A little nervous before upgrade

marit · January 8th, 2006, 05:27 PM

Hello,

I'm currently running v 4.86 but I'm about to upgrade to v 5.21. I had a lot of server problems before Christmas, but I finally got moved to a bigger and more stabile server, so I'm sure everything's gonna be OK, but I'm still a little nervous. So if someone could tell me if I've got everything right before I start the upgrade, I'd appreciate it.

I'll do a back-up of the database and make a copy of the data folder on my computer. Then I will upload all the files, except the config-inc file (should I skip the config-int also?) and the uploads and data folders. Then I will run upgrade.php. But what will I have to do when I run upgrade.php? Will it upgrade from v 4.86 to v 5.21 by itself, or will I need to do something more when I hit this step? I'd appreciate if someone could please tell me what exactly I need to do when I get there.

I have about 10,000 pictures in my gallery now. It's not much compared to many galleries, but for me and my users it's a lot, and I would hate for something to go wrong, so that's why I'd like to be as prepared as I can for this upgrade (and I need to run it, because we are experiencing some bugs).

TIA!

~Marit

Chuck S · January 8th, 2006, 05:55 PM

Just make your backups and upload all files except the config file and run the upgrade script running every upgrade from 4.85 forward ONCE.

Thats it!

marit · January 31st, 2006, 04:23 PM

I'm finally ready to do my update (I have been putting it off for too long now). I'm running phpbb2 2.0.17. Do I need to upgrade my board first, or is it just in the newest version of PP the 2.0.18 issues exist? My upgrade will be from 4.86 to 5.21. I need to upgrade to 2.0.18, but I have to do it manually because I have a heavily modded board, so I'm hoping I won't have to do it right now (another big upgrade I have been putting off).

Don't know why I'm so nervous about this upgrade, becuse I edit files and do other upgrades all the time on my website... guess I'm just nervous about messing up all the pics.

Thanks again for all your help!

~Marit

Chuck S · January 31st, 2006, 04:49 PM

You would need to upgrade your phpBB board first and then upgrade Photopost

Just make sure to do backups before upgrading

marit · January 31st, 2006, 05:02 PM

Thank you! I will do both tomorrow