Hi,
I'm trying to deploy SMF.
I don't see webinstall.php on the downloads page... is there something I'm missing? Is webinstall still available?
thanks
-adam
It was removed some time ago. Aside from being flaky, it could leave your installation insecure by default.
Alright.
Thank you for the quick resonse
How come it's listed to use that as 'method 2' in the readme of smf_2-0-9_upgrade.zip?
Because someone forgot to update it?
Quote from: Arantor on December 19, 2014, 03:47:23 AM
Because someone forgot to update it?
I guess so :)
Just seems like if it was removed sometime ago it would be a good idea to remove it from release notes.
I was looking to see how to upgrade from 2.0 to the latest SMF when I read that in the notes and embarked on finding webinstall.php. I found it and was about to use it to upgrade when I read your answer here that it was flaky.
It was indeed removed some time ago.
Thing is, if you already got the upgrade package, you already have everything you need to upgrade.
Quote from: Arantor on December 19, 2014, 04:14:23 AM
It was indeed removed some time ago.
Thing is, if you already got the upgrade package, you already have everything you need to upgrade.
I don't do upgrades often so I'm always nervous of borking up my forums. So webinstall.php looked like a really easy way to make the upgrade happen. Since that's not available any longer I'll look around for some examples of doing it.
http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Main_Page
Actually, webinstall would have been a bad way for you to upgrade, since it would replace your files with fresh ones - if you're going from any 2.0 version from 2.0.0 up, you can do it without removing your mods.
Quote from: Arantor on December 19, 2014, 10:57:59 AM
Actually, webinstall would have been a bad way for you to upgrade, since it would replace your files with fresh ones - if you're going from any 2.0 version from 2.0.0 up, you can do it without removing your mods.
Thank you.
I love SMF, it's a great product and the price is unbeatable. It does get confusing with the upgrades though. It says in some instances (install packages) it will do what you just said above, remove your mods and install a fresh copy. I thought I had to do it that way because some of the mods I'm using might not work.
Quote from: Kindred on December 19, 2014, 06:39:27 AM
http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Main_Page
Thank you, I have been reading that :)
on thew wiki, look under PATCHING...
and no... if you patch, your mods will not be removed.
Only using the "large upgrade" archive/process will do that.
As for compatibility.... almost any mod designed for 2.0.x will work with any other version of 2.0.x