Question about upgrading

[waterbender]

Hi,

We have been planning to upgrade to the latest version. We think the developer might not have done it quite right. Most likely he has copied the existing site to a demo folder and then upgraded it to the latest version. We realised that he should have installed the latest version in the demo folder first and then carried over the customisation. We want to know if we are better off starting in a new demo folder again or trying to fix what he has done?

[swguy]

I'd suggest starting over. Most likely the number of file you changed in your cart is small compared to the number of core Zen Cart files which have changed. Start with the latest then bring your customizations over.

[dbltoe]

Excellent article at http://www.zen-cart.com/entry.php?3-...d-of-upgrading

[waterbender]

What is the difference between these two articles?
http://www.zen-cart.com/entry.php?3-...d-of-upgrading
http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?148

[DrByte]

Not much really. Just that people get scared because the 2nd one looks daunting. It seems most people just want to click a button and have the upgrade done for them, having been spoiled by Microsoft for too many years.
The 1st is just presented from a different angle, with a few tweaks that I've found make things go more smoothly and minimize risk of lost data.

Read and study both. It's all useful info.

[waterbender]

Hi,

Been trying to import the old database into the new database using phpmyadmin but because the file is very big, it keeps timing out with the message saying connection has reset. Any suggestion?