Upgrading from 5.5

Corporal Joined: May 29, 2003 Posts: 52 Location: UK

Hello all, I'm on a bit of an information gathering excercise at the moment in preperation for upgrading from 5.5 to 6.5

Here's a few things from searching these forums that I think I should do...

1 ) Back up EVERYTHING
2 ) Upload all files from 6.5, overwriting existing 5.5 files
3 ) Upload the upgrade5.5-5.6 file
4 ) Point browser at upgrade file
5 ) Upload the upgrade5.6-6.0 file
6 ) Point browser at upgrade file
7 ) Upload the upgrade6.0-6.5 file
8 ) Point browser at upgrade file

Questions...

1 ) Themes: What about exisiting 5.5 themes, I have made quite a few modifications to my 5.5 thems, will these work, or do I need to modify them, or is it best to start them again

2 ) My EGallery: The only addon module I use to great extent is My EGallery, will all existing media and comments still be in place? and will exisiting 2.7.9(pipboy) version work with 6.5

3 ) When upgrading how can I display something to users saying "The Website is being upgraded at the moment, please come back later" or similar message

4 ) Forum: I use the default forum which came with 5.5 (Splatt?) will the topics and messages be carried over into the new PHBB forum or will I have to do something else for this to happen?

Have I missed anything? or got anything wrong? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks

Joined: Jan 31, 2004 Posts: -88

1. There will be modifications needed to be made for the themes to work properly wiht nuke 6.5 due to the change in the PHP-Nuke copyright line and the way it works.

2. Download the newer My_eGallery port from our downloads section and use that.

3. create a file called index.html that contains whatever you want (write it in html). This should override the index.php file.

4. I think, but I'm not sure, that the upgrade scripts will transfer the forum data, but you might need to use an importer (chatserv has posted a link to one somewhere)

AI

Corporal Joined: May 29, 2003 Posts: 52 Location: UK

Cheers for that AI

Anyone know what I need to change in my themes? I've read that I have to change the unames/usernames bit, what else is there?

I've been looking for the forum importer but can't find it at the moment, am still looking though! anyone??

Thanks

JC

General Joined: Mar 22, 2003 Posts: 5233 Location: USA

Get the upgrade Perl scripts here http://gaylenandmargie.com/public/downloads/phpBBforums2nukeforums_6.5.zip

Corporal Joined: May 29, 2003 Posts: 52 Location: UK

Thanks Raven, this is the convertor for the Splatt Forum which is shipped with 5.5?

General Joined: Mar 22, 2003 Posts: 5233 Location: USA

Sorry!

Corporal Joined: May 29, 2003 Posts: 52 Location: UK

Still no luck finding the script or importer for the Splatt Forums

Do I need one though?

Has anyone gone from 5.5 with to 6.5 and kept their forum posts from the original Splatt forum?

JC

Corporal Joined: May 29, 2003 Posts: 52 Location: UK

Can I check with anyone (AI?) about the My_eGallery...

When I upgrade do I just overide all my current MEG (2.7.9) files with the new 6.5 port?

Or is there an upgrade procedure?

Cheers

JC