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HI Guys,
Hope you all have been well.
I am looking to upgrade a couple of carts from 1.5.4 to the new 2.1.0
There are a lot of items in this cart used as a showcase mostly for costume rentals.
It has been a long time since I upgraded a cart and looking through the forum links I am having a hard time finding a set if instructions best for the upgrade.
Can one of you provide me with a good link for this project? I really don't want to have to reload all these costumes by hand again I think there are nearly 300 and that does not include the Mascots page.
costumeandbridalbarn.com is the web site if you want to take a look. And of cores any advice is always very much appreciated.
Thanks you,
Mark :smile:

Two routes:

Database only:
https://docs.zen-cart.com/user/upgrading/db_only_upgrade/

Full:
https://docs.zen-cart.com/user/upgrading/detailed_upgrading/

Your store is quite old so database only might be the way to go. Good luck!

Yeah, and that stirling_grand template will need replacement.

HI Swguy,
Well I gave it a try. Must of did something wrong, ended up with a clean install and data base. Anyway to fix or pull the stuff in from the old data base now that it been installed?

Did you load your backup database into the blank database?

Hi, Yes, or I thought I did. I'm guessing I did not do something right. Been a long time since I updated a zen-cart so I might of forgotten something along the way. but I did back them up to a backup drive besides my download folder. You know what they say , use it or lose it.

HI, So is it to late to fix this? I must of made a mistake in moving/uploading the data base. Suggestions on how I might do this or do I need to start from scratch and hope I do not repeat the same mistake. Just might since I'm not sure where I went wrong.
Thanks,
Mark :smile:

Best you do it once again, exactly following the docs.
If you still had issues you could write them.

@maperr5, using phpMyAdmin (or similar)

• DROP all the tables in your updated site's database.
• IMPORT the backup you made of the original, non-upgraded site's database into the upgraded site's database.

Re-run the zc_install process. You should be given the opportunity to select an 'Upgrade' as opposed to a fresh install.

... and if you don't see an Upgrade option (only "Clean Install"), see this help page:

https://docs.zen-cart.com/user/upgrading/installer_no_upgrade/

lat9:

@maperr5, using phpMyAdmin (or similar)

• DROP all the tables in your updated site's database.
• IMPORT the backup you made of the original, non-upgraded site's database into the upgraded site's database.

Re-run the zc_install process. You should be given the opportunity to select an 'Upgrade' as opposed to a fresh install.

HI Folks, hope your Christmas was grand.
Have a little time to work at this now The holiday has passed. This suggestion appears to have worked thought it appears I am missing a few things but that can be remedied. A couple of questions if I may.
First is it was suggested I replace this. Yeah, and that stirling_grand template will need replacement. Can you suggest a template that is similar to the stirling_grand it was.
Second; what re-captcha mod should I down load and add? I see right now there is none on the contact page.
Thanks for all your help and time.
Mark:smile:

I updated Recaptcha long ago, but it's only on my Github.

There's the Bootstrap template...

I'm currently combing through the Wokiee template (and posting fixes/changes in a private Github) and despite being a beast of code, it's ok: only one core file overwrite which I've removed. I'll be opening a thread on it presently.