Post by zzzzzz2 » Sun Jan 28, 2018 5:10 am

hi all,

bit late but happy new year...

i would like to upgrade a client site from 2.1.0.2 to 2.3.0.2

can some kind person please give me some guidanc on how to do the upgrade... thanks

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Post by straightlight » Sun Jan 28, 2018 5:16 am

- Put your site under maintenance
- Make a full backup of the store and its database before applying any upgrades
- Uninstall all installed extensions, including themes, on the store - no exceptions
- Ensure each extensions, including themes, are compatible with the next version of OC
- Upload all new files on a separate folder of the store in the live server and import the live database in that separate folder
- Remove the live folder and rename the separate folder back to the live running folder of the store. Ensure to keep both config.php and admin/config.php files
- On the browser, run the upgrade
- Once the upgrade completed, remove site maintenance

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Post by thekrotek » Sun Jan 28, 2018 6:48 am

You really don't need this. There's nothing super important or really interesting in OC 2.3 besides new folder structure and a few crucial bugs, which you may encounter or may not. If your site works properly on 2.1, I'd recommend you to leave it as is.

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Post by straightlight » Sun Jan 28, 2018 6:52 am

Bug fixes have also been added on more recent version v2.x releases. v2.3.0.2 being the latest release, I am sure you will find the platform more stable than its prior releases.

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Post by zzzzzz2 » Mon Jan 29, 2018 9:21 pm

thanks to both of you guys... i think its important to have as much information as possible to make an informed decision.

I will do the upgrade next week probably if for no other reason than it is important to me to document and test a process: its educational and will help me in future.

thanks again guys, really appreciate it.

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Post by Rainforest » Wed Jan 31, 2018 1:37 am

I would recommend running the upgrade on a test server. That way, if something goes wrong, you can just delete and try again. I would never, ever, upgrade on a live server.

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Post by zzzzzz2 » Wed Jan 31, 2018 2:39 am

thanks for the tip but i always setup on test, then test, document then repeat in live....

learnt it the hard way...

but good advice regardless of how big the site is or how critical,,,

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