History of bitweaver R1 to R2 Upgrade
Version 5
bitweaver R1 to R2 Upgrade
Detailed upgrade process for an R1 to R2 upgrade
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Due to the long time, an uncountable number of things have been improved, but it also means that the upgrade process might be a bit more hands-on depending on your setup.
http://www.cooldomain.com/install/install.php.
The installer will guide you through the upgrade process. Once the upgrade is complete, you can view instructions on what further steps are required below. depending on your setup, you might already be done!
http://www.bitweaver.org/builds/packages/HEAD/
Important
Please note that bitweaver version 2 has not been released yet and this is currently a page to collect notes about the upgrade procedure. Please do not use any of the informtion on this page yet!Why we need this
We haven't had a release of bitweaver in a very long time. This is largely down to the fact that we want to provide you with a solid product. Also, we don't allow database changes between major releases, which means that we have to get the database just right. This provides you with a stable environment to work with but unfortunately means that release cycles can be slower.Due to the long time, an uncountable number of things have been improved, but it also means that the upgrade process might be a bit more hands-on depending on your setup.
Generic Upgrade Instructions
Database and Files
To upgrade the filebase from R1 to R2 please follow the steps outlined on the bitweaverUpgrade page. There you will find instructions on how to backup your database and how to replace the old files with the new ones.Installer
Once you have completed the above, please point your browser to:http://www.cooldomain.com/install/install.php.
The installer will guide you through the upgrade process. Once the upgrade is complete, you can view instructions on what further steps are required below. depending on your setup, you might already be done!
Package Constellation
Due to the unnumerable changes, updates and improvements we have decided to modify the included packages in our bitweaver distribution. If you have been using one of the packges we have not included, you can get updated versions here:http://www.bitweaver.org/builds/packages/HEAD/
R1 | R2 | Comments |
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ArticlesPackage | ArticlesPackage | |
BlogsPackage | BlogsPackage | |
CalendarPackage | CalendarPackage | |
CategoriesPackage | This package has been removed in favour of the PigeonholesPackage | |
ChatterboxPackage | This package was never used much and probably needs a javascript update | |
FisheyePackage | FisheyePackage | |
GalaxiaPackage | This is a very specialised package and has to be installed manually if needed or required | |
Gallery2Package | We now only support FisheyePackage | |
GatekeeperPackage | GatekeeperPackage | |
HotwordsPackage | This package isn't used much and we thought we'd keep bitweaver slimmer | |
MessagesPackage | MessagesPackage | |
MultisitesPackage | This is a very specialised package and has to be installed manually if needed or required | |
NewslettersPackage | NewslettersPackage | |
NexusPackage | NexusPackage | |
PdfPackage | PdfPackage | |
PhpbbPackage | BoardsPackage | This has been replaced by our inhouse forum package BoardsPackage |
PigeonholesPackage | PigeonholesPackage | This package was available in R1 as well but now is the only categories package available |
QuicktagsPackage | QuicktagsPackage | |
QuotaPackage | QuotaPackage | |
RssPackage | RssPackage | |
SearchPackage | SearchPackage | |
ShoutboxPackage | ShoutboxPackage | |
SmileysPackage | SmileysPackage | |
StarsPackage | A ratings package that allows users to rate all available content | |
StatsPackage | StatsPackage | |
StickiesPackage | StickiesPackage | |
TagsPackage | A Package to tag content - similar to categorising but allows everyone to very easily tag content | |
TinymcePackage | FckeditorPackage | The verdict isn't out yet on what WYSIWYG package we'll bundle with bitweaver |
TreasuryPackage | Finally we have a file gallery that ships with bitweaver | |
WikiPackage | WikiPackage | |
XmlrpcPackage | We don't have any use for this package and thought we'd remove it until we do |