Is there a comprehensive step-by-step documentation on upgrading a 4.8 installation to 6.2 or whatever the latest version is. I have found numerous ones over the the googling, but nothing that is straight-forward and easy to follow. I am not by any means an Umbraco guru, so all help in the form of 1., 2., 3., etc. is greatly appreciated.
If it was me who should upgrade from version 4.8 to version 6.2, I will do it bye following Lee Kelleher´s upgrade guide where he proposes anupgrade path http://code.leekelleher.com/umbraco/archive/
I've just done exactly that today, hit a few snags and sent some updates to the documentation as a result. On the whole it was ok. I took the route of going straight from 4.8 - 6.1.5 (as 6.2 is not out yet). This is a supported route now to do it in one go. The hardest part is doing the config file merges but with a bit of time and no interruptions you can work your way through it. Download WinMerge and then compare the new /Config folder with the current one on your site (WinMerge will let you diff an entire folder which is great, lets you only only those files that need touching).
You might end up with lots of little changes which can be scary at first, as much as possible copy them over to your current site (such as differences in formatting etc, like the fact they have removed the last space in a lot of the xml closing elements for instance) which will make future upgrades easier.
Upgrading from 4.8 - > 6.2
Is there a comprehensive step-by-step documentation on upgrading a 4.8 installation to 6.2 or whatever the latest version is. I have found numerous ones over the the googling, but nothing that is straight-forward and easy to follow. I am not by any means an Umbraco guru, so all help in the form of 1., 2., 3., etc. is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Ryan
Hi Ryan
If it was me who should upgrade from version 4.8 to version 6.2, I will do it bye following Lee Kelleher´s upgrade guide where he proposes an upgrade path http://code.leekelleher.com/umbraco/archive/
Other resourses helping you with the upgrade could be http://our.umbraco.org/documentation/Installation/Upgrading/general or http://our.umbraco.org/documentation/Installation/Upgrading/version-specific
I hope this can help you with upgrading your version of Umbraco./Dennis
Hi Ryan,
I've just done exactly that today, hit a few snags and sent some updates to the documentation as a result. On the whole it was ok. I took the route of going straight from 4.8 - 6.1.5 (as 6.2 is not out yet). This is a supported route now to do it in one go. The hardest part is doing the config file merges but with a bit of time and no interruptions you can work your way through it. Download WinMerge and then compare the new /Config folder with the current one on your site (WinMerge will let you diff an entire folder which is great, lets you only only those files that need touching).
You might end up with lots of little changes which can be scary at first, as much as possible copy them over to your current site (such as differences in formatting etc, like the fact they have removed the last space in a lot of the xml closing elements for instance) which will make future upgrades easier.
Copy over the global.asax file in the root too.
Cheers
Pete
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