upgrading howto

New Member Joined: Oct 21, 2003 Posts: 12

Hello,
I auto-installed nuke 5.6 from cPanel on my hosting service. I would like to upgrade to nuke 6.9 for the added security and functionality of it. I am having difficulty finding a tutorial on how to upgrade. I am not that worried about losing data because my site is new but I am interested in learning the upgrade process.
Like a typical noob, I downloaded the 6.9 tar and am ready to upload the files but I am not sure where to put certain files. I get a list of over 1100 files in 6.9, and I know they go into certain folders like the ones I have on my /www folder:

/admin
/blocks
/images
/includes
/language
/modules
/themes

I uploaded the upgradexx-xx.php file and clicked it and it said it upgraded my site but I know it didn't because I hadn't uploaded any other files yet.

Questions:
1. If I am on 5.6, can I upgrade directly to 6.9? If not, what are my steps?
2. I have 1100+ files listed in 6.9, where do they go when I upload?

Thanks in advance for the help.

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Aug 27, 2002 Posts: 17088

Here's what I would do.
Make a note of your config.php settings.
Delete all files from your nuke directory.
Correct the 6.9 config.php file for the correct settings to your database.
Upload the 6.9 files to your web root directory.
Change the file permissions on modules/Forums/images/avatars to 777.
Drop your nuke5.6 database.
Create a new nuke6.9 database.
Using phpMyAdmin, select the new database.
Select the SQL window.
Select the Browse button to point to your PC location of the nuke6.9 sql folder and select nuke.sql file.
Click the Go button.
Point your browser to http://yoursite.com and you should have a site!

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 5:05 pm

There is no organization in the files hence there is no /modules directory. Do I have to organize all the files into their proper directories?

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 5:14 pm

If you use a program like winzip, it ill unzip all the files into their proper folders. Then just ftp them all to your site.

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 5:17 pm

I am using winzip and it does not put them in their separate folders. Does it matter where I dl the file from? I am getting it from :

http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/phpnuke/PHP-Nuke-6.9.tar.gz

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 5:19 pm

winzip handles tar.gz files. It will untar it and then should ask if you want it unzipped. You can get the zipped one from my site with many fixes already applied. That might be easier.

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 5:21 pm

Scratch my last, I fixed that part.

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 6:49 pm

Okay, so far so good, I guess. Fought off one error with a post on nuke cops, and now onto the next one. Now I am receiving this error when I try to populate the mysql database with the nuke.sql file:

NSERT INTO nuke_bbranks
VALUES ( 1, 'Site Admin',
INSERT INTO nuke_bbranks
VALUES ( 2, 'Newbie', 1, 0, 0, 'modules/Forums/images/ranks/1star.gif' )

MySQL said:

You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'INTO nuke_bbranks VALUES (2,'Newbie',1,0,0,'modules/Forums/imag

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 7:51 pm

Sounds like you may have a problem with the --- comments maybe? Why don't you get the files from my site and drop your database and start that over using my nuke.sql?

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 2:33 pm

Raven,

Got your files, install went great, the .sql file uploaded no problem. Now when I point my browser to www.mysite.com I am receiving this error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: message_die() in /home/mosey/public_html/db/db.php on line 88

I checked this file and on line 88 there is not much, only } if I remember correctly. What am I missing?

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 2:47 pm

That's an easy one Smile

. Your config.php file is not set up correctly. The MySQL parameters are not correct.

Client Joined: Jul 18, 2003 Posts: 977

darn and I was just about to help with this one... Wink

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 2:54 pm

Hah, nailed it. You/I fixed it right up. Thanks!