[TYPO3] Upgrading 3.7 to 3.8

[Patrick O'Hara]

Thanks, I will give that a try.



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On 3/14/06, Alex Heizer <alex at tekdevelopment.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Pat,
>
> Patrick O'Hara wrote:
>
> >I assume this has been asked before, so if someone can give me a link to
> the
> >appropriate article, that's all I need.  I tried a couple of different
> seach
> >approaches, but none of them are working at the moment.
> >
> >My question is what are the steps I should take to upgrade from typo3 3.7to
> >typo3 3.8?
> >
> >
> Unless you have something goofy on your server, it should be a simple
> matter:
> 1. re-link your source. You should have a link from typo3_src that
> points to your typo3_src-3.7.0 source directory. Change this to link to
> your new typo3_src-3.8.1 directory
> 2. make sure you move over any globally-installed extensions from your
> typo3_src-3.7.0/typo3/ext/ directory to typo3_src-3.8.1/typo3/ext/
> caveat: there are some new "system extensions", some of which were
> originally just globally-installed extensions. Check your
> typo3_src-3.8.1/typo3/sysext/ directory and don't duplicate those in
> your typo3_src-3.8.1/typo3/ext/ directory. Most notable of these are the
> tstemplate and taskcenter extensions.
> 3. delete your temp files from /public_html/typo3conf/
> 4. log into your install tool and go to "Database Analyser", then do a
> "compare" of the main source. Then make all the updates.
> 5. next, go to the "Basic Configuration" section and scroll down to the
> bottom. Click the "Generate random key" button to create an "Encryption
> key:". Then click the "Update localconf.php" button to write it to the
> localconf.php file.
> 6. check the installation manuals of all your loaded extensions to make
> sure you don't have to upgrade to a new version that works in 3.8. Maybe
> this should be step 1? :)
> 7. Log into your site and check it out.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Alex
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