Posted on: 04/04/06 05:02pm
By: viasoul
I'm running a fairly succesful site: (http://southeastmx.com) and I am still using the orginal install that Fantastico created for me which is 1.3.11sr1.
I really want to update the system but I'm REALLY paranoid that I'll screw something up and loose the site. The site has barely gotten it's legs underneath it so if it went down it would really screw me up.
Just how hard is it to upgrade? Is it very risky? Also for some reason, the database backup feature included in GL has never worked for me so I'm not really clear on how to make a restorable backup of the site as it is.
I welcome your advice.
Need advice
Posted on: 04/04/06 05:18pm
By: Dirk
To be blunt: At the moment, your biggest risk is to get hacked if you don't upgrade to 1.3.11sr5 ASAP. Grab the
combo update[*1] and upload the new files - no database or theme changes required (fixing the path to config.php in lib-common.php first, of course).
Before you upgrade to 1.4.0, you should really get the database backup working or find some other way to make a backup of your database. That would also enable you to set up a test site locally or under another URL and try things out there.
bye, Dirk
Need advice
Posted on: 04/04/06 05:56pm
By: beewee
Your cPanel allows you to make a database backup
Need advice
Posted on: 04/05/06 08:43am
By: viasoul
Thanks guys.
Beewee, where is that backup feature and is it an easy restore if needed?
Dirk, I've just downloaded the combo update and will have that installed shortly.
Thanks again!