XOOPS: XOOPS 2.5.3 Final Released
Posted by: trabisOn 2011/10/4 0:10:00 28563 readsThe XOOPS Development Team is pleased to announce the release of XOOPS 2.5.3 Final.
In addition to bugs fixed in 2.5.2, this release is reverting fix for bug ID: 2672723 (Changed the code in Install to omits the SQL command: "ALTER DATABASE ... CHARACTER SET ..."), which was impacting new installations.
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System requirements
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PHP:
Any PHP version >= 5.2 (PHP 5.3+ is strongly recommended)
MySQL:
MySQL server 5.0+
Web server:
Any server supporting the required PHP version (Apache highly recommended)
Downloading XOOPS
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Your can get this release package from the Sourceforge repository.
There are .zip and .gz archives provided.
Installing XOOPS (new installation) ----------------------------------- 1. Copy the content of the htdocs/ folder where it can be accessed by your server 2. Ensure mainfile.php and uploads/ are writable by the web server 3. For security considerations, you are encouraged to move directories "/xoops_lib" (for XOOPS libraries) and "/xoops_data" (for XOOPS data) out of Document Root, and change the folder names. 4. Make the directory xoops_data/ writable; Create (if not already present) and make the directories xoops_data/caches/, xoops_data/caches/xoops_cache/, xoops_data/caches/smarty_cache/ and xoops_data/caches/smarty_compile/ writable. 5. Access the folder where you installed the htdocs/ files using your web browser to launch the installation wizard You can also check out the detailed Installation Guide and the Operations Guide Installing Protector in XOOPS ----------------------------------- We also highly recommend the installation of the PROTECTOR module which will bring additional security protection and logging capabilities to your site. Upgrading from a previous version ----------------------------------- Upgrading from 2.5.2 to 2.5.3: If you have a fresh install of 2.5.2, you should reinstall it. If you have only updated an existing XOOPS installation, you should just use the files from the update package "xoops2.5.2-to-2.5.3", and copy them over. Upgrading from 2.5.1a to 2.5.2: 1. Get the right update package from the sourceforge file repository 2. Overwrite files in XOOPS directory on your server with the content of /htdocs * make sure that you copy the content of /xoops_lib to whatever directory you keep it on the server now (it should be your current XOOPS_TRUST_PATH directory), then delete the /xoops_lib directory. There can NOT be two directories with the content of /xoops_lib 3. Update the "System" module from the modules administration interface. Other modules, especially "Profile", "PM", and "Protector" are recommended to update as well Upgrading from previous versions older than 2.5.0: 0. Verify the system requirements, in particular the version of PHP. Backup your XOOPS database and site directory. (There are several ways to do these actions, which are discussed elsewhere.) Turning your site off is optional. Change the permissions on mainfile.php and /include/license.php to be writable, for example: File Normal For upgrade mainfile.php 400 700 /include/license.php 444 777 Get the correct update package from the SourceForge file repository. 1. In the upgrade package folder, move the "upgrade" folder inside the "htdocs" folder, if it's not already there. Remove the install folder from the "htdocs" folder, if it's there. Remove the mainfile.php file from the "htdocs" folder, if it's there. If you've moved the xoops_data and xoops_lib folders outside your site's root directory, move these folders out of the "htdocs" folder in the upgrade package folder. 2. Delete the /modules/system directory on your current XOOPS site (to get rid of any old unnecessary files). 3. Overwrite the files in the XOOPS directory on your current XOOPS site with the content of "htdocs" folder of the upgrade package. (There are several ways to do this action, which are discussed elsewhere.) As noted above, if relocated, overwrite the files in your current xoops_data and xoops_lib with the content of those in the upgrade package. 4. If you have Protector previously installed, open the "mainfile.php" file , and remove the Pre-check and Post-check lines (if they exist): include XOOPS_TRUST_PATH.'/modules/protector/include/precheck.inc.php' ; include XOOPS_TRUST_PATH.'/modules/protector/include/postcheck.inc.php' ; 5. At your site's address (URL), login as administrator. Access