My Upgrade Method For My Vbulletin/cmps/photopost Gallery
 

Just wondering if i've missed anything.....

MY UPGRADE METHOD FOR MY VBULLETIN/CMPS/PHOTOPOST GALLERY
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0) download fresh new packages of vbulletin, vbadvanced cmps and photopost galleries
- edit the files in those folders for upload (config files and all)

1) make backups of the databasre -
one: modedbackup
mysqldump --opt -Q -u XXXXXXX_XXX -p XXXXXXX_vbulletindb > /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/modedbackup.sql


2) tun off the forums

3) two: uninstalled_mods
remove all products/plugins and cmps modules

4) delete /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/index.php and replace with the READY_TO_UPLOAD index.php

5) change forums dir to forums_ and upload READY_TO_UPLOAD folder

6) upgrade the forums using the uninstalled mods database

7) run the cmps upgrade script

8) run the gallery upgrade script

9) delete /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/forums/gallery/data
and replace with copied
cp -R /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/forums_/gallery/data /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/forums/gallery/data

10) delete /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/forums/gallery/uploads
and replace with copied
cp -R /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/forums_/gallery/uploads /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/forums/gallery/uploads

11) download the /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/forums_/images folder
and upload and overwite any files in the
/home/XXXXXXX/public_html/forums/images folder

depending on the hack/mod/whatever, sometimes you are NOT supposed to uninstall them, but rather just update them... as data could be lost.

good way ;)