Hi Dale, Have you seen this upgrade walkthrough? http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading_to_1.14 You will probably need to do http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading_to_1.14#Alternative_2:_Re-run_the_installer
You definitely want to make a backup of your database and uploads (I might even suggest of your whole code base so you can revert if necessary). But other than that it should work. I've heard the MediaWiki devs mention that they would like to know about any snags you run into because they want to make it a painless as is reasonable for people to upgrade. Good luck, -Courtney -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dale (Inquisitor Betrayer) Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 3:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Mediawiki-l] upgrade advice and help It might help this wiki if I upgrade it. I am having a lot of spam problems. I did read the notes on upgrade and I am not all that clear on it. Here is the installed and running wiki http://aim.alienearmusic.com/aimw/index.php/Main_Page . It has been up for a few years and I think I upgraded once before. Right now it's info is : MediaWiki: 1.5beta3 PHP: 5.2.5 (apache) MySQL: 5.0.67-community My questions are : 1. What steps do I need to do to upgrade it to the current version? 2. I understand I need to backup the files and database, that I will do via my hosting panels for it. Other than that, what do I need to do to prep it for upgrade? note I do not have shell access to the server, so I need to upgrade via web interface dale band web pages Inquisitor Betrayer "Space Elevator" Get it at http://cdbaby.com/cd/inquisitorbetrayer http://www.inquisitorbetrayer.com , http://www.myspace.com/inquisitorbetrayer , http://www.musicforte.com/member/ib_staff and Angel's Wings www.myspace.com/lorrainekay iTunes http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=200365877 New group for Serious Musicians, [email protected], for those who want to spend less time marketing and more time making music Escuchen a los Inquisitor - Musica para Inteligentes. Music is nothing if the audience is deaf. _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
