Any document to upgrade to 8 from 7.1

[PurpleCow]

Hi,

Do we have any document to upgrade from 7.1 to ver 8 ??

Or do i just overwrite all the files and then point the browser to my domain, it should start working ?

Also, i do not want to overwrite my templates...is that okay ... i would like to know how much has been modified in html templates section in ver 8 compared to ver 7.1 ???

Any other changes needs to be made, before, i run the upgrade ??

Thanks for any help.

Cheers

[garvinhicking]

http://www.s9y.org/63.html

[Jacob Emcken]

http://www.s9y.org/63.html

I have read through the documentation provided on the link but I find it difficult to understand. First it speaks of the following directories:
templates_c, archives and uploads
But I can only find templates_c after unpacking the tar-ball... where are the others?
Nor can I find the files .htaccess and serendipity_config_local.inc.php.

Later... (this seems to be the info I'm looking for?)
What do you mean by "unpack it to your existing folder"?
Should I override my existing files?
When I do with a normal un-tar, none of my exsisting files are saved like uploads etc so it is somewhat like new installation all of a sudden.

I have also unpacked the dir ind my exsisting folder /weblog so the unpacked files are in /weblog/serendipity.
Nothing reminding me of an update function says hello when I enter the admin panel

Where am I doing things wrong... besides from everywhere

[garvinhicking]

You need to overwrite all your Serendipity files. So unpack all your files where your old ones were. Like put index.php where your former index.php was, serendipity_admin.php where your former serendipity_admin.php was. Then you will see the ugprader when entering your blog.

Somewhere you NEED to have a serendipity_config_local.inc.php file. Without it, no Serendipity installation would work. As well as with the "upload" folder, you need to have it somewhere, else you could't use the image manager.

Best regards
Garvin

[PurpleCow]

Can i upgrade to ver 8 without actually overwriting the existing templates ?? will it affect anything.

After upgrading, I will actually make the necessary changes comparing the templates. Would that be fine ??

Thanks

[garvinhicking]

You should overwrite existing templates as we have introduced the Smarty templating. Your own templates should not be affected, since you have put them in your own subdirectory, right?

You should never edit existing serendipity themes, always create your own ones by copying the files and then editing the styles; this way you can safely overwrite any serendipity files.

Regards,
Garvin

[Guest]

Actually, I had modified the default itself in my old installation. I think, i will do what you suggested now in your previous post. I wish i knew this earlier or applied some of mind before doing it.

Any other suggestions ?

Thanks