[xwiki-users] XWiki upgrade
Hi, I am a user of myxwiki and I receive notifications on pages such as "June 6: Upgraded xwiki to version 3.1 SNAPSHOT from 2011-06-06. Don't forget to upgrade your wiki with the latest XAR (Upgrade instructions)." Does that mean the XWiki Core has been upgraded and I just need to upgrade wiki documents? If so, having downloaded the latest XAR (xwiki-enterprise-wiki-3.1-20110824.095236-263.xar in this instance) to my PC, can I expand it within myxwiki or unzip it on my machine? Do I export my xwiki, merge my files into the new build and then import back? Since with myxwiki the wiki is already available I don't have the experience of building one from scratch and the confidence to just make changes knowing they are on a local machine. Please can you provide some clearer guidelines for users of myxwiki. Thanks, Jonathan
Hello, On 08/25/2011 12:46 PM, Jonathan at Crindau wrote:
Hi,
I am a user of myxwiki and I receive notifications on pages such as "June 6: Upgraded xwiki to version 3.1 SNAPSHOT from 2011-06-06. Don't forget to upgrade your wiki with the latest XAR (Upgrade instructions)." Does that mean the XWiki Core has been upgraded and I just need to upgrade wiki documents?
Yes
If so, having downloaded the latest XAR (xwiki-enterprise-wiki-3.1-20110824.095236-263.xar in this instance) to my PC, can I expand it within myxwiki or unzip it on my machine? Do I export my xwiki, merge my files into the new build and then import back?
the most common way to do it is by doing the import on top of your wiki and unchecking documents which contain configuration and should not be re-imported. It also helps to import as new revision so if you make a mistake you can just roll back the document which was broken in the import. Of course it makes sense to back up your wiki before hand using the exporter. Caleb
Since with myxwiki the wiki is already available I don't have the experience of building one from scratch and the confidence to just make changes knowing they are on a local machine. Please can you provide some clearer guidelines for users of myxwiki.
Thanks,
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Hi Jonathan, Take a look at the documentation about this concern: http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Installation#HUpgradingw... Maxime 2011/8/26 Caleb James DeLisle <[email protected]>:
Hello,
On 08/25/2011 12:46 PM, Jonathan at Crindau wrote:
Hi,
I am a user of myxwiki and I receive notifications on pages such as "June 6: Upgraded xwiki to version 3.1 SNAPSHOT from 2011-06-06. Don't forget to upgrade your wiki with the latest XAR (Upgrade instructions)." Does that mean the XWiki Core has been upgraded and I just need to upgrade wiki documents?
Yes
If so, having downloaded the latest XAR (xwiki-enterprise-wiki-3.1-20110824.095236-263.xar in this instance) to my PC, can I expand it within myxwiki or unzip it on my machine? Do I export my xwiki, merge my files into the new build and then import back?
the most common way to do it is by doing the import on top of your wiki and unchecking documents which contain configuration and should not be re-imported. It also helps to import as new revision so if you make a mistake you can just roll back the document which was broken in the import. Of course it makes sense to back up your wiki before hand using the exporter.
Caleb
Since with myxwiki the wiki is already available I don't have the experience of building one from scratch and the confidence to just make changes knowing they are on a local machine. Please can you provide some clearer guidelines for users of myxwiki.
Thanks,
Jonathan _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
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