phpwcms Support Forum

hi there, at first i wanna thank you for doin such a nice slim cms!
i ran into trouble with doin different custom columns and have read about 'content everywhere' here:
http://www.phpwcms.de/forum/viewtopic.php?p=32959#32959
adn understood it so far but, in my backend there's missing something:



the text-field for custom blocks =)
so i'm using 1.1-RC4 27-08-2004. must i
a) configure something somewhere in this release
if so, is it a mod or hack and where do i find it?
or b) get a later release?
thanks for your kindly help ('n sorry for my bad english =)

Yes, you have to get the latest Development release. Version DEV 1.2.1 is available for download here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfile ... _id=140436

thank you for fast reply, spirelli!
so, now i have to update? manually? really? *gettin big eyes...

oops...

I am not that great technically, but I got it done within two hours. You will be guided to a certain degree through the update process. Basically you should follow the instruction here:
http://www.phpwcms-docu.de/dbbackup_en.phtml
http://www.phpwcms-docu.de/dev_1_x_en.phtml

http://phpwcms.de/forum/viewtopic.php?p=35067#35067
http://www.phpwcms.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5822

So basically it's:
- backup database
- download you old site to your computer as a backup.
- upload the new version (in a subdirectory if you want first)
- add the filestorage folder with all subfolders to the directory where the new version is (I also added the phpwcms_tmp folder - not sure whether it's needed)
- set permissions for folders and files
- run the setup/index.php file in your browser and follow the onscreen instructions. (On the second screen follow the link "Start here if you want to upgrade...." The second and third link produce update instructions for your database, that you should copy and paste into phpMyadmin - click on the database name, then select the SQL tab, paste the stuff into the textfield and hit 'Go'.)

It's not as scary as you might think, especially if you make sure that you backuped everything before.
Post any questions you might have.

ok, i did it by hand, for i did modify some core code and right now i run the site local for testing. but, for later, good to know!
thank you again.