Upgrade Guide

Upgrading from 0.6 and 0.6.1

  • Replace all cgi files with the files from current release.
  • Copy db/members/membergroups.dat from current release.
  • Update yawps.pm with the current file.
  • Update your language and themes files!
  • Update yawpsrc.pl and edit your settings.
  • Run the database update script "upgrade/update_0.61_to_0.70.cgi" in your browser.

Upgrading from all older versions (0.1, 0.0.1, 0.1.2, 0.2, 0.3)

  • Replace everything but your db-directory and your images-directory with the files from the current release.
  • Move censor.txt from /db/forum to /db.
  • Create db/blocks and db/pages.
  • Create the modules directories modules and db/modules.
  • Copy db/members/membergroups.dat from current release.
  • Move the images/forum/smilies folder into the images folder.
  • If you've created your own theme, you have to adapt the theme.pl as well. Please refer to the Theme HOWTO for more information.
  • Not needed anymore: yawps.cgi, config.pl, the cgi-lib folder, the smilies.pl in the db folder.
  • Run the database update script "upgrade/update_0.61_to_0.70.cgi" in your browser.