On 26 May 2011, at 4:01 PM, Jorge Biquez wrote:
Hello all.
Excuse in advance for the question, maybe too simple...
This will be my first upgrade after the security advice I received. I am on Drupal 7.0. I have read in detail the instructions and I have a full backup in my hard disk now (local) I will do the same wit5h the database in a few moments. I understand correctly what they say to do (I guess).
A couple of questions
- It is no the same if I upload ALL the content of the upgrade
without deleting all folders before?
It really depends on how your FTP access works.
IOW, be careful!
- Any extra advise you have for newbie people in Drupal before
doing with the upgrade?
Backup first? (Always backup first!)
The database (mysqldump -p mydatabase > mydatabse.backup.sql) is one thing, but you really have to know how your cp /scp / ftp defaults for copying data files work within old files/directories.
Aside: I noticed this issue on Linux where a cp -R automatically overwrites directories as expected; but with the filezilla application, the default left old files in place.
Sometimes you want that behavior, but you always want to be aware of how and when it's happening.
BACKUP! :)