[support] Upgrade frmo 6.17 to 7.22 messed up my web site

[Olivier Nicole]

First of all, thank you all for your support.

>From the repplies I got, I understand that the "click here to upgrade"
solution offered by the web hosting company could only mess-up the
things.

For the moment I reverted to the old version and will be looking at
doing the upgrade the right way.

Thank you again,

Olivier

> >First error was about unexisting function file_directory_path in
> >sites/all/theme/sky/template.php
> 
> First big clue is right there. Look at the project page for the Sky theme:
> ----
>   The Drupal 7.x-2.x version is a complete rewrite. There is no 
> officially supported upgrade path other than removing the old theme and 
> enabling the new one - sorry but they are just so different there is no 
> point even trying.
> ---
> https://www.drupal.org/project/sky
> 
> Sky now uses Adaptivetheme as its base theme, so you need to have that 
> installed also.
> 
> My suggestion is to restore back to your previous version, then download 
> and install this module:
> 
> https://www.drupal.org/project/upgrade_status
> 
> It will give you an overview of what modules you have and what the 
> upgrade path to 7.x is.  Automatic updaters supplied by hosting 
> companies don't check this kind of stuff. They just do a generic update, 
> ignoring the actual recommended procedure by the software and almost 
> always end up in disaster.
> 
> Jamie Holly
> http://hollyit.net
> 
> On 8/14/2014 4:58 AM, Olivier Nicole wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a web site, hosted at godaddycom that I am maintening for a
> > colleague.
> >
> > We recently receive an advise saying we should upgrade to the latest
> > version of Drupal.
> >
> > I tried yesterday, using the automatic procedure provided by the web
> > hosting company, but it messed up my web site.
> >
> > First error was about unexisting function file_directory_path in
> > sites/all/theme/sky/template.php
> >
> > I did replace any occurence of file_directory_path by file_default_scheme
> > in any file I could find. And now my site display "site under
> > construction".
> >
> > What can I do next?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Olivier
> 
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