In a nutshell... you want to upload the files to the same spot where you first installed the IPB software into. We can't tell you EXACTLY where your files are uploaded on your website as it depends on your hosting provider and how they setup their server.
Here's a little more detail on the process to do a manual upgrade:
- Download the latest version of the IPB software from the client area. (If you had a legacy migration from another platform, you might need to also check the box to download the converters as well.)
- Extract that ZIP file that is downloaded. Inside of it will be all of the files related to IPB.
- Launch an FTP application of your choice and connect to your server.
- Find where your IPB files are installed on the server. (If you're using a server with cPanel, this is typically inside of the "public_html" folder.)
- Upload all of the extracted files up to your server. It will prompt you some of the files already exist and what do you want to do. You will select to OVERWRITE the existing file.
This process will take a little bit to do. Once complete, you will visit yoursite.com/admin/upgrade to kick off the upgrader. It will ask you to login with your ACP credentials and then walk you through the rest of the steps.
Please upload a fresh set of files from your client area. Once you have done this, complete the upgrade from /admin/upgrade . If you then still have further issues, please let us know.
