[support] upgrade from Drupal 4.7 to 5.3

[will hall]

thanks, my plan is to install a sandbox site, thanks for the reminder. 
if there are any tricks to a 4.7-5.3 install i would appreciate.

this thread is also concerning...

http://drupal.org/node/114459

Bill Fitzgerald wrote:
> Hello, Will,
> 
> RE: "
> 
> causing the client's 
> site to go down as I scramble to get someone to help me with an upgrade 
> that I can't pull off."
> 
> 
> 
> You should definitely do this work on a test site first, prior to 
> porting the upgrades to the live site. This way, your client always has 
> a presence, and you can test your work at your leisure knowing that his 
> web presence is intact.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bill
> will hall wrote:
>> Hi all, i need to upgrade a template for a client from 4.7 to 5.3.
>>
>> Swapping old versions of modules with 5.3-compatible ones is pretty 
>> straightforward. however, I am not super-confident with php, and this 
>> page has me worried:
>>
>> http://drupal.org/node/64292
>>
>> Can I reasonably expect that if I go through all the template files in 
>> /themes/clienttemplate, and replace any of the functions the upgrade 
>> node says are new, that the upgrade will work?
>>
>> what i want to avoid is getting in over my head, or causing the client's 
>> site to go down as I scramble to get someone to help me with an upgrade 
>> that I can't pull off. Also, i need to give the client a reasonable 
>> estimate of how much work the upgrade will take.
>>
>> thanks!
>>
>> will
>>
>>   
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>