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====== Upgrading to the Latest Version of GetSimple ======

===== Upgrade 3.x to 3.2.x =====

**Backup your Site First!**

This is the normal upgrade procedure: Nothing needs to be uninstalled, there is no install program, you just download the new version then extract and ftp the new folders and files to your server, overwriting the old ones. The simplest procedure is just to upload everything in the zip file to your site root, so that all the old files are overwritten.

If you don't want to overwrite everything because for instance you have customised or edited your old files or themes then the minimum you need to upload is the folder ''/admin/'' and the file ''index.php'' .


===== Upgrade 2.x to 3.x =====

  - Take a [[how_to:backup_website|backup of your site]] first
  - On your server, copy or delete the folder: ''/admin/''. Sometimes the easiest thing to do is to copy ''/admin/'' to ''/admin-old/''. 
    * **HINT:** If you have a language file other than en_US.php, make sure you save off a copy from within ''/admin/lang/''
  - Upload the new ''/admin/'' folder from the [[http://get-simple.info/download/|download]] you unzipped.
  - Update your root level ''index.php'' file from the one within the downloaded zip file
  - Fix the ''.htaccess'' file's rewrite rules to look like this: ''RewriteRule /?([A-Za-z0-9_-]+)/?$ index.php?id=$1 [QSA,L]'' The underscore "_" is what's different here.
  - The first time you try and log in after uploading, ''update.php'' will run and attempt to re-organize all the data XML files. This is required in order to support multi-user capabilities. 

==== Troubleshooting ====
If you encounter problems logging in or during ''update.php'', you can try and take one of these two drastic steps to help reinstall your site:

=== Option #1 ===
  - Create a new installation of GetSimple on your server with the download of 3.0
  - Complete the installation so you now have a blank 3.0 GetSimple site.
  - Copy over the following files/folders from your old site:
    * ''/data/pages''
    * ''/data/other'' (for 3.1)
    * ''gsconfig.php''
    * Any languages you might have installed in ''/admin/lang''
    * Any plugins you might have installed in ''/plugins''


=== Option #2 ===

  - Delete/Copy off **website.xml**, **user.xml** and **cpsettings.xml** from your server's ''/data/other/'' folder.
    * You will need to remember the settings within these files so when you go thru the installation again, you can put back the settings.
  - Make sure that setup.php and install.php are still located within your ''/admin/'' folder (they get deleted by the install if it thinks everything is already installed)
    * We are effectly tricking the install to think that this is a brand new installation, and it will re-create these files upon install. 
  - Try to login. It should redirect you to a brand new install page. A new installation will never touch existing page files.
  - When you are logged in, remember to re-setup all your settings that were lost when you deleted the 3 files from step #1. Remember to go in and re-[[themes:installation|choose your theme]].

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===Installation===
  *[[:installation|Installation on a Web Server or a Local Server]]
  *[[installation:migrating|Migrating, Moving and Uploading Complete Sites]]
  *[[installation:requirements|Server requirements and Apache Modules]]
  *[[installation:upgrade|Upgrading to the Latest Version of GetSimple]]
  *[[how_to:svn_pull|Automatic installation via the SVN ]]
  *[[installation:specific-webhosters|Guidance for Specific Hosting Companies]]
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