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#1   05-15-2008, 05:48 AM
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Advice on upgrading


Hi guys

I have got vbulletin 3.6 am thinking of upgrading to the new version 3.7, but have got loads of modifications installed, ie the arcade vbseo, petz and a few others, what would u recommend i do this these if i should upgrade, turn them off ? uninstall them and reinstall ? or just upgrade and see what happens ?

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#2   05-15-2008, 06:16 AM
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Re: Advice on upgrading


Most of them work just fine in vB 3.7, and some have already been updated for it.
My suggestion: Do a full back-up (DB & files) and upgrade. The odds are very high that everything works out just fine.
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#3   05-15-2008, 06:36 AM
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#4   05-15-2008, 03:35 PM
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Or you could create a test forum and upgrade that to see if everything will go ok.

You can find out how to create an exact duplicate of your main board here...

Step by Step: Create a test forum based on a 'snapshot' of your live one - vBulletin Community Forum
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#5   05-16-2008, 05:25 PM
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The test forum suggestion is a good one.

Make a list of the add-ons you're using and then visit vB.org or (wherever you picked them up) and see what kinds of updates are available. That will give you an idea of what you might be up against, before you pull the trigger.
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#6   05-16-2008, 07:30 PM
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Most of them should work in vB 3.7, I would upgrade and then check if there are any new vB 3.7 versions, the codebases are the same.,
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#7   05-16-2008, 08:56 PM
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Re: Advice on upgrading


Having just upgraded a few days ago... What I did was made a 1:1 copy of my working forums (files AND database) and made a test environment. I then logged into test and turned modifications off via includes/config.php
(add:
Code:
 define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);
directly under <?php.

Then, logged into testboard admincp and made a list of what was installed then uninstalled all plugins. After that, I then uploaded the vB3.7 core files to overwrite existing files and ran the upgrade script.

Once upgrade was completed, I reverted all templates and adjusted new user permissions and activated/disabled new features. Once 3.7 was running find as a 'stock' forums, I went back to my list and installed my modifications one by one testing each to ensure that they worked with the new system.

Once I was happy with the outcome, I rm -rf the testforums directory and closed live boards down for upgrade. Repeated the steps above to ensure I had a current copy of files/database and once everything was running happily, I changed /forums/ into /forumsold/ and /testing/ to /forums/ and turned the board back on.


This may sound convoluted and a long drawn out process but over the years, I found that reinstalling from scratch this way prevented any 'artifacts' laying around from the upgrade process and addressed any changes in the template engine from breaking the boards after upgrade. Starting from fresh vB core files, I was able to ensure that the mods that were installed were using the right hooks and wasn't leaving junk laying around to clutter up the place.
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#8   05-17-2008, 05:33 AM
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Hi there

Thats a bit beyond me, i am no expert at stuff like this, i muddle thru really lol, presumably i will lose any changes to some of my template pages, as ive edited the code to show pets on peoples profiles etc, so presumably i will have to add all this again

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#9   05-17-2008, 06:17 AM
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Depending on what hacks you have and what templates you need to edit, you will need to revert LOADS of templates when going to vB so, yes, presumably you will have to readd most of your template edits
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#10   05-18-2008, 06:04 AM
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Re: Advice on upgrading


Thanks again, i still havent upgraded just yet, but am making sure i know what i doing before i try it lol, some good help in the vbullitin help files as well.

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