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The upgrade process will begin with a check for requirements. If all passed, click Continue to go up with the process.
The next step will require you to enter your PHPfox License ID & Key, which was sent to you via an email directly after your purchase.
Select phpFox apps to upgrade
Then you will select phpFox apps that you want an upgrade on your site. (this step is required from version 4.5.3)
WARNING
The old apps will be replaced automatically, you should recheck the app configuration after upgrade process
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After you have successfully entered your phpFox License ID & Key and selected phpFox apps to upgrade, the Upgrader will run all the required updates to your database until it is completed.
Notices
While upgrading to version 4.5.3 or later, you may face errors and most of those cases are caused by lack of write permissions on "PF.Site/Apps" folder when upgrading phpFox site with "File System" FTP option. In this case, we have some quick solutions for you:
- Solution 1: Update permission 777 to "PF.Site/Apps" folders and its subfolders/files recursively. Then you can follow our guidance to upgrade again and can use "File System" option
- Solution 2: Skip step to upgrading apps with phpFox by unchecking all apps. You can still use "File System" option.
- Solution 3: If you still want to upgrade apps while upgrading phpFox, please use "FTP/SFTP" option which FTP account has write permission on "PF.Site/Apps" folder
If you have faced any other issues or other solutions while upgrading phpFox, feel free to share us here.
Wait until the process finishes.
Set up Cron
Our version 4.4 and up requires a https://docs.phpfox.com/display/FOX4MAN/Setup+Cron . This is for several things that used to be done via the old phpFox cron. That process doesn't run now. In order to have the old messages deleted, group notifications, importing/converting old v4 groups to the new Groups app, and several other important tasks, you must set up the cron.
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This will delete any changes made to the default Bootstrap theme. Be sure you are never editing this theme. Always make a clone of it and edit that instead as this routine must be run on each upgrade.
- Select Rebuild Core Theme from Maintenance menu.
- Remove Files No Longer Used
- Select Remove Files No Longer Used from Maintenance menu.
- You will have options to choose from for this. You can manually do them, use FTP, or use SSH:
- Once you select a method, if FTP or SSH, be sure to click Check Permission and Remove Files. It will then run the process and remove the old files for you.
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- Run Find Missing Settings.
- Run Find Missing Phrases: Choose Languages from Globalization menu. Click on to arrow next to the language you are using and choose Find Missing Phrases.
