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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. | ||
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- | === Know === | ||
- | * Access to your web server (via shell, cPanel, DirectAdmin, Plesk or FTP) | ||
- | * An FTP client such as [[https://filezilla-project.org|FileZilla]] | ||
- | * Your Web browser of choice | ||
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- | === 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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- | ===== Video ===== | ||
- | (Coming Soon) | ||
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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. | ||
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- | ===== 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====== | ||
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- | **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.** | ||
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- | * 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 | ||
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- | * Run the upgrade script at http://www.yourdomain.com/upgrade or http://www.yourdomain.com/index.php/upgrade (without mod_rewrite) |