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Upgrading mooSocial

Upgrading mooSocial is even a simpler process than installing. There are a few things you need to know and do before the upgrading process.

Know

  • Access to your web server (via shell, cPanel, DirectAdmin, Plesk or FTP)
  • An FTP client such as FileZilla
  • Your Web browser of choice

Do

  • Download the latest release available of mooSocial
  • Unzip the downloaded file on your hardrive
  • Make sure to backup your files and database before upgrading
  • It is recommended that you create a mirror site then do the upgade there first. Once everything is ok, proceed to upgrade the live site.

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File Upload

Upload te mooSocial file to the desired location on your web server

  • If you want to install mooSocial into the root of your domain (e.g. http://example.com/), move or upload all contents of the unzipped mooSocial directory (excluding the mooSocial directory itself) into the root directory of your web server.
  • If you want to have your mooSocial installation in its own subdirectory on your website (e.g. http://example.com/moosocial/), create the blog directory on your server and upload the contents of the unzipped mooSocial package to the directory via FTP.

Note: If your FTP client has an option to convert file names to lower case, make sure it's disabled.

Installation Wizard

Run the mooSocial installation wizard by accessing the URL in the web browser. This should be the URL where you uploaded the mooSocial files (Ex.http://example.com; http://example.com/moosocial)

Step 1: Setup MySQL Database ========== Upgrading mooSocial

Please make sure to backup your files and database before upgrading your site! It is recommended that you create a mirror site then do the upgade there first. Once everything is ok, proceed to upgrade the live site.

  • Download the latest version of mooSocial in the client area
  • Extract the zip file and upload all files to your server so that the new files overwrite the existing ones
how_to/upgrade_moosocial.1416564314.txt.gz · Last modified: 2015/08/24 01:13 (external edit)