Upgrading
If you are upgrading from a previous version of ImpressCMS or XOOPS, please follow these instructions:
- Download an upgrade package (tar.gz or zip formats are available) http://www.impresscms.org/modules/mastop_publish/?tac=Download
- Extract the package to your local computer
- Login to your site
- If you are using a custom set of templates, please change back to the default template set
- Upload the contents of the htdocs/ folder to your webserver, overwriting your existing files
- Clear the contents of your cache/ and templates_c/ folders
- If you are upgrading from XOOPS or ImpressCMS 1.0, access <your.site.url>/upgrade/ with your browser
** Follow the upgrade instructions
- If you are upgrading from ImpressCMS 1.1, go to the administration area of your site - <your.site.url>/admin.php
** Follow the instructions to upgrade your system module and install the Content Module
- Flush your browsers cache (on Windows IE & Firefox you can do this by pressing CTRL+F5. MAC & Safari users can press CTRL+R, Linux Users can also press CTRL+R or CTRL+F5 when using Firefox)
- Delete the upgrade/ folder from your server
- If you are upgrading from XOOPS or ImpressCMS 1.0, you can also delete the following files/folders -
** htdocs/class/smarty
** htdocs/class/phpmailer
** htdocs/class/xoopseditor/dhtmltext
** htdocs/class/xoopseditor/dhtmltextarea
** htdocs/class/xoopseditor/textarea
** htdocs/class/xoopseditor/readme.txt
** htdocs/class/xoopseditor/sampleform.inc.php
** htdocs/class/xoopseditor/xoopseditor.inc.php
** htdocs/class/xoopseditor/xoops_version.php
** htdocs/include/calendar-blue.css
** htdocs/include/calendar.js
** htdocs/modules/system/blocksadmin/blockspadmin.php
** htdocs/modules/system/blocksadmin/pblockform.php
** htdocs/themes/impresstheme_light/css
** htdocs/themes/impresstheme_light/xotpl
- Content migrated from the previous core content manager to the Content module must have their short urls checked and any Symlinks for those pages must also be checked for validity
