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upgrading from very old version
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 3:28 pm
by dksreeder
Hello, I haven't upgraded in forever, I am running v.o.7 -beta 3. It has always worked fine for me, but I'm figuring I might be vulnerable to hacking. Can you walk me through how to upgrade? I'm also not sure if I should upgrade to 1.3 or 1.4. Thanks in advance.
Re: upgrading from very old version
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:05 pm
by garvinhicking
Hi!
Okay, this should only prove some work if you created your own template. If you use a stock template or are willing to update to a new look/template, you shouldn't have problems at all.
1. Make a Backup! Backup both your Database as well as all files. Better safe than sorry.
2. Upload the new serendipity release to your host (I suggest to use 1.4-beta, that's quite stable and you'll benefit from less bugs).
3. Go to your blog admin panel, you should see the upgrader that now performs DB updates. Make sure that your serendipity_config_local.inc.php is writable for PHP, then execute the update and all should be fine.
4. If you face any trouble, feel free to come back here. The most usual problems are: Missing write privileges, missing MySQL ALTER TABLE privileges, missing files from the official release (make sure your FTP client uploads all files) and at last, if you ran your own template, you must remove any "layout.php" files inside the template directory.
Check
http://www.s9y.org/63.html for reference. The most "important" update happened from 0.7 to 0.8 so there are a lot of files that will get removed.
HTH,
Garvin