Upgrade 5.5 to 8.23

[forddoctor]

Been far too long since I installed my PhotoPost without updates. I am upgrading from 5.5 to 8.23 and have two questions. I have re-read the installation instructions...

1. Are there any foreseeable problems upgrading 3 version levels?
2. I see an install.php and an upgrade.php however there is nothing in the instructions concerning an upgrade procedure versus the installation procedure. What is the proper procedure for UPGRADING?

[Chuck S]

1. Nope you would just upload all the files and run the required upgrades one at a time.

2. The upgrade documentation is in the upgrade text document under the documentations folder of the downloaded code.

[forddoctor]

Found it. Thank you, I overlooked that folder.

BTW my compliments on the software as it has been running flawlessly for the last five years without an update patch or tweak!

[Chuck S]

Not a problem looks like though it was a good idea to upgrade looking at your mysql and php versions.

[forddoctor]

Yes, there were many "depreciation" warning messages displaying. I am having to correct some style and display problems that have cropped up since the upgrade though. No big deal as it will give things a refreshed look.

[Chuck S]

Yeah well depending on your integration type and what issues you have you can post but for instance like in the release notes if you use a standalone photopost style you can not use old styles you must delete your stylesheets directory and use the new stylesheets. If your using a forum integration and using some old style there can be issues with style mapping to older code so it all depends.

An answer all depends on your issue. I was sure when reading your php version you had to be getting deprecated errors since that old code was not designed to run on PHP 5