Laymens terms on upgrading

[loua_oz]

That is, complicated procedures, that have spelled the death of the forums.

Go Facebook, no need for obscure advice like in the posts above, some in their fusnotes asking for money.

[HM666]

Originally Posted by loua_oz

That is, complicated procedures, that have spelled the death of the forums.

Go Facebook, no need for obscure advice like in the posts above, some in their fusnotes asking for money.

No one told him to give them money, where did you get that from!?!? Everyone gave him the steps needed. Its not a extremely simple thing for someone just getting started. NO script is simple to upgrade when you are first starting doing this sort of stuff.

[bremereric]

Thanks to all. I am going to try to last out to this weekend to do it so I will have plenty of time to follow all your advices.

[bremereric]

Going to go for it this weekend.

[ForceHSS]

Originally Posted by bremereric

Going to go for it this weekend.

Best to try on a test forum first then when ready backup live site first before you start

[bremereric]

Not so easy.....
This is what I typed in to run the script......
aspenandvolare.com/upload/install/upgrade.php
this is the error I got......
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION in /home1/fbodymop/public_html/aspenandvolare/upload/includes/functions.php on line 5313

--------------- Added [DATE]1442075523[/DATE] at [TIME]1442075523[/TIME] ---------------

When checking the php version through admincp I get this.....

PHP Version 5.2.17

[Seven Skins]

I think you have uploaded the "upload" folder.
You need to upload the contents of the upload folder to the root of your site.
Root of your site is ... /home1/fbodymop/public_html/aspenandvolare

Correct the error and try running upgrade script .. which should be in this location ..

http://www.aspenandvolare.com/install/upgrade.php

[bremereric]

Now I was able to change the version of php to 5.4
and when I run the script I get this.

Warning: include(): Failed opening '/home1/fbodymop/public_html/aspenandvolare/upload/includes/config.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/php/54/usr/lib64:/usr/php/54/usr/share/pear') in /home1/fbodymop/public_html/aspenandvolare/upload/includes/class_core.php on line 3409


Configuration: includes/config.php does not exist. Please fill out the data in config.php.new and rename it to config.php

--------------- Added [DATE]1442081560[/DATE] at [TIME]1442081560[/TIME] ---------------

Up to 4.2.3 now

[Brandon Sheley]

Originally Posted by Seven Skins

Step 1: Close your forums
Step 2: Backup files
Step 3: Backup database
Step 4: Extract zip file on desktop
Step 5: Make a new zip file only from the contents of "upload" folder in the above extraction.
Step 6: Upload to server and extract.
Step 7: Run upgrade script ... yoursite.com/install/upgrade.php
Step 8: Enter customer number when asked.
Step 9: Once upgrade finishes delete "install" folder.
Step 10: Check if the site is working OK
Step 11: Open the forum and enjoy.

One, or two, things to add
after you've upgraded the site make sure the install.php and/or upgrade.php file in the includes folder is removed.

[Disco_Stu]

Originally Posted by bremereric

I just downloaded the zipped upgrade to 4.2.3. I am currently running 4.1.3. This is a first time newbie asking the step by step way to do this.

I assume that I upload the zipped file to my home directory and then unzip it.

I have never ran a script to install software so I am real new at it to.

Any free help would be appreciated.

I might be able to take a huge leap to even so newer software also.

I might consider some paid help also.

PHP Version 5.2.17
MySQL Version 5.5.42-37.1-log

The best advice for upgrading is: Don't do it