Upgrades complete
Submitted by Comyn on Sun, 02/11/2007 - 11:49am
Upgraded to Drupal 4.7.6 (from 4.7.5) for security fixes. This is what I did for next time I have to upgrade and I forget:
- Took a complete backup of everything in the tdbcelts directory:
tar -cvzf tdbcelts.org *
Then I downloaded that for safe keeping. - Used phpmyadmin to grab a gzipped copy of the tdb database also. Downloaded that as well.
- Obliterated the entire live directory (except for the very large files and images directories), and put an index.html file in there to replace the index.php file for a service message. I also had to remember to back up the .htaccess file, since that is what lets the URL rewrite work so the URLs don't look like ass.
- Uploaded the new version (4.7.6) tar file.
- Created a new database, called tdb476 and uploaded the backup database into that, this using phpmyadmin.
- Changed the
sites/default/settings.phpfile to point to the new database. - Fixed the cron-lynx.sh file to point to the right places.
- Got rid of the temporary index.html file and replaced ther .htaccess file
- Ran update.php
minor fix
Finally got around to fixing the CSS so that the site looks correct when viewed in Safari (the slick Mac OSX web browser). I use Firefox even on the Mac, but just in case there are some more mainstream Mac users visiting, they should now be able to see the crease between the 'pages' to the left of this text. The page was messed up for almost a year, and tonight it was just bothering me so I had to figure it out and fix it. By the way, here's a little more Tdbcelts trivia: the tdb_theme used here was blatantly stolen, though totally re-worked for Drupal, from our neighbors to the north - Mountain Freehold in Vermont. No, I never told them - let's just call it a successful raid!