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Tutorial: Upgrade your hacked board in less then 30 minutes
 TECK
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 4,182
Canada
05-11-2002, 10:00 PM
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: Quote:
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:
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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#52
10-13-2002, 11:05 AM
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awesome tutorial nakkid...
but what if it goes wrong.. i have numerous hacks installed and all those long lines of $DB QUERY(..... 's could go wrong? - miSt
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#53
10-13-2002, 05:05 PM
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The worst that can happen is that you have some parse errors and maybe a few DB errors. I upgraded a 2.2.6 board to 2.2.8 with a fair amount of hacks installed and there was one error, which I knew there would be.
With the $DB_site->query's just check whats being added, if its not in the origional one then add it to it, just make sure you don't overwrite the ones with initval in the new 2.2.8 files with the varibles without it in the old files as this is a security risk 
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#55
10-21-2002, 02:29 PM
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How are you supposed to know what you changed versus what was changed for the upgrade?
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#57
10-26-2002, 02:37 AM
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What of in the case where you have not the resources for a test board? How do you go about upgrading a heavily-hacked forum without causing errors that can result in downtime of your site?
I've tried both Araxis Merge and Beyond Compare, and have had nothing but trouble with both resulting in numerous errors. And no, I'm not computer illiterate. Besides, both AM and BC are evaluation only, which means a purchase is required to continue using them. I certainly don't have the money available to pay for extra purchases such as these, and there was never anything mentioned when I signed up for vBulletin about requiring to purchase extra software in order to upgrade my forums. I still say the easiest thing for all involved would be for the makers of vBulletin to release to registered members a manual list of changes from one version to the next. That way, people could upgrade their forums without fear of them screwing up.
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#58
10-26-2002, 06:18 PM
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Quote:
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#60
10-27-2002, 02:13 AM
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Yes I realize vBulletin don't support hacked boards (which honestly makes me wonder the point of making hacks at all if the makers of the software won't support it), but they can still make something like what I'm suggesting available only to members, just like they make the files available only to members.
And I do properly comment all the files, but it doesn't help when entire sections of code are changed making a hack completely inoperable until an upgraded version of the hack is issued (if at all).
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#61
10-29-2002, 08:11 PM
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Ok, wait, so I put the vbNEW on the left, and the vbOLD on the right side and I just click that little arrow to move the code from the NEW on the left to the OLD on the right? So I'm adding in the new code to my old version instead of adding in the old code to the new version right?
Sorry I am so lost. Is this a wise move to do from 2.2.4 to 2.2.8? What about templates? Will I need to change all those too? Thanks
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