By GoodJJJ on

Just wandering if I am following the correct steps in upgrading

1)Download the latest drupal ie 7.12
2) Site into Maintenance mode
3)Back up the with Backing and Migrate module
4)Via FTP
do the following (web server side)
* keep the sites folder where it is
* delete everything else
do the following (desktop side)
* delete the sites folder as its already on the web server side
* move everything else on the desktop side to the web server side
5) run the update.php ie www.abcdz.com/update.php

Done

PS...i am aware that this may not apply for all setups....and if you have folders that outside the sites folder on the web server side then you would leave them and backup them up 2

Anything I am missing?

Cheers

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jaypan
Location Victoria, BC
commented

That's essentially it. One other thing is that you shouldn't upgrade too many versions in one step. I personally do it in two-step increments. For example, if I was upgrading a 7.4 site, I'd upgrade in the following order:

7.4 -> 7.6 -> 7.8 -> 7.10 -> 7.12

Contact me to contract me for D7 -> D10/11 migrations.