First Time Upgrading

[mrtbc]

Hi guys,

I'm just about to run my first upgrade (9.6 to 9.7) and want to clarify a few things.

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################## UPGRADING ##########################
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Please be sure to make a backup of your MySQL databases
and files before upgrading to the newest version of Pligg.
Some upgrades might require that you upgrade your MySQL
database, so please keep backups available.
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1. Understood, and I will backup. As a matter of interest, does 9.7 involve a database change?

Note: here is currently no way to import an existing config.php file.
Any manual changes to settings.php will be overwritten the next
time you use the admin panel, so use t to make your changes
instead of manually.

2. I'm a bit confused by this last bit. Does this mean I'm going to lose my admin panel made changes to my sites configuration?

Thanks for your help guys.
:)

[revolver]

I'm confused about the config.php and settings.php instructions as well.

[savant]

maybe someone can correct me but

in the old pligg versions the configurations were stored in config.php. then it was later moved into the database.

I think that's what they mean by "import an existing config.php file".

The settings.php has a few config variables, that you will need to note down and use the admin panel to enter into the database