Upgraded to version 2.2.1 [Archive]

Admin

11-17-2001, 07:41 AM

We've just upgraded this forum to verion 2.2.1.
We deeply apologize if any of you got errors during the upgrade, it's inevitable. :)

Reeve of shinra

11-17-2001, 02:28 PM

*throws a cat at firefly*

uh, I just noticed it is 2.2.1 so uh cool beans.

Lesane

11-17-2001, 03:10 PM

Cool, well done Firefly :)

Jakeman

11-17-2001, 10:41 PM

these forums seem much faster now... especially the front page. did you do some optimizing?

Admin

11-18-2001, 05:01 AM

Yup, we did.
We also cleared the database of all old posts, and reindexed everything. :)

over

11-18-2001, 08:03 PM

nice job on the upgrade :) got a wee q, with all the hacks this board has, doesn't it take ages and a few painkillers for after

Baratator

11-18-2001, 09:18 PM

great job firefly :)

could you give me tips for optimising my board too ?

Admin

11-19-2001, 04:21 AM

over, using Araxis Merge it took me about 10 minutes to reinstate all hacks.
Then it was just a matter of uploading new files and running the upgrade script.

Baratator, I would but I don't know much about it. :o

Baratator

11-19-2001, 11:02 AM

Originally posted by FireFly
[B]over, using Araxis Merge it took me about 10 minutes to reinstate all hacks.
Then it was just a matter of uploading new files and running the upgrade script.

Araxis merge?

Baratator, I would but I don't know much about it. :o

erf erf you sure know more than me (not difficult i'm a total newbie :) but i learn quickly)

:)

eva2000

11-19-2001, 04:00 PM

Araxis merge better than Beyond compare??

Admin

11-19-2001, 04:32 PM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by eva2000
Araxis merge better than Beyond compare??

over

11-19-2001, 05:08 PM

Originally posted by FireFly
over, using Araxis Merge it took me about 10 minutes to reinstate all hacks.
Then it was just a matter of uploading new files and running the upgrade script.

Baratator, I would but I don't know much about it. :o

damn nice :) took me ages to reinstall the hacks that i use :(
must look out for that prog :)

over

11-19-2001, 05:54 PM

http://www.araxis.com/merge/

for complete details of it, downloading free trail for the mo :) hopefully i'll like it:D

Robert Basil

11-20-2001, 05:26 AM

Originally posted by over
http://www.araxis.com/merge/

for complete details of it, downloading free trail for the mo :) hopefully i'll like it:D

It's a nice program, but for $124.00 it's way overpriced for my taste.

FWC

11-20-2001, 05:29 AM

Originally posted by Sportbikeworld

It's a nice program, but for $124.00 it's way overpriced for my taste. That's where Beyond Compare comes in. It works well enough and it's only $30. :)

netleader

11-20-2001, 10:22 AM

2.21 good

SirSteve

11-20-2001, 07:57 PM

Originally posted by FireFly
over, using Araxis Merge it took me about 10 minutes to reinstate all hacks.
Then it was just a matter of uploading new files and running the upgrade script.

Baratator, I would but I don't know much about it. :o

I just got this but it seems to be like a big learning curve. Can you explain the easiest way to re-install existing hacks with it?

Admin

11-21-2001, 07:21 AM

Extract the upload/ folder from the zip file into a folder named original221.
Now use Araxis to compare with the original221 folder, and your current forum (if you don't have it offline, download it).

Now you'll see all the files in the folders.
Files that have the blue color means there are changes in those files.

Double click on the blue files, one by one, and copy all the changes over.
Making sure you don't ruin any of your existing hacks.

That's it really.

SirSteve

11-21-2001, 11:39 AM

Originally posted by FireFly
Extract the upload/ folder from the zip file into a folder named original221.
Now use Araxis to compare with the original221 folder, and your current forum (if you don't have it offline, download it).

Now you'll see all the files in the folders.
Files that have the blue color means there are changes in those files.

Double click on the blue files, one by one, and copy all the changes over.
Making sure you don't ruin any of your existing hacks.

That's it really.

Thank you very much!

Scott MacVicar

11-21-2001, 03:31 PM

I prefer to use an orignal version before and an original new version and look at the differences instead of looking at the hacked old one and a new one as the hacks will also show in differences and its hard to remember if you installed a hack which changed that or is it a bug fix.

Scott

Admin

11-21-2001, 03:33 PM

Your way is better, PPN, for users that don't really know their way around vBulletin yet, so it's easier to see the changes in vBulletin without the hacking.

But for me it's just easier, and also takes less time. :)

Scott MacVicar

11-21-2001, 04:05 PM

Its very quick if its just a bug fix release but when it was from 2.0.3 to 2.2.0 I simply re-installed the hacks it was far simplier as there was so many new bits of code and changes due to the security audit taking place.

Sinecure

11-21-2001, 05:19 PM

I still haven't upgraded since 2.0.3. I will upgrade once my new board design is complete :)

SFishy

11-23-2001, 02:12 PM

Not sure if any of you use UltraEdit for HTML/PHP/programming code (I LOVE IT!), but the newest versions have a compare utility built right in, and I BELIEVE it's based on Beyond Compare :D

SirSteve

11-23-2001, 02:17 PM

Araxis Merge is NICE! It too me about 30 min because it was my first time but everything seems to be working!

tubedogg

11-26-2001, 04:06 AM

Originally posted by PPN
Its very quick if its just a bug fix release but when it was from 2.0.3 to 2.2.0 I simply re-installed the hacks it was far simplier as there was so many new bits of code and changes due to the security audit taking place. The only problem I find with this method is I haven't written down most of my code changes. :o