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    Default Upgrading from 1.38a to 1.50

    I have my live site using 1.38a and read many posts about the old version will get hacked as time passes. Because of this, I created a testsite foler to install a 1.50 upgrade. I installed the same mods with the exception of:

    1.38a: Captcha installed (not in 1.5 upgrade)
    1.50: Testimonials Manager installed (did not use it in 1.38a)

    This is where I am confused as I want to have the catergories and products to have the same id #'s as the urls that are indexed by google would otherwise be wrong. I read this tutorial at http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?...ith-phpmyadmin. It explained the backup and restore database options but wanted to know if I have to reinstall TEstimonials Manager, since it is in the database before I restore the old database.

    Hope that was not confusing.

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    Default Re: Upgrading from 1.38a to 1.50

    Best to add your "new" addons *after* you've done your upgrade.

    And, since you're talking about upgrading a site that's presently live, you probably want to minimize the downtime, so I suggest you consider the thoughts I offer in this post:
    http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showth...02#post1094802
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    Default Re: Upgrading from 1.38a to 1.50

    Quote Originally Posted by DrByte View Post
    Best to add your "new" addons *after* you've done your upgrade.

    And, since you're talking about upgrading a site that's presently live, you probably want to minimize the downtime, so I suggest you consider the thoughts I offer in this post:
    http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showth...02#post1094802
    Thank you, I got read the steps but confused on couple of them as shouldn't I be just moving the subfolder over to the root? Its easy for me to start from scratch and install a fresh copy of 1.5 to my subfolder and then move over the database to the new subfolder install. After this, I would install all mods. Would I then be safe to move the whole subfolder to the root and move the old store from root to subfolder. All this keeping in mind to adjust the 2 config files. Would this work also

    So, simply upgrade your live shop (since it has the most current data) (THIS IS *AFTER* YOU'VE BUILT AND TESTED YOUR "TEST" 1.5.0 SITE IN PREPARATION):
    a) put your live shop down for maintenance
    b) backup your live database for safekeeping
    c) replace all the php files/folders/images/everything with the new files (except the configure.php files which stay the same)
    I thought the 2 config files for 1.5 had changes as a renaming of the admin folder automatically changes the config files. I know in 1.38a I had to manually change both sides, the folder and the config line

    d) run zc_install and choose database-upgrade
    e) re-do any admin settings relevant to the new setup (since you took notes while you did any additional customizing in your temporary 1.5 site)
    f) turn off down-for-maintenance
    g) do a test transaction to be sure checkout works
    h) Do another backup of everything for peace-of-mind.
    Take a deep breath.

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    Default Re: Upgrading from 1.38a to 1.50

    Quote Originally Posted by grantopt View Post
    Thank you, I got read the steps but confused on couple of them as shouldn't I be just moving the subfolder over to the root?
    Well, you *could* do that, but then you'd lose all the data in your live store.
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    Default Re: Upgrading from 1.38a to 1.50

    Quote Originally Posted by DrByte View Post
    Well, you *could* do that, but then you'd lose all the data in your live store.
    The only important data I need are the products, categories, options attributes, and reviews. I don't use the checkout system witin zencart but rather GCO, CBA and PP. So orders and customer info are not needed.

    So this leads to my initial question on can I follow the backup and restore database steps in the tutorial. Or is their an additional step I need to make this work.

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    Default Re: Upgrading from 1.38a to 1.50

    But ... reviews are tied to customers and if you delete your current database and replace it a week or two later with the backup you made from before starting your upgrade, then you will have lost those reviews (and the customers whom you say are not important to you).

    Forgive me for being brief, but I've read and responded to too many posts of people wanting to do something different than what's been proven to work well.
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