How bad will it be?

Looks like I'm out of date..

How bad is it going to be to upgrade from V 1.3.0.1 to the new 1.3.7???

DanAllkins:

Looks like I'm out of date..

How bad is it going to be to upgrade from V 1.3.0.1 to the new 1.3.7???Generally not too bad as long as you aren't using lots of add-ins, haven't customised the code excessively and have used the over-ride system wherever possible. Nothing like the challenge of upgrading for 1.2.x to 1.3.

we have a few add-ins like the royal mail plug in, but we didn't use the override system so our template is the default template with a few pages with eddited code, but not to much, and we are using the default CSS files :(

No matter. It's not too late. I recommend using a file comparison tool like WinMerge (open source) to compare your current site files with a clean download of 1.3.0.1. Then separate out the changed files to create a template. It's a bit of extra work, but at least you will know where you stand and be well set up for this and future upgrades.

No worries,

I just did that exactly on a site. I went from 1.3.0.1 to 1.3.7 and it went well. I did do some custom coding and overwrites, and I was finished in one hour total.

What I did was put it in a sandbox first, make an sql backup of old site, added that to the new sandbox site, and then traced down the custom overwrites I did in my original folder.

Sorry... whats sandbox?

just a seperate folder

As Merlin says, a separate folder, where you can play around, or as we grown-ups like to call it, test.

I get you now. haha

As I have backed up the 'live' database' when I restored it do I have to put the new store 'offline' then restore it?

its ok... found my answer for the database in the FAQ... I'll keep you posted if I need help...

Cheers guys

Dan

Ok... done everything as stated in
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=108

but onc I have updated the database I get these errors:

SKIPPED: Cannot insert configuration_key "DEFINE_PAGE_NOT_FOUND_STATUS" because it already exists
SKIPPED: Cannot insert configuration_key "DEFINE_PAGE_NOT_FOUND_STATUS" because it already exists
SKIPPED: Cannot insert configuration_key "DEFINE_PAGE_NOT_FOUND_STATUS" because it already exists
SKIPPED: Cannot insert configuration_key "DEFINE_PAGE_NOT_FOUND_STATUS" because it already exists

Any idea why?
But I am able to log in to the admin page ok, so should I be worried about these warnings?

Cheers
Dan

The reason for these "errors" is exactly what they say. They're more "information" than errors and they're perfectly normal. Don't worry about them - they're just telling you that the upgrade has passed on some steps, because they weren't needed.

Oh excellent, cheers Kuroi the rest of you... great help.

Cheers
Dan

I've upgraded to the latest zen cart.
The stor loads with my database, I can log in to the admin screen, but when I click on 'Configuration' I get 404 page not found, any ideas?

I have reinstalled it again, but still get the same result?

Cheers
Dan

Can you give us the full text on the 404 page. And is this on your live site or in your sandbox?

this is my sandbox..
the error is as follows:

This error (HTTP 404 Not Found) means that Internet Explorer was able to connect to the website, but the page you wanted was not found. It's possible that the webpage is temporarily unavailable. Alternatively, the website might have changed or removed the webpage.

For more information about HTTP errors, see Help.

Did you copy all the files from your live site then upgrade? Or did you do a clean install and then transfer and upgrade the database only?

Clean install and then upgrade the database

Is your admin/alt_nav.php file present and correct? What happens when you hover over configuration instead of clicking on it?

admin/alt_nav.php is there and when I hover over configuration I get a drop down menu with all the normal contents, just just if I try and click on ANY of them if gives me the 404 error. All the other menus work fine.