user traffic, optimizing the site's performance and scalability became a priority to ensure smooth and fast user interactions.

4. User Experience
 Qroople sought to modernize the user interface without disrupting the familiarity of the platform for long-time users, focusing on a clean, responsive, and intuitive design.

5. Content Access Control
 The platform required role-based content access, ensuring that users only view programs and learning materials assigned to their role, improving both usability and security.

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Challenges

1. Complex Data & Metadata Migration: Migrating elements like Webform submissions, barcode images, order billing data, and node meta information posed significant challenges, as they were not supported by default Drupal migration tools. This required custom scripts to preserve both functional data integrity and critical SEO metadata, ensuring content accuracy and discoverability post-migration.

2. Custom Functionality Compatibility:  Barcode rendering and order billing relied on legacy logic. Instead of relying on contributed modules, existing functionality had to be enhanced and modernized to work with Drupal 10.

3. User Access & Permissions:  Maintaining role-based content access, especially for users assigned to specific learning programs, required precise handling to avoid permission conflicts or loss of access.

4. Downtime Minimization:  Ensuring a smooth and seamless upgrade with minimal service disruption was critical for maintaining user trust and operational continuity.

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Implementation Steps

1. Planning and Analysis

  • Conducted a comprehensive audit of the existing Drupal 7 site, covering content structures, media assets, Webforms, barcodes, and custom order-related fields.
  • Developed a migration roadmap emphasizing data integrity, feature parity, and content accessibility in Drupal 10.
  • Identified unsupported or deprecated modules in Drupal 10 and outlined custom solutions to bridge those gaps, especially for barcode generation and billing data.
     

2. Data Migration

  • Created custom migration scripts to handle complex field mappings, entity references, Webform submissions, and custom billing information.
  • Ran multiple test migrations to validate the structure and consistency of data before the final rollout.
  • Ensured preservation of file relationships, metadata, and download counts tied to learning resources.
     

3. Custom Functionality Migration

  • Rebuilt essential features by extending and adapting existing functionality, even though contributed modules were available
  • This approach ensured better control, reduced dependencies, and aligned with the existing architecture.
  • Examples include:
    •  Barcode rendering:  Instead of using the available Drupal barcode module, we enhanced the legacy barcode logic and integrated the tecnickcom/tc-lib-barcode library to generate barcodes compatible with Drupal 10.
    •  Order billing data: Migrated billing details using custom logic, reusing the existing order handling mechanisms rather than relying on new or external modules.
       

4. Access Control & Security Enhancements

  • Implemented role-based access control, ensuring users can only view learning programs and resources assigned to them.
  • Audited and enforced permissions and user roles, improving content targeting and platform security.

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Results

  • Modern Platform: Qroople now runs on a secure, scalable Drupal 10 platform, leveraging the latest features and best practices.
     
  • Improved User Experience: Delivered a cleaner, faster, and more intuitive UI, enhancing overall engagement while retaining familiarity for existing users.
     
  • Successful Data Migration: Achieved 100% migration of content, files, Webform submissions, and user accounts without data loss, including custom data like barcodes and order billing details.

     

Key Takeaways

  • Planning is Critical: Conducting an early audit of modules, content, and data structures helped identify potential migration gaps and reduced unexpected issues.
  • Custom Solutions Deliver Results: Tailored migration scripts and enhancements—especially for Webforms, barcodes, and billing data—ensured feature parity and uninterrupted operations.
  • Modernization is an Opportunity: Upgrading to Drupal 10 not only modernized the platform but also unlocked improved performance, security, and scalability to support Qroople’s long-term goals.

     

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Why Drupal was chosen

Since Qroople was already built on Drupal 7, upgrading to Drupal 10 was a natural choice to ensure continued support and modern capabilities. Drupal 10 offered a more secure, scalable, and user-friendly platform, making it ideal for enhancing performance, managing complex content, and improving the overall user experience.

Technical Specifications

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