I need to upgrade a really old website and after suggestions on the best way to do this... the version-specific guides only start at V4.x so i assume I'll need to get to a V4.x and then upgrade from there... any suggestions welcome
Of course the guidelines I put on there are more to cover myself and to try make the upgrades as smooth (albeit lengthy) process.
You could skip a few of the steps between the v4.x releases - just keep in mind that there'd be a load of config changes.
e.g. v3.0.6 > v4.0.4.2 > v4.5.2 > v4.8.1 > v6.0.2
But yes, still a number of steps.
... or take a backup of your v3.0.6 site, upgrade it direct to v6.0.2 ... and see what happens? Theoretically all the database upgrade scripts are in the code, so it could work - the biggest parts are the config changes, especially between switching to MasterPage templates (in v4.x) and XML schema from legacy to new (in v4.5). Obviously I can't make any guarantees - the safest option is still the 13-steps. :-)
Thanks Lee... I'll let you know how I get when i get onto it in a few days.
I'm leaning towards rebuilding the site.. i dont think it'd take much longer than the upgrade path, and is less likely to leave me with ongoing issues in the future. Sounds safer and cleaner to me.
Upgrade from V3.0.6 to V6
I need to upgrade a really old website and after suggestions on the best way to do this... the version-specific guides only start at V4.x so i assume I'll need to get to a V4.x and then upgrade from there... any suggestions welcome
Thanks
Greg
Hi Greg,
I have an (unofficial) archive of all the Umbraco releases, (if you are missing any?)
http://j.mp/umbraco-archive
Towards the bottom of the page there is a general upgrade path guideline, along with links to blog posts about more specific upgrades.
Cheers, Lee.
Thanks Lee... fark, 13 upgrades to get to the latest version. NASTY!
I wonder if it'd be better just to rebuild the entire site on V6. hmmmmmm :|
Hi Greg,
Of course the guidelines I put on there are more to cover myself and to try make the upgrades as smooth (albeit lengthy) process.
You could skip a few of the steps between the v4.x releases - just keep in mind that there'd be a load of config changes.
e.g. v3.0.6 > v4.0.4.2 > v4.5.2 > v4.8.1 > v6.0.2
But yes, still a number of steps.
... or take a backup of your v3.0.6 site, upgrade it direct to v6.0.2 ... and see what happens? Theoretically all the database upgrade scripts are in the code, so it could work - the biggest parts are the config changes, especially between switching to MasterPage templates (in v4.x) and XML schema from legacy to new (in v4.5). Obviously I can't make any guarantees - the safest option is still the 13-steps. :-)
Good luck and godspeed.
Cheers, Lee.
Thanks Lee... I'll let you know how I get when i get onto it in a few days.
I'm leaning towards rebuilding the site.. i dont think it'd take much longer than the upgrade path, and is less likely to leave me with ongoing issues in the future. Sounds safer and cleaner to me.
FYI, I rebuilt this site from scratch. Upgrading seemed to painful an option and potentially would have taken even longer than a full rebuild.
Thanks for the advice though
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