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Originally Posted by bada_bing

Lyne..
You make a backup of your porduction vb database
Install the current version of VB and then run the upgrade script?
Then reinstall all you hack and any template changes ?

I simply 1: backup my database and my root directory then 2: Upload all the new vb files overwriting the existing ones and finally run the upgrade script. The upgrade will take longer as there will be more steps upgrading from a much older version of vb than from a newer version.

Originally Posted by bada_bing

How do you get all your VB Settings to be the same as your production site, is there a config file that keeps all the vb site settings located in the AdminCP such as permissions and all site settings

All the vb settings are stored in the database. After the upgrade all your settings will be the same but you will most likely have more/different options once the install is complete.

Since you are upgrading from such an old version and alot has changed, I am thinking your hacks will probably be way outdated. You will need to look into updated versions or alternates for the new version. A lot as changed since 3.5.x