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kippa
Starting Member
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 Posted - 15 March 2005 : 11:51:38
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Hi ALL,
I being using v3.4.03 for 2 years, it run well. Now i plan to upgrade to the latest verion v3.4.05. My forums was installed with some adds on like Activer User, Avatar. Some body teach me how do i plan my upgrade? |
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Shaggy
Support Moderator
Ireland
6780 Posts |
Posted - 15 March 2005 : 12:05:42
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There's only one way to do it, I'm afraid; there's no "magic" solution for upgrading and keeping all your changes.
01) Shut down your forums and take a backup of your current files and database.
02) Unzip the 3.4.05 files into a new folder on your server (remembering to edit config.asp).
03) Run setup.asp to upgrade your database.
04) Test that all is in order.
05) Reapply your mods, including dbs files, testing as you go. If you feel confident enough working with Snitz you can do this step before uploading the files in step 2.
06) Delete the folder on your server containing the 3.4.03 files and rename the new one to whatever it was.
07) Open your forums.
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kippa
Starting Member
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Posted - 15 March 2005 : 12:10:51
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Thanks for you prompt response, i see a light in the tunnel :p.
Your approach make sense to me, i will try it at my local machine first. Hope it works for me :)
take a visit at my forum if you have time www.pitstop.com.my/forum/
Thanks a lot. |
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Shaggy
Support Moderator
Ireland
6780 Posts |
Posted - 15 March 2005 : 12:18:37
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You're welcome  The important thing is to take backups as you go, just in case you screw things up; that way you can roll back to the last working copy and try again.
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“I was having a mildly paranoid day, mostly due to the
fact that the mad priest lady from over the river had
taken to nailing weasels to my front door again.” |
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kippa
Starting Member
4 Posts |
Posted - 15 March 2005 : 12:49:15
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Shaggy,
Just visited your website, really cool.
Did you actually integrated your website database with the forum?
I am interested to explore this cause mine has never being integrated :p |
Edited by - kippa on 15 March 2005 12:49:47 |
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Shaggy
Support Moderator
Ireland
6780 Posts |
Posted - 15 March 2005 : 12:53:24
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I was going to say "Which site?", but that would have been a stupid question as both my sites run off the MEMBERS table (and more) of the Snitz database! It's not that difficult; once you're familiar enough with the Snitz database, it's easy enough to pull the information you need.
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Search is your friend
“I was having a mildly paranoid day, mostly due to the
fact that the mad priest lady from over the river had
taken to nailing weasels to my front door again.” |
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kippa
Starting Member
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Posted - 15 March 2005 : 13:00:05
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I knew it! That was what i am trying to do all this while, but i was too worry :p.
I will try to merge the members database, hope you don't mind be my teacher. Can i email you for help some time? :)
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Shaggy
Support Moderator
Ireland
6780 Posts |
Posted - 15 March 2005 : 13:07:00
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Merge the members database? As in you've got a seperate members database for the rest of your site? I'm not too good at doling out the advice on that, but I'll do me best. Only thing is, I don't provide help by e-mail, I'm afraid.
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