updating the site to drupal 6
i recently updated this site to drupal 6.
it was a fairly delicate task.
i had to follow a few steps to make sure that the update worked ok. the first is to put the site on maintenance mode and to backup all my database, settings of the old drupal 5 site. then i created a duplicate "staging" site to test the new site with the new drupal 6 code. then i had to test each version 6 module and themes to make sure that it worked on the new site. once, i got that working, then i ported over to the "production" site. standard upgrade procedures i guess.
still, doing all this at night was not the best. the mind often doesn't work that well at night. lol.
i cannot seem to get over the problem of images being lost.
this still remains unresolved.
anyway, i am using new drupal 6 themes for the new site.
starting with the adaptive theme. i find it pretty good and flexible. however, i need to get to the task of proper theming and css coding.
this is quite tough.
i am not much of a css coder.
i have a rough idea of the theme in my mind.
but as ever, my mind is a helter skelter of ideas and concepts.
recall, and recall in a structured manner is my challenge.
anyway, i hope to be able to slowly sort these things out over the next few weeks.
then i will start thinking of updating my other sites.
probably will update my-kart.org last of all.
by TheFazz on 30 Aug 09 at 0759 hours
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TheFazz | the step by step
the step by step installation:
0. put site in maintenance mode
1. backup all databases of the d5 site
2. revert site theme to garland
3. disable all non-core modules
4. backed up all databases of the barebones d5 site (new backup)
5. copy "files" directory and "site" directories to d6 directory
6. SSH point site to d6 directory*
7. run the update.php for the site
*dealing with softlinks...
removing soft links:
http://archives.hwg.org/hwg-servers/Pine.GSO.4.10.10301161355230.26470-1...
creating soft links:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/creating-soft-link-or-symbolic-link/
TheFazz | the biggest problem for me in
the biggest problem for me in this process is migrating the whole image galleries. i frequently end up with non-displayed images. the files seem to be all there, but the images don't show up.
TheFazz | i tried the following
i tried the following approach:
instead of disabling the image and image_gallery modules, i kept it on while in drupal 5. i also manually deleted the "image" table in the mysql before running the update script. i then migrated to d6. but in the updates to the database, i first disabled the image module updates, but later ran it separately on its own from the earliest updates.
the problem lay with the way the image module update was not able to update the mysql tables for "image".
i still could not get it working though.... but i think i am getting closer.
TheFazz | i initially had problems
i initially had problems viewing images as the image settings had two "original" sizes. i found this issue browsing on the drupal issue log.... http://drupal.org/node/211119
now things work ok.
TheFazz | am upgrading the my-kart.org
am upgrading the my-kart.org website at the moment.
the previously described steps did not work for my-kart.
i kept getting the "white screen of death" - WSOD whenever i attempted to access the site.
i believe it had to do with a "unfresh" drupal 6 install module base. so what i did was to install on top of a fresh drupal 6 code & modules from acquia drupal. so far so good.
TheFazz | staging site ok
i successfully upgraded the my-kart staging site (http://test.my-kart.org). this was done by activating the modules one by one. the site seems to be running ok.
image galleries were ok too.