Before the upgrade
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-Before upgrading any version of Moodle, I recommend
-making a backup copy of the moodle directory, your
-data directory and your database, to guard against
-the very unlikely event that something in the upgrade
-goes wrong.
+ Before upgrading any version of Moodle, I recommend
+ making a backup copy of the moodle directory, your
+ data directory and your database, to guard against
+ the very unlikely event that something in the upgrade
+ goes wrong.
-At the very least, save a copy of your config.php
-file and any custom themes or plug-ins you have developed.
+ At the very least, make a copy of your config.php file
+ and any languages, custom themes or plug-ins you have
+ added to Moodle.
Upgrading the files using CVS
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-If you are using CVS, just go to the Moodle root
-directory and type "cvs update -d". If you have been
-editing your files watch the messages very closely
-for possible conflicts.
+ If you are using CVS, just go to the Moodle root
+ directory and type "cvs update -d".
+
+ If you have been editing Moodle files watch the
+ messages very closely for possible conflicts
+ (and consider sending your changes in to me as patches!)
Upgrading the files using a downloaded archive
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-Remove the current installation directory
-and then unpack the new tar or zip file into the same
-location. (Overwriting an old installation will
-usually work, but I can't guarantee that).
-
-Next, copy the config.php file from your old installation
-into the new installation (or make a new one by editing
-config-dist.php). If you have created new themes or
-other plug-ins then make sure you copy those back too.
+ Remove the current installation directory
+ and then unpack the new tar or zip file into the same
+ location. (Overwriting an old installation usually
+ works fine, but I can't guarantee that it always will).
+ Next, copy the config.php file from your old installation
+ into the new installation (or make a new one by editing
+ config-dist.php). If you have created new themes or
+ other plug-ins then make sure you copy those back too.
+
Finishing the upgrade
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-Visit the admin page of your installation to complete
-the upgrade (eg http://example.com/moodle/admin). it
-doesn't matter if you are logged in as admin or not.
+ Visit the admin page of your installation to complete
+ the upgrade (eg http://example.com/moodle/admin).
+
+ It doesn't matter if you are logged in as admin or not.
+
+ Moodle will automatically detect the new version
+ and perform any database or filesystem upgrades that
+ might be necessary.
-Moodle will automatically detect the new version
-and perform any database upgrades that might be
-necessary.
+ If all goes well (no error messages) then you can just
+ go on using the new version!
-If all goes well (no error messages) then you can just
-go on using Moodle normally!
If you have problems with this procedure, let me know.