upgrade from 2.2.4 to 2.2.5

[Harvey]

Hi,

this is untested

I've made a changelog, but perhaps I will never test it.
There are so many changes that it's more easy for me to reinstall the hacks.

2002/04/10 : made a better version, but still not tested all functions

1. minor change in calendar.php
2. parse error in global.php
3. minor change in member.php (wrong preload of template)
4. wrong filename misc.php instead of moderator.php
5. some descriptions lost for admin/functions.php
5a. => initialisation of wrong variables
6b. => some securety patches lost
7. minor change in showthread.php
8. major change in admin/thread.php (wrong place pached)
9. first file mod/thread.php is really mod/announcement.php
10. second file mod/thread.php is really mod/global.php


ATTENTION: for some rason the download of the attachment changes automatically:
{ firstaltcolor } to #F1F1F1
{ secondaltcolor } to #DFDFDF
{ tableheadbgcolor } to #006633
{ tableheadtextcolor } to #FFCC00
DON'T CHANGE THE {xxx} !!!

[Harvey]

Argh -- I'm sorry, can somone move this to BETA???

[Remi]

In the announcement for 2.2.5 they said that they changed the /admin/usere.php file.

I could not find it here.

Thanks

[Harvey]

Hi,

I ckecked it again, I canot find differences.

[scsa20]

hmm...stupid question but I'm still new, so, what does this do anyways??

[Erwin]

It's a hack that you install that upgrades your 2.2.4 to 2.2.5 while preserving existing hacks.

[scsa20]

oh, this should of came out before I upgraded it ;)

[TaP]

any way to make an autoinstall?

[The Keeper]

Yes, you can use vbHackMaker by FireFly to create a more automated installation. It has futzed up a hack I previously made, so I feel more comfortably doing things manually anyway.

Does this hack work? If so, then it's excellent because I hate having to rehack all my hacks every week when jelsoft finds another security hole.

[archgimp]

didn't work on our test board... but then it was seriously heavily hacked already...

still, thx anyway... was prolly my fault NEway.. ;)

heheh :D

--gimP

[Gamingforce]

Worked on our place WITH a couple of changes.

There are a several mistakes in this.

[simon]

Originally posted by Gamingforce
Worked on our place WITH a couple of changes.

There are a several mistakes in this.


Any chances of you listing out the mistake ?

[Harvey]

I hope I made a more stable Version.

Because of the great interest I test and release it, but not before sunday.

[X-Fan]

So has this been tested yet?

[simon]

I'm hoping it will be release soon too ;)

[simon]

any news ?

[TECK]

i use araxis merge to update my forums.
www.araxis.com

[X-Fan]

Yes, I know of Araxis and the other one (the name of which escapes me at the moment), but not everyone has the time to download a new program and get to grips with it.

It's much easier for me to manually update over the course of a week or so when I get a spare minute here or there.

[simon]

Can anyone post an update on upgrade from 2.2.4 to 2.2.5

Thanxs

[Erwin]

Originally posted by X-Fan
Yes, I know of Araxis and the other one (the name of which escapes me at the moment), but not everyone has the time to download a new program and get to grips with it.

It's much easier for me to manually update over the course of a week or so when I get a spare minute here or there.

Actually, Araxis Merge is very easy to use, and if your forum has only a few hacks, would take at the most half an hour. With my forums that has over a 100 changes, some of them major, it took me an hour and a half. I would recommend it highly.

[X-Fan]

Araxis isn't freeware, is it?

If not, how much does it cost?

[Harvey]

I have maximum stress on work. Sorry

I hope I can test 05-12-02

[X-Fan]

2 weeks?! Ouch...

[Erwin]

Araxis is about $120-180 depending on the version you want... check it out at their homepage www.araxis.com - you can download a FULL-FUNCTION demo that works for 30 days - that's all you need really.

[X-Fan]

$120-180?! I'll have to pass as there's no way I could afford that.

And the 30 day demo is no good, because once the 30 days is up, what then?

[Harvey]

Hi,

I'll never post something again witch I can't support. Currently I'm under (big/great) pressure (in/by/because/to do) (work/buissnes). oh dear - my english

I have to shift 1 more week. More weeks may follow.

But I have testet third time on my own computer, it works from unpatched 2.2.4.

Sorry @all :(

[Tungsten]

Just to pitch in my $0.02 worth...

I did the upgrade on my forums today, moving from 2.2.4 to 2.2.5 with the help of Araxis Merge. My VB installation is typical of most, I guess, with a dozen or so hacks and quite a few template modifications in place. It took me about 2 hours to do with several breaks along the way to do other things.

I would not want to attempt this without a program like Araxis merge. Hands down, it's the best thing going for this sort of upgrade!

Only one or two of my hacks didn't survive the upgrade and those were simply because the existing hack code did not have opening and closing comment lines to give me a hint that they were hacks and not outdated VBulletin code.

The few hacks that didn't survive were very easy to fix afterward by simply reapplying the bits of code that got overwritten. Firefly deserves a huge round of applause for making it easy for us to keep track of what hacks we have installed through the forums here at VB.org! :)

Anyway, just thought I'd pass my story along. It wasn't nearly as painful a process as I suspected it might be and I won't hesitate a moment to tackle the upgrade to future versions the same way.