I posted a request for help in the Installation Troubleshooting forum, but I guess that was the wrong place, since I got no replies. Since then, however, I've learned what screwed up and am trying to fix it, but I still need some help.

In the readme.txt file of the Upgrade directory for this version, it says:

Quote:

Now this is not correct, is it? I mean, it is supposed to say to delete mainfile.php and the Install directory from the htdocs directory before uploading. Otherwise, you will overwrite your existing mainfile.php and crap out your existing installation, correct?

This is a test site, and I didn't back it up. Still, if I can avoid having to reinstall, that's what I would like to do. Anyway, going through this is helping me to learn more about Xoops, so I don't consider it time wasted. If this had been a production site, I would have backed it up, but I would still be disappointed at the erroneous instructions.

Anyway, I overwrote mainfile.php. I figured I could replace it with the same file from another 2.0.16 site and tweak it with proper info, which I did. Then I deleted the install folder and entered the address to upgrade/index.php in my browser. This time I got the upgrade choices page, but it thinks my installation is a 2.0.13 one. Here's what it says:


upd-2.0.13-to-2.0.14 Yes
upd-2.0.15-to-2.0.16 No
upd-2.0.16-to-2.0.17 No
Proceed to upgrade

So, why did this happen?

I see that you have been having issues. One of the "Core Devs Dave L" started a thread here for XOOPS 2.0.17.1 issues.

If you could post in this thread im sure you can get this fixed.