Pre Install Procedures For UPGRADING
Version 6.15, Version 6.2xx upgrading to 6.4xx.
Make sure your upgrading the same version, for instance a 6.2 pro to 6.4 pro.
IMPORTANT: Make a back up of all your information pages, polices pages, terms pages etc to a .txt document or html file.
Make sure you have made a complete back of your entire site, using a ftp program or your hosting control panel. Also, back up your current database and save it to your local computer.
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Step 1: Make a complete back up of your current images folder, and save it to your hard drive (desktop).
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Step 2: Using your FTP program, browse to your templates folder and click to view the files inside.
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Step 3: Once your in the templates folder, download your current template and save it to your computer.
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Step 4: Log into your current sites admin (the one not upgraded) and goto configuration>site maintenance.
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Step 5: Click the edit button, and place your store into maintenance mode "true"
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Step 6: Next goto Design Controls>InfoBox Configure
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Step 7: You will want to disable the information table infobox, by pressing the "red" inactive icon.
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Step 8: Make sure your template has the pages.php in the boxes folder, follow the path below.
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Step 9: Make sure your template has the pages.php in the boxes folder, follow the path below.
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Step 10: Make sure your template has the pages.php in the boxes folder, follow the path below.
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Step 11: Make sure your template has the pages.php in the boxes folder, follow the path below.
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Step 12: If your site does not have the pages.php file, goto /templates/default/boxes/ and copy that file, then go back to your /templates/your template/boxes/ and copy that file to that location. Follow steps 12, 13, 14 and 15
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Step 13: If your site does not have the pages.php file, goto /templates/default/boxes/ and copy that file, then go back to your /templates/your template/boxes/ and copy that file to that location. Follow steps 12, 13, 14 and 15
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Step 14: If your site does not have the pages.php file, goto /templates/default/boxes/ and copy that file, then go back to your /templates/your template/boxes/ and copy that file to that location. Follow steps 12, 13, 14 and 15
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Step 15: If your site does not have the pages.php file, goto /templates/default/boxes/ and copy that file, then go back to your /templates/your template/boxes/ and copy that file to that location. Follow steps 12, 13, 14 and 15
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| Step 16: Your template will also need the /templates/content/pages.tpl.php file. To copy this file you will/may have to copy it from the cre63_ats template below. Follow the path outlined below. |
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Step 17: Copy this file from the stock cre63_ats template to your /templates/your template/content/ folder. Your template may not be using a content folder, so just make sure that you have that file in the /content/ folder. It may be this path /templates/content/pages.tpl.php or this path /templates/your template/content/pages.tpl.php
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After all of the above is done, goto your new site (the upgrade side ....www.yoursite.com/new/) and use your FTP program, and upload the saved images folder from your backup in step1 and also upload your template to the new side from steps 2 and 3.
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