Good Morning Team,
Reading through loads of docs, and there seems to be a contradiction of how to upgrade, So I thought I would come and ask the team, first problem you say disable board with .htaccess file, great what goes in it please..
I have uploaded the 1.8.4 version to the Upload folder
Now if I run
http://xxxxxxxxx/bboard/Upload/install/upgrade.php it gives an error
if I run
http://xxxxxxxxx/bboard/Upload/install that works but it appears to be a new install wanting all database info again. Can someone put me right please....
All the best from Alan
Thank you for helping, have put the 2 error lines below,
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Warning [2] require_once(/home/xxxxxx/public_html/bboard/Upload/inc/db_.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory - Line: 66 - File: install/upgrade.php PHP 5.4.25 (Linux)
Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required '/home/xxxxxx/public_html/bboard/Upload/inc/db_.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/xxxxxx/public_html/bboard/Upload/install/upgrade.php on line 66
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bboard is a folder where all the original bb files are, with the INSTALL folder deleted as requested by the software.
The docs say install all the files from the new package 1.8.4 to a folder called upload in the root of the bb.
I hope I have answered your questions...
Thanks again for helping all the best from Alan
contents from upload folder of the install package should be uploaded to root folder of your MyBB files server
you can move all contents in Upload folder to its higher level folder (bboard)
and run the upgrade script by visiting ~/bboard/install/upgrade.php
Mmmm let me test my understanding of what you said please...
for making life easy, delete the upload folder
place the new files 1.8.4 OVER the old files (1.6) in bboard folder
Is that correct please....
All the best from Alan
(2015-05-20, 01:19 PM)stewartrose Wrote: [ -> ]for making life easy, delete the upload folder
place the new files 1.8.4 OVER the old files (1.6) in bboard folder
exactly... the 1.8 files go in the
same folder as 1.6 files.. in other words, the current 1.6 files must be
overwritten with the 1.8 files...
Edit: delayed response
yes. you can delete the contents in Upload folder & transfer files by overwriting earlier files in bboard folder
or you can also move contents from Upload folder to bboard folder
One last point if you don't mind, is there a database and settings file I need to backup first...
All the best from Alan
^ yes, its better to take database backup & copy ~/inc/config.php file and ~/inc/settings.php file
Thank you very much, my BB is now at 1.8.4
Great support thank you again..
All the best from Alan