upgrading from 5.5 to 5.6
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Once the new 5.6 is released, will it be an easy switch between 5.5 to 5.6, I am new to 5.5 and have upgraded versions of different CMS's and just wondering if it is just downloading the new version, and then dropping it over the old ones. Obviously backing up db and previous files.
complete backup of the database and all files before hand.
With this version we are taking more license to change things for the
better at the expense of things working exactly the same way. For
example, I just had a chat with Andrew about the punky nature of the
Form block's html output (it's tables.) Andrew would love to have it
spit out some more modern code, but in the past we've been trained by
the support needs of the community to touch as little as possible.
Even if something could be better, one has to weigh that against the
pain of change. With this version we're going to try to swing the
pendulum a little back in the other direction. So for this case we
will likely make the default code the Form block presents the better
code we'd like, and then include a custom template you can turn on to
make it behave the old way if your current design depends on it.
Decisions like that may lead us to release a security update to 5.5.x
in addition to a full 5.6 release - although I'm not sure we will have
to yet, that was discussed as a good way to keep everyone happy.
best wishes
Franz Maruna
CEO - concrete5.org
http://about.me/frz