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Eluzion
URGENT - Think I destroyed my site (trying to upgrade)
  • 2006/11/6 21:01

  • Eluzion

  • Just popping in

  • Posts: 44

  • Since: 2005/2/14


So I downloaded the latest version of XOOPS and followed the readme.txt file in the Upgrade folder. The instructions are:


Upgrade script instructions
--------------------------------------------

- Unzip the package
- Upload the *CONTENT* of the htdocs directory to your XOOPS root directory
- Upload the upgrade *FOLDER* inside your XOOPS root directory
- Login as an administrator
- Point your browser : /upgrade/
- Follow the instructions
- DELETE THE upgrade FOLDER YOU JUST UPLOADED TO YOUR SERVER !!!

I did exactly that and when I try to access the upgrade folder, it redirects to upgrade/install/index.php which doesn't even exist. Now when I try to access the website, it is bringing me to the install XOOPS wizard.

Did I just ruin the entire website? I need to get this back up and running asap. ;/ Any help would be great. Thanks.

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Bender
Re: URGENT - Think I destroyed my site (trying to upgrade)
  • 2006/11/6 21:08

  • Bender

  • Home away from home

  • Posts: 1899

  • Since: 2003/3/10


From which version did you try to upgrade to which version?

2.0.x to 2.0.15?
Did you use an update package or the full version?
Did you upload without overwriting mainfile.php?
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Eluzion
Re: URGENT - Think I destroyed my site (trying to upgrade)
  • 2006/11/6 21:17

  • Eluzion

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  • Since: 2005/2/14


I think I used the full version. I downloaded the latest XOOPS version off the main page and saw the upgrade folder inside it. I read and followed the instructions thinking that was to upgrade. I just noticed the update files are on the sourceforge website.

I was going from 2.0.13 I believe to 2.0.15.

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Eluzion
Re: URGENT - Think I destroyed my site (trying to upgrade)
  • 2006/11/6 21:29

  • Eluzion

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  • Since: 2005/2/14


Is there a way to use my existing MySQL db on a new XOOPS install? ;/

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jdseymour
Re: URGENT - Think I destroyed my site (trying to upgrade)

Check your mainfile.php, make sure you have the proper paths and database settings set in that file.

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Eluzion
Re: URGENT - Think I destroyed my site (trying to upgrade)
  • 2006/11/6 21:34

  • Eluzion

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  • Since: 2005/2/14


It was completely rewritten because I was an idiot and uploaded the full install version of xoops...

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jdseymour
Re: URGENT - Think I destroyed my site (trying to upgrade)

Check your PM, I can help

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Arowana
Re: URGENT - Think I destroyed my site (trying to upgrade)
  • 2006/11/6 21:46

  • Arowana

  • Friend of XOOPS

  • Posts: 323

  • Since: 2004/8/6 2


u do have a back up of your entire site right?

First rule ALWAYS do a COMPLETE back up of your ENTIRE site BEFORE you take step one of your upgrade.
Arowana

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Eluzion
Re: URGENT - Think I destroyed my site (trying to upgrade)
  • 2006/11/6 21:50

  • Eluzion

  • Just popping in

  • Posts: 44

  • Since: 2005/2/14


Unfortunately, no. I wish I did... sigh.

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jeffgr
Re: URGENT - Think I destroyed my site (trying to upgrade)
  • 2006/11/6 22:16

  • jeffgr

  • Quite a regular

  • Posts: 263

  • Since: 2004/2/22


you might still be able to recover some or most of your files, depending on what has been overwritten...

if you were using a theme that you had to download and then upload to your site from elsewhere, then it is probably still in your themes folder, as it wouldn't have been overwritten.

if you were using a clone of your original templates, they may still be in the templates_c folder...just download the whole thing

if you haven't overwritten the database, try a tool like phpmyadmin to back up your database...

download everything in the modules folder as well...

then you can just delete all your old files, upload the latest xoops, install it, upload your old theme and set it as active, upload and install your old modules from scratch, just leave the ones that don't work for now, then upload and see if you can get your templates clone to work, set the clone as the default...then try and reinstall the db with phpmyadmin...

you can download phpmyadmin here:

http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

it's not as hard as it looks to back up a db...search for tutorials on the web on this...

but, all that said, there may be another way to continue with the site upgrade that doesn't require you to do this...

hope that is some help!

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