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   1  Upgrading a site from a previous version of siteseed:
   2  
   3  - backup the entire site directory
   4  - make a database dump (i.e. mysqldump -p databasename >site.sql)
   5  
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   7  
   8  - Make a fresh install
   9  - Adjust config.php to your needs (i.e. do not just overwrite the data
  10  with your old config.php! New data appears on that file and it´s very easy
  11  to miss changes!)
  12  - place your backups oh .htaccess & .htpasswd in place
  13  - overwrite the new "images" directory with your backup.
  14  - run bo/setup.php (it will upgrade your project database to new
  15  structures/tables).
  16  
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  18  
  19  IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG?
  20  
  21  - drop the new database; 
  22  - create the database with the project name
  23  - import the dump (i.e. mysql -p data < site.sql)
  24  - place your old directory in place
  25  - hit the mailing list with reports and wait for help.
  26  
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  28  
  29  USUAL MISTAKES
  30  
  31  - not making a a backup of your site directory and just overwriting it
  32  with the new version of siteseed... 
  33  - deleting the backup of the old site directory before a few days of
  34  testing a new version...
  35  - not making the SQL dump before a upgrade.
  36  - deleting the dump before a few days of testing the new version...
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  39  
  40  WHY SHOULD YOU BE CAREFULL?
  41  
  42  - Siteseed is under development. Database structures AND the PHP files
  43  mays change (name, location and content). A SQL dump and a backup of a
  44  previous version allow you to actually get back to a working system. It
  45  takes a couple of seconds to do both. You may loose a lot of work if you
  46  don´t.
  47  
  48  - bo/setup.php changes the databases content when you upgrade. It is
  49  possible that an upgraded site appears to run well when in fact it is
  50  not. Make sure you run bo/setup.php after an upgrade (it will output
  51  nothing if no upgrade is needed or change structures to the new version)..
  52