Where to start for upgrade???

[swantonm]

Hi, have no idea where to start to upgrade. help????

[mc12345678]

Hi, have no idea where to start to upgrade. help????

Hi, well first off, would say that you've taken a good first step. Now, for some good reading.

I expect Dr. Byte in his eternal helpfulness will swing by and amplify/assist in anything to be said. This can be a very good thing. :) he wrote some guidance: http://www.zen-cart.com/entry.php?3-...d-of-upgrading that when followed makes the process rather easy and BEST of all keeps your existing site functional... Please, don't try to beat the process, don't try to cut corners... I expect that you are an intelligent individual or why else would you be using Zen Cart.

Come back and ask questions... Someone here will be glad to help as able.

[swantonm]

OK Thank you for your reply. It's just a bit daunting!!! Better start reading!

Hi, well first off, would say that you've taken a good first step. Now, for some good reading.

I expect Dr. Byte in his eternal helpfulness will swing by and amplify/assist in anything to be said. This can be a very good thing. :) he wrote some guidance: http://www.zen-cart.com/entry.php?3-...d-of-upgrading that when followed makes the process rather easy and BEST of all keeps your existing site functional... Please, don't try to beat the process, don't try to cut corners... I expect that you are an intelligent individual or why else would you be using Zen Cart.

Come back and ask questions... Someone here will be glad to help as able.

[mc12345678]

OK Thank you for your reply. It's just a bit daunting!!! Better start reading!

Certainly feels that way, I know.

I don't want to make light of what is described (which also provides some information about why things are done the way they are), but it's a rather straight forward process from the big picture side.
I'll be honest, I'll probably muck up the description of the steps, but the way I look at it, build the site elsewhere, prove that the upgrade process works, make the new site be the new site...

Things to have on hand:
A backup copy of your live site
A backup copy of your site's database
A copy of an unmodified version of ZC (www.zen-cart.com/getit)
A good ftp program.
A file comparison tool such as winmerge or Beyond Compare
Access to your cPanel (or equivalent)
A new database at your host (mySQL)
Knowledge of your DB_PREFIX from (includes/configure.php)
How to upgrade your version of PHP on your host
Information applicable to the issues already identified with the version to which you are upgrading. Ie. ZC 1.5.4:http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.p...s)-with-v1-5-4 as you are likely to have to apply the "patches" to support upgrade using at first PHP 5.2.17.
And lastly chocolate chip cookies as I hear they are the best kind of cookie and go well with milk. :)

[swantonm]

Ok MC12345678 thank you for all your info! Including the cookies!!!!

[mc12345678]

Ok MC12345678 thank you for all your info! Including the cookies!!!!

Quite welcome. Btw, short story about the cookies. One zenner asked a question similar to what kind of cookies does ZC use? One somewhat late punchy night one of the more jovial zenners humourously responded: chocolate chip with other detail about how good they were and actually asked a serious question to get back on track. Needless to say the original poster had obviously had a stressful day and went on to express their frustration and if I remember correctly didn't answer the question asked. Anyways, my point: it will get stressful, there will be moments of misunderstanding, at times one might feel helpless. In the end though? Running a business... The hard work will bring in sales... Sales will mean you can get more cookies.