Changes between Version 15 and Version 16 of faq/drupal/upgrade

Timestamp:

Jun 15, 2009, 4:00:33 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

Andy Hieb

Comment:

adding a link to the drupal.org theme updating page

faq/drupal/upgrade

@@ -23 +23 @@
  * Plan the upgrade. You should be prepared to spend several hours upgrading your site. If all goes smoothly you won't need that time, however, it's better to be prepared. Before beginning, review all of the third party modules that you have installed. You can review these modules by looking in your web/sites/default/modules directory. For each module installed, search the http://drupal.org web site to find the Drupal version of the module corresponding to the Drupal version you are upgrading to. If you can't find an appropriate version (this happens often) you will not be able to use it! For each module, download the new version to your local computer.
 
- * Make a list of custom scripts and other special templates you may have in your theme's directory. If you are using Drupal without any customization ("out of the box") with a standard theme (e.g. Bluemarine), your upgrade will go very smoothly. If you have customized scripts and pages, these may break after the upgrade (requiring you to tweak them). If you do have a heavily customized theme, you may consider switching to a core theme before the upgrade. Then, after the upgrade try switching to your custom theme.
+ * Make a list of custom scripts and other special templates you may have in your theme's directory. If you are using Drupal without any customization ("out of the box") with a standard theme (e.g. Bluemarine), your upgrade will go very smoothly. If you have customized scripts and pages, these may break after the upgrade (requiring you to tweak them). If you do have a heavily customized theme, you may consider switching to a core theme before the upgrade. Then, upgrade your theme (there are [http://drupal.org/update/theme notes for doing this on drupal.org]), and finally try switching back to your custom theme.
 
  * Make a backup! You will want to backup both your directories and your database. To backup these up, [wiki:secure_shell ssh] into your server and run the following commands (replacing YOURDOMAIN with your actual domain name and YOURDATABASE with the name of your database):