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Upgrading

These notes describe the steps required to upgrade Simple:Press Forum to a new version. Start, of course, by downloading the plugin from our Download Page. Simple:Press Forum is not available from the WordPress plugin repository.

PLEASE NOTE: Version specific instructions may be contained in a ‘read me’ file supplied with the plugin. These may stipulate that the files from the older version have to be removed prior to uploading the new version. Also, please note that it is inadvisable to simply rename the old ‘simple-forum’ folder. It should be removed if required.
Backup your database prior to upgrading Simple:Press Forum.
If something can go wrong it will go wrong on that occasion you did not backup your data first! Always make a backup. We may be unable to help you with subsequent problems should they arise if a database restore is the logical option.

Step 1: Upload to your Plugin Folder

Upload the plugin files to your WordPress installation. The ‘simple-forum‘ folder must be copied to your WordPress or WPMU ‘plugins‘ folder. If there are no instructions to remove the old version first, then you may overwrite the current files with the new ones. Simple:Press Forum is a big plugin with a large number of files. Some web based ftp programs may time out and not copy all of the files. For this reason it is best to use an ftp program installed on your PC. We generally offer a ‘minimal’ install version. This can usually be used with the zip file upload tool available within WordPress plugin installation.

Step 2: Activate Simple:Press Forum

Simple:Press Forum should now appear in your plugins list.

Activate the plugin if you deactivated it earlier.

Unlike most plugins, activation is only the first step. Nothing is upgraded at this point.
Simple:Press Forum requires specifically upgrading – a process that will update any data needed for the new version.

You may load the upgrade page from the plugin entry by clicking on the ‘Upgrade‘ link. Alternatively, you can navigate to the ‘Forum‘ menu. This will appear beneath the WordPress ‘comments’ menu. At this point the only menu option available will be to upgrade the plugin.

Step 3: Upgrade

Selecting the menu item will present the upgrade page. Click on the ‘Perform Upgrade‘ button to start the process.

This may take a few minutes. During the upgrade you should see the progress bar as new items are created or copied to your system.

When the upgrade has finished, the progress bar will be complete and a button will appear inviting you to go directly to the Forum Admin.

A popup window will appear when you click the ‘Go to forum Admin’ button that will give details of the upgrade.

In WPMU, Sub-Blog admins will have to upgrade their own Forums. Sub-Blog Forums will show a ‘Forum Not Available’ warning along with a reminder for the Admin to upgrade their individual forums.

That’s it. You are ready to use the new version.


Article written by steve on January 22, 2010 and last modified by Yellow Swordfish on January 30, 2010