what version I have of 7.6 and upgrade instructions

Worker Joined: Dec 22, 2004 Posts: 135

(sorry in advance for long post)
I know I'm using version 7.6, but it was so long ago and I've gone through so many fixes, I don't remember if I have a patched version of 7.6 and I need to know this before I patch it up to 3.1.

1 - Anyone have a good idea how I can find out?

2 - Is there a way to just apply the patch without knowing the version I have?

3 - I was told it wouldn't hose my files, but I see there are language files in the install... I should not install those if I have customized lagnuage files, correct?

4 - Are these instructions still valid?
http://www.ravenphpscripts.com/postt6707.html

All I have is a folder with 76patched by chatserv and this is the last line in the readme.txt file:
/* 12/07/04 - Version 2.8 Released

Here's what I plan to do, I think this is correct from what I have read):
1- upgrade BBtoNuke up to 2.1.7. (forums will stop working temporarily)
2- Uninstall Sentinel 2.1.3
3- Install 3.1 patch
4- install latest Sentinel
5- redo all core changes by hand that were necessary for my addons

Any problems seen with that??

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:28 pm

You shouldn't have any problems, do make a file and database backup beforehand, and you are running version 2.8

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 8:17 am

what version of BBtoNuke does 2.8 carry? My forum admin page says phpBB 2.0.1 and under that it says BBtoNuke 2.0.7. Which forum update should I start with and finish with (knowing that I will be upgrading to 7.6 version 3.1)?

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:57 am

Save this as version.php, upload it to where mainfile.php is and point your browser to it:

Code:

<?php


include("mainfile.php");


global $db, $prefix, $admin, $sitename;


if (is_admin($admin)) {


$sql = "SELECT config_value


   FROM ".$prefix."_bbconfig


   WHERE config_name = 'version'";


if (!($result = $db->sql_query($sql)))


{


   die("Couldn't obtain forum version info");


}





$result = $db->sql_query($sql);


$row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result);





$sql2 = "SELECT Version_Num


   FROM ".$prefix."_config";


if (!($result = $db->sql_query($sql2)))


{


   die("Couldn't obtain nuke version info");


}





$result2 = $db->sql_query($sql2);


$row2 = $db->sql_fetchrow($result2);


include("header.php");


title("$sitename: Version Check");


OpenTable();


                echo "<center>Your Current <b>BBtoNuke</b> version is <b>2" . $row['config_value'] . "</b> And your <b>PHP-Nuke</b> version is <b>" . $row2['Version_Num'] . "</b></center>";


CloseTable();


include("footer.php");


} else {


    echo "Access Denied";


}





?>