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nodle Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 So I installed 3.4.8 today and was able to do my importing from Xenforo today. I got everything setup and everything looks fine. I then moved the forum to the root and everything is ok. Now here is where I am confused. I went and downloaded the latest 4.0 from my Client area. Now it's basically a zip with another folder inside with numbers. Am I suppose to take all the files inside and over write all the old files? Or how do I exactly upgraded from 3.4.8. to the latest? I have ran the upgrade script and I am good to go, but I am just confused on where to put the files and then start the upgrade. Can anyone explain it a little more clear to me? Thank you!
m@t Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 You need just to upload the whole content of the ips 4 folder to your website and over write all old files - then start the upgrade script usefull is to check this guide: https://community.invisionpower.com/4docs/getting-started/upgrading-from-3x-to-40-things-to-know-r136/
Bluto Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 The guide is good. Follow the guide and make sure you do backups before doing anything.
nodle Posted November 17, 2015 Author Posted November 17, 2015 So take all the files and extract them and allow them to override all the files in the root? Is this correct?
m@t Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 Just now, nodle said: So take all the files and extract them and allow them to override all the files in the root? Is this correct? Yes but make backups of everything before, because 3.x -> 4.x is a big change
Ugur Kaya Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 9 minutes ago, nodle said: So I installed 3.4.8 today and was able to do my importing from Xenforo today. I got everything setup and everything looks fine. I then moved the forum to the root and everything is ok. Now here is where I am confused. I went and downloaded the latest 4.0 from my Client area. Now it's basically a zip with another folder inside with numbers. Am I suppose to take all the files inside and over write all the old files? Or how do I exactly upgraded from 3.4.8. to the latest? I have ran the upgrade script and I am good to go, but I am just confused on where to put the files and then start the upgrade. Can anyone explain it a little more clear to me? Thank you! First run IPS Database Converter after this step is done create a directory and move all files from your document root into it.Than move public,uploads and conf_global.php to your document root.Now you can upload all files from the zip archive and run admin/upgrade.
Bluto Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 2 minutes ago, Ugur Kaya said: First run IPS Database Converter after this step is done create a directory and move all files from your document root into it.Than move public,uploads and conf_global.php to your document root.Now you can upload all files from the zip archive and run admin/upgrade. That's included in the upgrade. You don't need to run that on it's own.
Ugur Kaya Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 After upgrade all avatars were gone for me i was able to fix it by running this via phpmyadmin. UPDATE core_members SET pp_photo_type = 'custom' WHERE pp_main_photo LIKE '%profile%' I recommend you to do the upgrade like i said and you should not override.
Bluto Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 Avatar issue has been fixed. I just did an upgrade last night. No need to run any avatar update in phpmyadmin.
Ugur Kaya Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 2 minutes ago, Bluto said: That's included in the upgrade. You don't need to run that on it's own. Yes i know both are the same.
Bluto Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 You're trying to tell him to do a step he doesn't need to do. He's obviously already having an issue not understanding how to upgrade.
nodle Posted November 17, 2015 Author Posted November 17, 2015 I moved all the files over and started the upgrade, and now I get this when I put my SQL info in. Do I have to create a new database or doesn't it just convert my old one? Quote There is already an IPS Community Suite installation in that database. Choose a different database or use a table prefix
Ugur Kaya Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 2 minutes ago, Bluto said: You're trying to tell him to do a step he doesn't need to do. He's obviously already having an issue not understanding how to upgrade. I explained him how he need to perform the upgrade with success like i did.He need to run IPS Database Converter by the way.It doesn't matter if he run it alone or with the upgrade wizard.
m@t Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 You have taken the script domain.com/admin/upgrade ? because normaly only install script ask for this info
nodle Posted November 17, 2015 Author Posted November 17, 2015 1 minute ago, m@t said: You have taken the script domain.com/admin/upgrade ? When I try to use the upgrade path I just get: Quote An error occurred (500 Error) We're sorry, but a temporary technical error has occurred which means we cannot display this site right now. You can try again by clicking the button below, or try again later.
Bluto Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 4 minutes ago, nodle said: I moved all the files over and started the upgrade, and now I get this when I put my SQL info in. Do I have to create a new database or doesn't it just convert my old one? You can submit a ticket in the client area and have IPS do the upgrade if you want. Might be easier for you. I believe it's free.
m@t Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 Ips 3.4.8 was working without problem? do you have moved anything from the 3.x files? They must stay where they have been before just over write with the 4.x files the not needed old folders after upgrade you can delete later from the website
nodle Posted November 17, 2015 Author Posted November 17, 2015 1 minute ago, Bluto said: You can submit a ticket in the client area and have IPS do the upgrade if you want. Might be easier for you. I believe it's free. Ya with an 8 day waiting period. Can't wait that long, my site is down at the moment. I don't get why this is so hard. Xenforo you just upload the files and start the script.
Ugur Kaya Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 Just now, nodle said: Ya with an 8 day waiting period. Can't wait that long, my site is down at the moment. I don't get why this is so hard. Xenforo you just upload the files and start the script. Can you check server error logs please ? There might be less memory or max execution time.
m@t Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 7 minutes ago, nodle said: Ya with an 8 day waiting period. Can't wait that long, my site is down at the moment. I don't get why this is so hard. Xenforo you just upload the files and start the script. With ips it is completely the same just upload and over write not moving anything - just making backups
Bluto Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 1 minute ago, nodle said: Ya with an 8 day waiting period. Can't wait that long, my site is down at the moment. I don't get why this is so hard. Xenforo you just upload the files and start the script. That's basically what you do here. Create a folder in your public_html directory called old348. Move all the old 3.4.8 files into the new old348 folder. Upload what is in the ipb[number] folder you downloaded into the public_html folder on your site. Move the config_global file, uploads, and public folder back from old348 folder the public_html folder. Run the upgrade from www.yoursitename.com/admin/upgrade. It will do everything else for you.
nodle Posted November 17, 2015 Author Posted November 17, 2015 Don't matter now looks like i really messed things up. Guess that means I have to re do everything now: Sigh Quote [17-Nov-2015 20:41:13 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Class 'db_driver_' not found in /home/mysite/public_html/ipb/admin/sources/base/ipsRegistry.php on line 2705 [17-Nov-2015 22:56:28 UTC] PHP Warning: require_once(/home/mysite/public_html/admin/sources/base/ipsRegistry.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/fluxoid/public_html/index.php on line 23
nodle Posted November 17, 2015 Author Posted November 17, 2015 15 minutes ago, Bluto said: That's basically what you do here. Create a folder in your public_html directory called old348. Move all the old 3.4.8 files into the new old348 folder. Upload what is in the ipb[number] folder you downloaded into the public_html folder on your site. Move the config_global file, uploads, and public folder back from old348 folder the public_html folder. Run the upgrade from www.yoursitename.com/admin/upgrade. It will do everything else for you. Thanks @Bluto this got me up and running again and I was able to upgrade, Thanks again sir!
Bluto Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 No problem. It's all in that guide linked above. If you notice a lot of spacing in your posts you might have to run this... see last post. I had too and gave some command line instructions on how to do it... if you have access to the CLI.
nodle Posted November 17, 2015 Author Posted November 17, 2015 The one thing I am noticing is that my quotes and links and image tags weren't converted over. Is this normal?
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