I have downloaded drupal 6.12, but how do I update it?

Shall I just paste the unzipped folder into the root folder? but I can't just paste the moduel folder as i have many additional moduels at my old drupal.

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int’s picture

int commented
Title: Update Drupal 6.12 » How do I update drupal?

You have to overwrite all files of drupal, I don't know what files are modified, but, it can be in includes folder, theme folder and other files...

What I do is, remove all .txt files (except robots.txt) and overwrite all files.. And after, example.org/update.php

Instead create one issue, you can search about it..

http://drupal.org/upgrade/
http://www.siteground.com/tutorials/drupal-tutorial/drupal_upgrade.htm
http://drupal.org/upgrade/tutorial-introduction
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eatloaf commented
Assigned: Unassigned » YYDrupal-1
Priority: Normal » Critical
Status: Fixed » Active

Hopefully you've put your themes and modules in sites/ to keep them separate from the core modules. If not, consider moving them as it makes upgrading easier.

Next, unzip 6.12 into a new dir and read UPGRADE.txt that's in it. It gives you the step-by-step.

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vm commented
Assigned: YYDrupal-1 » Unassigned
Priority: Critical » Normal
Status: Active » Fixed
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YYDrupal-1 commented
Assigned: YYDrupal-1 » Unassigned
Priority: Critical » Normal
Status: Active » Fixed

Thanks a lot Int and Eatloaf!

I'll be trying soon. I was thinking to leave the old 6.0 version there, as it'll cost so much truble. But whenever log in, seeing the red warning colour, even more annoying...

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.