Help : How to upgrade forum version

[radarhunter]

Hi,

Can you please guide me how to upgrade the forum vBulletin from version 3.54 to 3.6 without loosing the members data posts i mean the database without loosing the database how can i upgrade the forums ???

guys please help me out.

With all the details needed

and how much time does it take to upgrade the forum software.

urgent need to upgrade the forum by today so any correct & fast information would help a lot .

[whwebsolutions]

Well first off the instructions should be with the 3.6 files. If they are not then you just upload all the files in the upload folder into your forum folder overiding all the files. The in your browser go to your address http://www.youraddress.com/forumfold...ll/upgrade.php . From there you will need your customer number for your forum for version 3.6 .
From there it will guide you thru the upgrade process. It will upgrade to each version released even the betas and RC versions so dont worry it may take some time. I hope this helps and if someone else reads this and if i forgot something please let him know but I think I got everything down.

Originally Posted by radarhunter

Hi,

Can you please guide me how to upgrade the forum vBulletin from version 3.54 to 3.6 without loosing the members data posts i mean the database without loosing the database how can i upgrade the forums ???

guys please help me out.

With all the details needed

and how much time does it take to upgrade the forum software.

urgent need to upgrade the forum by today so any correct & fast information would help a lot .

[whwebsolutions]

www.yoursite.com/forumfolder/install/upgrade.php

[radarhunter]

didn`t understand what you jus` said
won`t it overwrite my database

the number of members and posts

[whwebsolutions]

no it will just overide the files not your database. I upgrade yesterday and everything is just working fine and all members and settings had before are there. Now some of the mods might not work anymore if you have some installed but any type of templet mods will still be there. Again the files will just be overridden the database will not.

[radarhunter]

okay if you say so but if it`s not as u say it should be then i`ll seriously get ****ed up so are you sure

please pardon me of my frequent asking but i am a bit scared as i have not done it before and am scared of everything getting destroyed

1.) Always make a backup of your database before upgrading.

2.) Always remove the install.php file before upgrading.

[whwebsolutions]

its ok for asking as it was my first time yesterday but it all worked out i just had to redo some of my mods and my lang files

Glad everything worked out for you ;)