The summer of Drupal 7 has been both interesting and informative. I want to thank the IndieCommerce team and the many individual store contacts who have worked hard to identify and squash bugs, discover surprises, and help ABA appreciate the many ways in which stores use their websites. 

Earlier this summer we announced the four boarding groups, along with a commitment to open the platform to all types of sites, from simple to complex, before the holiday season. I'm happy to report that we have been able to keep that commitment, and thank those of you who let us know about your preferred timing. If we haven't yet heard from your store about the best time to migrate your website, expect to hear from us within the next few weeks.

Two things to note:

• During the summer, we developed a "no touch" service for simple sites whose DNS is hosted by the ABA. In these cases, we are able to complete the entire migration process with minimal store involvement and with little disruption to the store's online presence. Stores whose DNS is not hosted by ABA may still be eligible for an "almost no touch" service; this option will only require store personnel's cooperation at the very tail-end of the process (the "go live" switchover to the new site). In either case, we will offer these "no touch" options to eligible stores as we find them in the queue.