Simple Machines Community Forum

How do i do this?

and is it easyly enought

will i lose anything?

Easy enough really   ;)

Grab a 2.0 RC4 large upgrade zip from the downloads page.

Save it to your desktop and unzip it.

Use all the files it contains to overwrite the files on your server via your ftp client.

Then run the upgrade by typing in your address bar

http://yoursitesname.com/upgrade.php

That's it basically, all  you will lose are mods.

BACKUP YOUR DATABASE FIRST !!!

Hey Paul,

I followed your notes and got this error below ?? its on a test forum so
no harm.

[ The upgrader was unable to find some crucial files.
Please make sure you uploaded all of the files included in the package, including the Themes, Sources, and other directories. ]

Lainaus käyttäjältä: netshaq - joulukuu 09, 2010, 02:48:58 IP
Please make sure you uploaded all of the files included in the package, including the Themes, Sources, and other directories.

and did you?

I did, maybe I should un install the mods first ??

thanks

all mod CODE will be replaced when you upload the forum files.
There is no need to uninstall mods before a major upgrade, although you will have to reinstall mods after the upgrade.

Lainaus käyttäjältä: netshaq - joulukuu 13, 2010, 12:19:17 IP
I did, maybe I should un install the mods first ??

thanks

Overwritting your files with the files from the RC 4 package should uninstall the mods automatically. I think that maybe your Ftp program dropped some files during the transfer. The message did not say what files the upgrader was not able to find?

Did you upload them using Filezilla, by any chance?

Welcome back, Cicka!

Lainaus käyttäjältä: K@ - joulukuu 13, 2010, 01:26:07 IP

Welcome back, Cicka!

Thank you K@. It feels good to be back :)

It's a joy to have your face looking at me, again. ;)

yes , filezilla I am uploading now.

I am not using the root directory
so my upgrade link would be www.example.com/example/upgrade.php
right ??


Thanks Alll :)

Page Not Found

We cannot locate the page you're looking for. Please check the address and make sure all letters are lowercased with no spaces. You may also move to a different page by using the links in the menu bar above.

link I tried was
http://example.com/test/upgrade.php


urgh :(

is that the actual url of your forum installation and is upgrade.php present in that location?

netshaq...

I'm just about to go to bed.

But, if you want me to have a look at your site, to see if I can figure-out what's happening, PM me the URL to your site and your FTP login details. I'll check it out, in the morning, if you like.

Before you do that, though, please read this:

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=87130.0

ok, thanks

Cheers :)

Upgrade completed and looking good!

Good work K@ :)