Question about upgrade

[kbalona]

I downloaded 1.3.7 to upgrade to (currently using 1.3.6) and since it's my first time upgrading I have question. In the upgrade instructions, it says to get a copy of the original Zen cart that you installed or last upgraded from. The very first time I installed Zen was with v.1.3.5, so does that mean I need a copy of 1.3.5? If so, where do I download it?
Maybe I'm mixed up. Hope someone can help me.
Thanks

[kobra]

What this refers to is before doing anything to your install...MAKE A BACKUP....or make a copy(backup) of the original Zen cart that you installed. ALSO MAKE A BACKUP of the DB before proceeding with any modifications. The actual recommended method has been covered many times but basically invloves creating another "test" install with its own DB, and only when this is 110% just like you want it do you make it the live site.

[afo]

You should be okay with a copy of 1.3.6. Basically, you want to compare any files you modified for your template with the newest version of ZC and make sure they're in synch. If anything's been added to the files with the latest release, you want to add them to your override files. It's not as difficult as it sounds. Follow the instructions and use something like WinMerge to do the comparisons.

Don't forget to backup your DB as well.

[kbalona]

Yes, I had already made backups. So it's not the a copy of my current installation that I run winmerge on, but a new, fresh copy of 1.3.6. Where can I get a new copy of 1.3.6?

[kbalona]

Nevermind, I found it on sourceforge.

[teriko77]

Did you get it for free?

[kobra]

Did you get it for free?

Zen Cart has always neen distributed Under the GPL license and there is no cost to download it, but this no cost is not FREE you should donate to support the continuation of the no cost download and the continued development.

[afo]

Yes, I had already made backups. So it's not the a copy of my current installation that I run winmerge on, but a new, fresh copy of 1.3.6. Where can I get a new copy of 1.3.6?

You don't really need a copy of 1.3.6. You have one that's your current site. Mostly, you should be comparing the changes you made to override files to the new versions of those files in 1.3.7.

[kbalona]

Ok, I'm having trouble. How am I supposed to know what is just plain code change in the new version and what is stuff that I changed? There's places where the new version has lines that the old one (1.3.6 AND 1.3.5) don't have. So if the new version has added lines the the olds don't, is that new code that is not to be deleted?

[Lala_G_Clef_Jewelry]

one thing i do so i know where i made changes in the files is put comments in as to what i made the change for like

/* lightbox info */

that way i know when upgrading that i added that line for lightbox... ect...