Upgrading Atahualpa from one release to another

gmr1970 · #1 Sep 10, 2009, 07:23 PM

Hello,

Will I lose any of my setting when upgrading from version 3.4.1 to 3.4.2?

Is it recommend to upgrade or should I stick with version 3.4.1 until 3.4.3 gets released?

Thanks in advance

-- Gabriel

juggledad · #2 Sep 10, 2009, 07:27 PM

No you won't lose anything. You can even have both releases in the themes folder (just make sure that the folder has a diferent name, call one atahualpa341 and the other atahualpa342)

I recommend 3.4.2

gmr1970 · #3 Sep 10, 2009, 07:34 PM

Wow! Thanks for the quick response!

gmr1970 · #4 Sep 10, 2009, 08:14 PM

I don't want to create two folders for Atahualpa. I would like to have only the latest version.

Do I have to upload all the files and folders to the Atahualpa folder on my server, overwriting the existing ones?

-- Gabriel

juggledad · #5 Sep 11, 2009, 07:12 PM

Yes you must upload the entire contents. Remember to backup any images you put in images/header

jeepsdad · #6 Dec 19, 2009, 09:04 AM

Question -- when updating manually is there anything special I must do or will my existing settings remain in place even though I am replacing files???

Thanks for clarifying

juggledad · #7 Dec 19, 2009, 10:51 AM

All your setting are stored in teh DB. My method of upgrading is to download the theme to my computer and unzip it. I then name teh folder with the release number (ie atahualpa344). I copy in all the images I'm using and then upload the folder to the themes directory.

At this point you will have two versions of the theme in the themes folder and you can swap back and forth to make user everything looks correct, before getting rid of the old cop of the theme.

Make sure to look at all teh locations in the theme where you may have specified the path to an image and adjust it to the new name of the theme (ie atahualpa344)