unable to upgrade from 5.4.2.2
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i can't get a reply to post so i will try now to start a new thread. First is my reply and following is the referenced post:
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i've been hanging in the wings to hear of a resolution to the php upgrade by machwy that put down these sites and mine. HAVE ANY OF YOU FOUND A RESOLUTION? :) i'm also running 5.4.2.2 for site dayacheson.info and do have full backups and am considering attempting a cpanel upgrade to a newer version. has anyone had success yet with this plan? upgrading through the versions slowly? upgrading directly to 5.6.1.2? all responses welcome!
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Unable to upgrade from 5.4.2.2
August 21, 2013 at 2:33 PM Permalink
Machighway support cant't seem to help me decipher the instructions on this pagehttp://www.concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/developers/update-ve...
which they sent me. My site is down due to an incompatibility with the version of concrete5 that I am using - 5.4.2.2. I can't get to the Dashboard. Can someone please, in plain and simple steps, tell me how to move forward and get my site back up. I am using cPanel X. Thank you!
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i've been hanging in the wings to hear of a resolution to the php upgrade by machwy that put down these sites and mine. HAVE ANY OF YOU FOUND A RESOLUTION? :) i'm also running 5.4.2.2 for site dayacheson.info and do have full backups and am considering attempting a cpanel upgrade to a newer version. has anyone had success yet with this plan? upgrading through the versions slowly? upgrading directly to 5.6.1.2? all responses welcome!
referenced post:
Unable to upgrade from 5.4.2.2
August 21, 2013 at 2:33 PM Permalink
Machighway support cant't seem to help me decipher the instructions on this pagehttp://www.concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/developers/update-ve...
which they sent me. My site is down due to an incompatibility with the version of concrete5 that I am using - 5.4.2.2. I can't get to the Dashboard. Can someone please, in plain and simple steps, tell me how to move forward and get my site back up. I am using cPanel X. Thank you!
I have recently done this for a site from c5.4.2.2 to c5.5.2.1 to c5.6.1.2. I have not personally done such an upgrade to c5.6.2.1, but in theory that should work.
Don't forget to make a full database and files backup before starting the upgrade process. My Backup Voddoo addon works that far back. http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/backup-voodoo/...
Also manually check through all your addons to make sure they are compatible with each version you will be upgrading through.
Its usually best to swap to a default theme during the upgrade and to temporarily remove any overrides, so removing any theme and override issues from the process.
If your site is anything other than straight forward, I strongly advocate testing the upgrade process on a clone, or ideally upgrading a clone and swapping them when done. See http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/developers/organise-...