I am happy to stick with 1.3.8a, it works but must I upgrade?

[amdowney]

I have a smallish site that runs on 1.3.8a since 2008 with a Zipskin and a number of mods including an old SEO urls BETA mod which I finally got working well along with an old protx direct mod which does the job with sagepay!

It was hacked once a couple of years back (I think PHP4 and incorrect permissions were to blame for a basic hack) but since runs on PHP5 with correct permissions and have renamed the /admin and it has been fine for a while.

I fear that upgrading will screw my mods up up and cause more headache than necessary. I am thinking if it aint broke don't fix it

What do you think? Am I asking for trouble?

I have daily backups, if it does get messed up again then I could restore and finally upgrade?

[Donal]

I have a smallish site that runs on 1.3.8a since 2008 with a Zipskin and a number of mods including an old SEO urls BETA mod which I finally got working well along with an old protx direct mod which does the job with sagepay!

It was hacked once a couple of years back (I think PHP4 and incorrect permissions were to blame for a basic hack) but since runs on PHP5 with correct permissions and have renamed the /admin and it has been fine for a while.

I fear that upgrading will screw my mods up up and cause more headache than necessary. I am thinking if it aint broke don't fix it

What do you think? Am I asking for trouble?

I have daily backups, if it does get messed up again then I could restore and finally upgrade?

Short answer YES UPGRADE!

Am I asking for trouble

yip

It's your customers security that you are risking not just the hassle of rebuilding your site

[kobra]

What do you think? Am I asking for trouble?

There are several vulnerabilities in your version that are widely know in the hacker communities

Do not upgrade at your own risk

[amdowney]

Thanks - and have you any knowledge on SEO URLS 3.0 BETA and Protx Direct v2.6.2. I guess I would have to install new, paid-for alternatives?

Or does any of this come as part of 1.3.9h?

[Donal]

Thanks - and have you any knowledge on SEO URLS 3.0 BETA and Protx Direct v2.6.2. I guess I would have to install new, paid-for alternatives?

Or does any of this come as part of 1.3.9h?

sorry but no, the only thing I would say in regard to seo urls is maybe you would like to read this

but thats a whole new topic