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Developer Portal Migration

Pronovix's path to migrating your Drupal 7 developer portal to our Drupal 8 Zero Gravity developer portals with a seamless transition to Drupal 9.

How the migration process works

We work with you to migrate your Drupal 7 site to our Drupal 9 based Zero Gravity Developer Portal. As an option, we can host and support your existing Drupal 7 developer portal with a plan for migration.

Incorporating information architecture for user experience, we tailor your Zero Gravity developer portal to align with your business and operational needs. Developer portals in Drupal 8 can be upgraded to Drupal 9.

New Zero Gravity developer portals are deployed with Drupal 9. We will continue to provide you with updates, extend and customization options, maintenance, hosting and support.

Why Migrate?

  • We provide information architecture guidance to align your new developer portal with your current needs.

  • Our in-house services for developer experience research and technical writing caters to the needs of developer portals.

  • As our customer, you will be invited to play a part in future collaborations and conversations to improve your developer experience.

  • We strive to provide a solution that makes for happy developers, technical writers, marketeers, and developer advocates.

  • Starting with a Zero Gravity developer portal provides a strong framework for success in discovering your APIs and products.

Learn more about Pronovix' Zero Gravity developer portals.

Transitioning your devportal to Drupal 9
Presented by Christoph Weber, Solutions Architect @Pronovix, July 2021

Read more about this in the blog post Transition to Drupal 9.

Devportals Beyond Drupal 7
Presented by Kristof Van Tomme, Founder @Pronovix, January 2020.

As of May 31, 2020, Apigee no longer sponsors hosting of Drupal 7-based developer portals (D7P). However, Drupal 7's End-of-Life has been extended to November, 2023.

Key Features of Zero Gravity Developer Portals

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Accelerated Delivery

  • UX Workshop to get started and align to how the site will be used

  • Ready to use hosted, supported, and maintained solution

  • 30+ premade, customizable, and responsive page templates

  • Page-building tools for landing pages and other custom pages

API Content Management

  • Extended API Reference Catalog

  • Extended API Documentation including release notes, supporting documentation, use cases, sandbox “Try it out”, code visualization and example code

  • DocOps via Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), commonly referred to as “Docs-as-Code”

Advanced Search

  • Faceted search

In-situ Developer Portal User Guide

  • A user guide accessible directly from your devportal explaining how to use the portal and any custom extensions

Change management for legal documentation

Access Control

  • Role based access control

  • SSO Integration and user access controls

  • Enhanced Password requirement controls

API Key management

  • Apigee Edge Integration, Monetization, Teams

  • + other options

Custom Integrations

  • Such as with postman, and more

If you have an Apigee developer portal and are interested in migrating it to Drupal 8 or Drupal 9, Contact Us or Read more about our Apigee Developer Portals.

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The Drupal Advantage

  • Secure

  • Scalable to handle solutions that range from simple to complex

  • Improved accessibility

  • Built-in SEO

  • Mobile First

  • Improved workflows

  • Improved user experience

  • Easier migration from Drupal 8 to Drupal 9

To learn more about the current active versions of Drupal, read our article on Drupal for developer portals.

Read more about upgrading Drupal 8 to Drupal 9 in the blog post Transition to Drupal 9.

As of late 2021, new Zero Gravity developer portals will be deployed using Drupal 9.

KNOW MORE ABOUT OUR TAILORED SOLUTIONS

Custom solutions are also available should you need a custom design or to extend the functionality offered in the developer portal.

Find out more about Zero Gravity developer portals

Why Pronovix?

We are Developer Portals Specialists. We believe that a successful developer portal requires both technical expertise and a solid commitment to the API community. With over six years of experience building developer portals and a focus on promoting and gathering knowledge around API documentation, we provide solutions that help our clients drive their developers and business success.

We offer Tailored & SaaS solutions with a one-stop-shop service package to build beautiful, well-designed, and business-oriented developer portals that build developer trust in our customer brands.

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