[support] Any tricks to updating an old version of Drupal?

[Jamie Holly]

Make sure you also update all contributed modules and themes to their 
latest versions before going 6 -> 7.

Jamie Holly
http://www.intoxination.net
http://www.hollyit.net

On 4/26/2013 11:20 AM, Bob Turner wrote:
> You can go from 6.12 to the latest/last version of 6.x.  Once there you can
> upgrade to 7.x.
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Whitacre
> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 10:39 AM
> To: support at drupal.org
> Subject: [support] Any tricks to updating an old version of Drupal?
>
> My wife uses Drupal for her website.  We've long lost track of the developer
> that set it up for her but have discovered that she's running v.6.12 and
> really aught to update.
>
> I've found a HowTo on the Drupal site - Updating Drupal 6.x to newer minor
> version.
>
> Are there other links with perhaps a 'simpler' version of the same?
>
> Can we safely go from 6.12 to whatever the latest version is?  Or do we need
> to some interim steps?
>
> Any advice would be MUCH appreciated.
>
> Thanks.