Add daily email for 2024-01-03

Why you need to start upgrading from Drupal 7 now

source/_daily_emails/2024-01-03.md

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+---
+title: >-
+  Why you need to start upgrading from Drupal 7 now
+date: 2024-01-03
+permalink: archive/2024/01/03/why-you-need-to-start-upgrading-from-drupal-7-now
+snippet: |
+  Are you still using Drupal 7? You need to start upgrading to Drupal 10 now instead of waiting until next year.
+tags:
+  - drupal
+  - drupal-upgrade
+  - drupal7
+  - php
+  - phpc
+---
+
+{% block content %}
+There's only one year before support for Drupal 7 support ends, but there are still more than 337,000 Drupal 7 websites, according to <https://www.drupal.org/project/usage/drupal>.
+
+Even though there's a year left, if you've got a Drupal 7 website, you need to start upgrading now!
+
+Unlike upgrading from Drupal 8 to 9 or 9 to 10, upgrading from Drupal 7 requires major changes to your code for it to be compatible. This will take time to do and test.
+
+Most websites have some or many custom modules and at least one custom theme that must be upgraded.
+
+Most use a large number of community-contributed modules.
+
+Many of these are abandoned or minimally maintained as their maintainers have focused on newer Drupal versions or a module has been marked as unsupported in favour of another.
+
+If they do have supported versions, it is likely that they haven't had a release for some time. If that's the case, they're essentially unsupported.
+
+Because of this, there may not be the same modules available with the same functionality for Drupal 10.
+
+Depending on the available modules, your functionality may need to change, or the old functionality will need to be written within a new custom module.
+
+## Here's the thing
+
+Depending on the complexity, it will take a number of months to complete an upgrade.
+
+Rather than wait until 2025, you want to do the work now whilst Drupal 7 is still supported rather than waiting and being vulnerable to security exploits if running an outdated and unsupported version.
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block cta %}
+P.S. Are you stuck on Drupal 7? Purchase a [Drupal upgrade consulting call][call] or [upgrade roadmap][roadmap] and I'll help you on your way to Drupal 10.
+{% endblock %}
+
+[call]: https://www.oliverdavies.uk/call
+[roadmap]: https://www.oliverdavies.uk/roadmap

source/_layouts/daily_email.html.twig

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
   {{ parent() }}
 
   <p>- Oliver</p>
+
+  {%- block cta %}{% endblock %}
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block content_bottom %}

source/_pages/rss/daily.xml.twig

@@ -31,13 +31,21 @@ use:
         <description>
           {{- email.blocks.content -}}
 
-          {% if 'P.S.' not in email.blocks.content %}
+          {%- if email.blocks.cta %}
+            <br>
+            <hr>
+            {{ email.blocks.cta }}
+          {% endif -%}
+
+          {% if 'P.S.' not in email.blocks.content and 'P.S.' not in email.blocks.cta %}
             {% set ctas = [
               'Are you still using Drupal 7 and don’t know what’s involved to upgrade to Drupal 10? <a href="https://www.oliverdavies.uk/call">Book a Drupal 7 upgrade consultation call</a> or <a href="https://www.oliverdavies.uk/drupal-upgrade">an upgrade roadmap</a>.',
               'Need help or want another pair of eyes on your code? Book a <a href="https://www.oliverdavies.uk/call">1-on-1 consulting call</a> or an <a href="https://www.oliverdavies.uk/pair">online pair programming session</a> with a 100% money-back guarantee.',
               'If you\'re creating a new Drupal module, try my <a href="https://github.com/opdavies/drupal-module-template">free Drupal module template</a>.',
             ] %}
 
+            <br>
+            <hr>
             <p>P.S. {{ random(ctas) }}</p>
           {% endif %}
         </description>