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This tutorial is [high]vBulletin.org and yqed.com (why queued) copywrited[/high]. All rights reserved.
Please ask permission in this thread to copy the tutorial. If granted, post a link that points to this page.

We all have all kind of hacks installed in our boards, or else you wouldn't be reading this thread, right?
Here is it my tutorial on how to upgrade your VB board in less then 30minutes.

TOOLS NEEDED
Araxis Merge (for more info, visit www.araxis.com)
I use the evaluation version for now, but this will be my next purchase. Is worth every penny.

PROCEDURE
[high]STEP 1[/high]
01. Extract your new zipped file that you downloaded from Member's Area to a unique folder and dispose the files in the same manner as you have them on your web server.
I named that folder [high]vbNEW[/high].
For example, you should have your folder tree like that:
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|--vbNEW (.php and .js files here)
|-----admin (.php files)
|-----mod (.php files)
02. Create a new unique folder called [high]vbOLD[/high] (your actual version that you want to upgrade from).
Copy there ALL your .php, .js files that you currently have (hope you alwyas keep the .zip file).
Your folder tree should look like that:
Quote:
|--vbOLD (.php and .js files from old zip archive here)
|-----admin (.php files)
|-----mod (.php files)
|--vbNEW (files from the new zip archive here)
|-----admin (.php files)
|-----mod (.php files)
[high]STEP 2[/high]
01. Open Araxis Merge and press CTRL+D. It will start a new folder comparison.

02. Browse for folder location in each compare area. I selected the vbNEW in the left side and vbOLD in the right one.

03. Press the button Refresh. Araxis will start to compare the files one by one and show you the changes in colors.

[high]STEP 3[/high]
Let's see the changes that occurred in db_mysql.php file, for example.

01. Click on the db_mysql.php file name to highlight it.

02. Press CTRL+M to launch the file comparisons. A new window will open and Araxis will highlight all code changes.

03. Copy the highlighted code onto your actual vBulletin hacked file.
NOTE: Repeat this procedure for every code change that you see highlighted.

[high]FINAL STEPS[/high]
If you are not sure 100% of what you are doing, use the upgrade system provided by Jelsoft and reinstall manually the hacks again.
Araxis is a great tool for comparing the files ONLY.

Once done, test the new code on your test board. if everything is OK, upload your files to your live web site.
You are done.
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Old 01-23-2005, 06:58 PM
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Im about to do this using araxis merge, but won't just copying the code from the new files totally mess up the hacks installed? Do I copy everything that is different from the file comparison from vbNEW to vbOLD? Or do I have to look and see what is being changed.
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Old 01-23-2005, 07:31 PM
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i got really frustrated with araxis merge and use beyond compare instead. I am not sure what I'll do this time, I guess open all vbnew files, and find my hacks in the vbold files, then copy the hack code from vbold to vbnew , then pray like hell..
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Old 01-23-2005, 07:40 PM
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++++. You're supposed to copy the code from vbold to vbnew? I was doing it the other way around

There goes around 30 min of work.
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Old 01-24-2005, 04:44 AM
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how does this sort of file compare method good in upgrading hacked board?

i mean, /vbNEW/ has the latest code, /vbOLD/ has hacked code and older codes.

Wont the older buggy codes been merge into together along with the hacked codes?
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Old 01-28-2005, 04:47 PM
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from what i gether here, you take "hack code" from vbOLD, and place it in vbNEw files.. if you have alot of hacks, I have close to 30, I expect this will take a couple hrs..but alot less than having to rehack them all.

then you test the board "vbNEW" files to make sure everything is working properly, hacks, and the board in general. If everything is peachy, then simply copy the vbNEW files over your "LIVE Board" files and your set.

Someone correct me if I am wrong.

big reason why I havnt upgraded in awhile, but this I will try, and if works, then way cool!..
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Old 01-28-2005, 06:11 PM
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i use beyond compare and when copying old to new it is very easy, it actually highlights the different code so you can spot your hack, select it and send it over to the new code, it even inserts it where it should be automagically. It's my understanding that once all your hacks are copied over to the new code, you then upload the new code, and THEN you must run the upgrade script. But I am no expert so someone correct me if I'm wrong. I'll be upgrading today -shouldn't be too bad but not looking forward to it
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guess another way, would be to get your files all set, make sure your "test board" works, then just redirect your domain to it..
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i use beyond compare and when copying old to new it is very easy, it actually highlights the different code so you can spot your hack, select it and send it over to the new code, it even inserts it where it should be automagically. It's my understanding that once all your hacks are copied over to the new code, you then upload the new code, and THEN you must run the upgrade script. But I am no expert so someone correct me if I'm wrong. I'll be upgrading today -shouldn't be too bad but not looking forward to it
For Mac people, bbedit does the same. A program like this is really handy.
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Old 02-02-2005, 04:44 AM
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Does anyone use meld to do this? If yes how woould i use it? I am new to linux.
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Quick question

Can I used this software to rescure some losting data in my VB db...
Example... say I have now VB version 3.0.6 ... with current posts of 2000
last month I lost 60 post by mestike ... can I recover these posts by merging the VBs of current and last ?! or merging the databases ?
I hope you understand my question
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