Upgrade problem 4.0 to 5.2

[VW Derf]

I'm in the midst of upgrading to the lates version when I ran into some problems with permissions on the upgrade to 4.8. The end result was duplication was added to the names in the database. ie the names are stored as:

202752027520275187.JPG

rather than 20275187.JPG (20275 is inserted an extra two times).

Also the script did not create all the correct new thumbnails in the right spots. I assume the thumbnails and such can all easily be re-created so the big thing is removing the two extra username ids on the picture names.

Also what is the best way to update the old links? Is there a script out there to make all the med and thumb pictures links to the sub directories to keep old links alive?

Thanks,

Fred

[VW Derf]

Well, I restarted from scratch and things went better this time.

However I have one question. Has anyone made any redirect scripts or soft links to keep the old links alive?

[VW Derf]

One more question. In 4.0 I allowed PDF files to be available. I added this to the multimedia variable in pp-inc.php, but now I don't have an option to download the pdf file and the thumbnails are not working. Below is the line I updated:

elseif ( stristr($bigimage,".wmv") || stristr($bigimage,".mpg") || stristr($bigimage,".avi") || stristr($bigimage,".doc") || stristr($bigimage,".xls") || stristr($bigimage,".pdf") ) {

Thanks for any advice.

Fred

[Chuck S]

Hello you dont edit code.

You would in Upload Options place pdf as an available multimedia type.

Second there is no way to keep old links above without some fancy mod rewrite or either going in and changing the links in your database.