By hanen on

Hi
Thanks for the great video. I followed it and everything was O.K
But i didnt understood something.
When i remove the old files and replace then with the new files after that i have to copy my backup there. How to do this. When i pasted it there again , the new files which i put before been replaced.
So how does it exactly work.
I am so confused.

And Thanks again

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vm commented

That defeats the purpose. I don't kno which video you saw so I can't comment on it in specifics but you do not put the backed up files back into your website.

the sites folder normally does not get replaced nor deleted. The only time it does is when settings.php is altered by a patch.
if following the best practice of keeping contrib and core modules in sites/all/modules and sites/all/themes than even your modules and themes are safe from removal.

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hanen commented

http://learnbythedrop.com/drop/70#comments

I am still confused how to put my backup back ;(

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vm commented

I've just watched the video you linked to. I think you are misunderstanding the process here.

you were supposed to back up the "sites" folder then re-upload the backed up "sites" folder overwriting the originals. This is entirely a step that didn't need to be completed but because the video shows it this way I'll continue to explain.

the backed up sites folder holds your configuration file, contrib themes, contrib modules and uploaded files.

that said, you have to put that folder back inorder to maintain the same stuff that was on your site originally.

therefore the steps in lamens terms:

delete the sites folder
reupload the backed up sites folder

done.

In the future you can leave the "sites" folder on the server and delete everything else. Unless the drupal release node states otherwise. This only happens when settings.php has had to be patched. Doesn't happen very often. Has only happened once that I am aware of in my 2 years of using drupal.

When uploading the new version of drupal, don't copy the sites folder from the new install. This avoids the step entirely during a minor to minor update/upgrade.

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jazzdox commented

I tried to upgrade to the 6.6 and as I have successfully upgraded before, I thought this might not be so painful. I followed all the procedures but this time my site totally failed. I have restored the previous installation but now I have the "site is offline" for maintenance and I can't seem to back door in. I seem to recall some url I could try (/admin failed) but I can't find the information.

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Turns out the http://example.com/?q=user put me on the path to recovery. I've updated some modules and will try 6.6 again when I get my courage back up.

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vm commented

it helps to understand from what version you are trying to upgrade?

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Luis Cisneros Jr commented

Perhaps this might help.

http://drupal.org/node/329679