Upgrade from 1.0 to 2.0.11

Started by Believerds, September 24, 2015, 08:22:46 AM

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Believerds

Hello Folks,

I am quite new to the ADMIN of my forum and will need some help with upgrading from 1.0 to 2.0.11.

The version I am currently using is: SMF 1.1.21

I may be asking a lot, but could someone please assist me in a step by step procedure with this upgrade?

Thank you,

Dave

Antes


Believerds

Thanks for the response Antes, but I'm not sure what to do with this. I was just hoping to get a step by step process.

Antes

Its actually step by step, just read the page if any question left in your mind ask us here :)

Believerds

I have attached a few steps that I think are appropriate. Let me know if this is correct.

Illori

you cant use the package manager to upgrade from one major version to another, you have to manually override all the files and run the upgrade.php script as that link posted above tells you.

Believerds

Well, I appreciate the help and direction, but I'm definitely not knowledgeable enough to take this on without the concern of damaging the existing forum. I'm sure you're confident with your skills on this task, but I will need more detailed support. Thanks!

Illori

have you really read the link provided? it tells you step by step what you have to do... if you dont put in a little bit of effort to read what is provided there is not a whole lot we can do to help you.

Kindred


    1 Download The Upgrade Archive
    2 Back up Your Forum
        2.1 Back up Your Files
    3 Extract The SMF Archive and Upload The Files to Your Website
    4 Set File and Directory Permissions
        4.1 Setting File Permissions with the Upgrader
        4.2 Setting File Permissions with FTP
    5 Run the Upgrading Tool
        5.1 Upgrade Settings
    6 Finishing the Upgrade Process
    7 Useful FAQ


this is the step-by-step...  the actual page contents describe each of the steps in more detail
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Believerds

I did read it and your post as well, but as I said before, my skills are limited and I would need a more understandable (on my part) detailed walkthrough.

Thank you though!

Kindred

Ok -- well, help us improve our instructions then, please...

What is it, in the instructions, that seems unclear or needs to be made understandable or more detailed? :D
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Please do not PM, IM or Email me with support questions.  You will get better and faster responses in the support boards.  Thank you.

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Believerds

Ok Kindred,

One observation is this:  you having "SMF Master" under your name and me having "Noobie" under my name which should give you some indication of a difference between your knowledge and mine. I'm completely new to this and was hoping to get help improving our forum. The things that are unclear has to do with Extracting the SMF archive and uploading the files to my website. I do have a backup file (ZIP) but I'm not sure what to do with it afterwards. Setting permissions and the upgrade tool is not clear either. I suppose when I used the word "walkthrough" that might have been a clear realization that I am lost and need detailed help. If this is too much to ask, my apologies!

Thanks,

Dave

Sir Osis of Liver

Have you backed up your forum files and database?
Ashes and diamonds, foe and friend,
 we were all equal in the end.

                                     - R. Waters

br360

Let's start with the first step. Did you download the Large upgrade zip from this downloads link to your computer yet? http://download.simplemachines.org/

As a new admin to your forum, do you have access to the login details for your host so you can do a backup of your forum and files?



Believerds

I don't have  access to the host. However, I did download a backup Zip file by using the Forum Maintenance tab. Photo below:


Believerds

I did download the Large Upgrade file.

br360

That backup database option in the forum's admin panel is not reliable and should really not be used. The only way to do a real, thorough backup is by logging in to the control panel your host supplied and doing it through that.

Unfortunately though; without having the login info to your host, or at the very least; the correct info to be able to upload through an FTP client, there wouldn't really be any way to do the upgrade.

Where is the person who does have that info? Is that another admin on your forum?

Kindred

me having SMF master and you having newbie should not matter for documentation. Documentation is for the folks who need it... and if it is not sufficient, we should know about it and address the issue. :)

Backups -- there is a secondary link in the upgrade wiki article which is specifically about backing up...   you should not have to do anything with it, afterwards... unless everything goes to hell, in which case, you can restore the backup to get your site back.

You *WILL* need access to the host - either by file manager/cpanel or FTP. There is no other way to upgrade the site.
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Believerds

OK, Folks,

I was given access to my host today and am ready to move on the backup. We are using FatCow and I'll need to figure out how to complete a backup before I go further.

Kindred

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Please do not PM, IM or Email me with support questions.  You will get better and faster responses in the support boards.  Thank you.

"Loki is not evil, although he is certainly not a force for good. Loki is... complicated."

Believerds

Backup is complete! Thanks for the help on that. Now for the upgrade.

Believerds

Is there anyone using Fatcow for their host?

br360

Have you had a chance to do the upgrade yet, or do you need help with that next step?

Believerds

I have a backup zip of my forum in my FatCow file directory. Should I copy the backup file to my computer? Haven't proceeded with the upgrade yet. Would really like to do this but I don't want to break anything.

Sir Osis of Liver

Have you backed up the forum files and your database?  They're two different things.  You can d/l the forum backup, extract it, and confirm that everything's there.  Database backup should be done 2-3 times, confirm that the backup files are same size.

Ashes and diamonds, foe and friend,
 we were all equal in the end.

                                     - R. Waters

wealthy

Well an improvement could be that when all files are moved or deleted that two important files are left. Settings.php and Settings_bak.php.

I read somewhere from someone in authority here that the best practice to to remove all the version 1 files and upload the large version of files for version 2. But you will get errors because these two files were not found.
Once I put them back it worked ok..

Quote from: Kindred on September 24, 2015, 02:47:21 PM
Ok -- well, help us improve our instructions then, please...

What is it, in the instructions, that seems unclear or needs to be made understandable or more detailed? :D

Kindred

umm....   the last time I looked, that was part of the instructions
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Illori

Quote from: Kindred on January 14, 2016, 10:59:02 PM
umm....   the last time I looked, that was part of the instructions

nope, that is part of the instructions for a clean install, but not upgrading.

http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/How_to_upload_a_fresh_set_of_files

QuoteOptional step: Warning: do not undertake this step unless you know what you are doing! Before you upload the fresh set of files, you can also remove Sources and Themes folders. Doing this ensures there are no files left behind and that your setup is completely clean.

http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Upgrading

QuoteThe SMF upgrade archive contains all of the files that need to be uploaded to the same location where the current forum is located, and overwrite all of the existing files with new files.

You will need to use either FTP or the tools in in your hosting account's control panel (for more information on the control panel supplied by your hosting service, please see the documentation provided by your hosting service.)

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