Serious updating required - Which direction?

Regular Joined: Dec 28, 2004 Posts: 94

Hi, I wonder if any could give me a little............. direction Smile

I have PhpNuke 7.4 installed with, what I believe from the readme, patched to 09/19/04 - Version 2.6.

Also Sentinel 2.1.3

and many Mods inc CNB Your Account 750_440

All is of coarse working fine, I think I seriously need to upgrade to 3.1 and 2.4.1 though.

Can anyone suggest a good way of upgrading both packages?

Do I de-install sentinel up-grade Chatserv then re-install the new sentinel package...............?

Any guidance most appreciated

TTFN

Trub

Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:33 pm

As a heads-up, always do your "Patched" updates FIRST.

Then do the NukeSentinel 2.4.1 upgrade.

Don't forget to perform the CORE_FILE_EDITS in NukeSentinel.

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:00 am

Cheers for the info m8.

One last thing, would I need to un-install sentinel completely first inc db tables? or manually update to 3.1 then do a progressive update of sentinel to 2.4.1?

or just update to 3.1, uninstall 2.1.3 and install 2.4.1?

Cheers again

Trub

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:24 am

This (to some) is a debatable issue.

I say that as someone that was of the Sentinel 2.1.3 church, only to have issues with the upgrade process.

In my particular Nuke Scneario, I had issues with upgrading directly from 2.1.3 to 2.4.1 which in the end became fairly frustrating. I ended up uninstalling (running the uninstallation file removes all of the tables from the database) and following the original 2.1.3 directions (in reverse) to find and remove all of the references in my files.

I then performed a fresh installation of the lastest version.

In your case, I would probably recommend the exact same scenario only because when you run the "Patched" Update, you are going to be wiping out some of your file edits used to run the legacy version of Sentinel.

Rather, Patched 3.1 files include core file with some of the edits already incorporated for working with NukeSentinel 2.4.1.

My personal recommendation would be as follows:

1) go to your forums administration screen and note your CURRENT forums version.
2) Visit NukeResources and obtain the BBtoNuke Updates. Remember these must be performed incrementally unlike nuke "Patched" Updates.
For instructions on this process, please see: http://www.ravenphpscripts.com/posts5790.html
continue on with the process that I outline in that forum post with the latest 2.0.16 and 2.0.17 updates:

BBtoNuke 2.0.15 -to- BBtoNuke 2.0.16 - http://www.nukeresources.com/download-file-1039.html

BBtoNuke 2.0.16 -to- BBtoNuke 2.0.17 - http://www.nukeresources.com/download-file-1053.html

Please note that while your forums will stop working effective the 2.0.15 update, that does not hurt anything, it is normal. You forums will start working again after the latest "Patched" update....

3) Upload the files and run the latest "Patched" revision for your version of nuke from NukeResources.com. This will automatically fix all files with the appropriate revisions including updating all corresponding forums files.
NOTE: If you lose right blocks in any module after running the latest "Patched" update, that is okay as it is a "Feature". To re-establish right blocks, simply open the index.php of any module in question and after the:

Code:

if (!stristr($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'], "modules.php")) {


    die ("You can't access this file directly...");


}


require_once("mainfile.php");

Simply Add:

Code:

$index = 1;

This will restore right blocks to that module.

4) Install NukeSentinel 2.4.1 as a "fresh install"

5) Do NOT forget to perform all of the "CORE_FILE_EDITS" included with NukeSentinel. Read all of these that correspond to your version of Nuke carefully.

6) Done.

Hope this helps.
Steph

registered · Site Admin Joined: Jun 04, 2004 Posts: 6437

This should be a sticky - very detailed and thorough (and definitely not surprising- thanks Steph!).

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:46 pm

Steph your a star!!!

I had a feeling that was the way ahead but was hoping it was just an easier step.

My own fault for not continually updating Smack

Thanks for this walkthrough m8. I totally forgot about the forum updates as well.

Looks like I better find a spare weekend lol.

Thanks again m8 and yes I'd sticky this, I surely can not be the only lazy admin on the block Confused

TTFN

Trub

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:03 pm

Steph

If I wished to update to 3.1 by manually editing all of my files would I need to also do this progressively?. 2.6 - 2.7, 2.7 - 2.8 and so on, instead of uploading the 3.1 patched files?

Lots of work but I have also made many edits to many of these files that I would need to do again.

Cheers m8

Trub

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:39 pm

"Patched" updates are all inclusive. Meaning, you just upload the lastest files and run the updater program.

If you have modded your core files with extensive hacks, this can be a problem in that applying the fixes is not that straight forward if you are going to mod the fixes by hand. It will take a lot of time to get from point a - to - point b if you need to edit everything by hand.

You should be very careful to get all of the new fixes from patched in there. In many cases, it's actually easier to simply upload the patched update and then go back and add-in your mods by hand. The reason being is that the instructions for the mods are always consistant and in applying them, you'll at the same time see the core changes that are part of patched.

This way you are ensuring that all of the fixes are actually applied. It obviously depends on how much you've modded your core code.

Steph

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 6:06 am

Extensively Modded m8.

I've compared the 3.1 Patched files with my current ones. EEEeek.

I've done a complete backup so I'll bite the bullet and patch-up.

It sounds pretty sad but I'm even starting to get the shakes with the thought of this..... Shocked

lol

If you see a multitude of crying icons across the WWW you know who's been posted posting lol

Thanks again for the info m8.

Trub

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:51 am

Hosed me webby Crying or Very sad

Back to the start Crying or Very sad

Trub