Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Drupal HowTo Update


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03/20/15 13:24:30 (10 years ago)
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Richard Bramley
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  • Drupal HowTo Update

    v2 v3  
    20201. Copy the new Drupal directory to form a new one to work with.
    21214. Remove the `sites` directory from the new working directory and copy over the existing one from actual site directory.
     221. Make sure that the sites directory and its children are owned by www-data
    22231. Check for any differences between the new and the existing .htaccess web.config and robots.txt file.
    23241. Hopefully the non-customised old version of drupal will be available so you can diff the `sites/default_settings.php` to see if there are any differences that will need copying into the settings.php file.
    24251. Move the existing directory to *_old and mv the new directory into its place.
    25261. Go to the site and browse to update.php and follow the instructions.
     271. Restart Apache
    26281. Take the site out of maintenance mode.
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