Question about upgrade

04 Jan 2007, 23:59

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Question about upgrade

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

05 Jan 2007, 02:54

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kobra

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Re: Question about upgrade

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.

05 Jan 2007, 04:19

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Re: Question about upgrade

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.

05 Jan 2007, 11:07

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Re: Question about upgrade

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?

05 Jan 2007, 11:58

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kbalona

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Re: Question about upgrade

Nevermind, I found it on sourceforge.

05 Jan 2007, 13:54

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teriko77

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Re: Question about upgrade

Did you get it for free?

05 Jan 2007, 16:58

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Re: Question about upgrade

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.

05 Jan 2007, 17:10

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Re: Question about upgrade

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?

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.

06 Jan 2007, 02:08

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kbalona

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Re: Question about upgrade

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?

06 Jan 2007, 02:40

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lala_g_clef_jewelry

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Re: Question about upgrade

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...

06 Jan 2007, 04:37

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Re: Question about upgrade

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 has an excellent suggestion, but that's not likely to help you right now.

Concentrate on files you changed to create your template. Anything that's in 1.3.7 that's not in an earlier version should be added to your override file of the same name.

Did you add any mods? If not, there shouldn't be too much you have to do. I went from 1.2.7 to 1.3.6 and then upgraded the 1.3.6 to 1.3.7. I don't remember changing a whole lot going from 1.3.6 to 1.3.7.

06 Jan 2007, 15:34

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kbalona

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Re: Question about upgrade

Thanks for the suggestions. One more question, about my custom template, do I have to move the template folders from 1.3.6 directory to the new version's folders before I upload the new version?

07 Jan 2007, 01:36

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kbalona

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Re: Question about upgrade

Well I successfully upgraded! It wasn't as scary as I had though. Thanks for all the kind help!

07 Jan 2007, 05:14

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Re: Question about upgrade

kbalona:
Well I successfully upgraded! It wasn't as scary as I had though. Thanks for all the kind help!

I knew you were making things more complicated than necessary because I do the same thing myself. I'm glad you got it sorted. :D