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PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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    This version is the latest Stable release!


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UPGRADING 
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	To upgrade from any previous version

	Make a backup of the entire forum directory and have it readily available

	If you have any modified files at all, ensure you copy those mods to the new file first, I use meld for that but there are several compare apps available

	The date format has changed & will change the forum start date so record that and you can reset it later under Forum Config

	
	
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	OPTION 1.
	
	Install a complete fresh install & copy back the contents of 
	
	Members, Messages, Boards, Backups (do not overwrite the new .htaccess files with your old ones as they contain updated config)
	
	At this point you can go to Admin and see what's new and what needs to be added from your old config, if you do need to add, don't change anything in Admin yet
	
	copy/overwrite/edit any file into Variables that have your mods/details in that need restoring (best compare each file first)
	
	compare Settings.pm to yours and copy over/add any fields that you need to keep into the new file
	
	Check/Reset your admin settings & configure what's new	
	
	
	
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	OPTION 2. (easiest)
	
	Move all files in /cgi-bin/yabb2/ to the base forum folder & delete /cgi-bin/*
	
	Select the following directories and files from your new install and copy to your forum directory, overwriting all

	Admin
	Convert
	Help
	Languages
	Modules
	Quick-Guide
	Sources
	Templates
	yabbfiles

	Setup.pl
	AdminIndex.pl
	index.pl
	license.txt
	MANIFEST.txt
	INSTALLING.txt
	UPGRADING.txt
	VERSION.txt
	meta.pm < open this in a text editor and change to your site details
	Paths.pm
	
	DO NOT COPY OVER ANY OTHER FILE OR DIRECTORY

	** Delete files
	YaBB.pl
	Sources/SpellChecker.pl
	readmeFIRST.txt
	MANIFEST
	
	** Delete Folders
	Quick-Guide_26
	yabbfiles/googiespell < only googiespell, not yabbfiles
	conf
	db
	hooks
	locks
	
	Edit .htaccess
	change Yabb to index to keep Guardian happy
	
	Delete Variables/Setup.lock
	
	Run https://yourdomain/forumfolder/Setup.pl (ensure it's 755) using your current admin password & make sure the paths are correct, this will install/upgrade some new items in Settings.pm
	
	Check/Reset your admin settings & configure what's new
	
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	Make sure Setup.pl is chmod 0755 (that's executable)
	and Variables, Members, Messages, Boards, Backups, Languages, Convert to 775 recursively; index.pl, AdminIndex.pl to 755 & Paths.pm to 664
	
	If you get an error check the logs if it's not displayed on screen and fix whatever is broken
	if you can't fix it try running Setup.pl 
	otherwise copy back the file with issues and compare the old and new to see what was different

	If you get to the point where you can't get it sorted, rename the forum folder you just upgraded (name.bak) and restore the original folder

	You can get help at https://yabb.nz/support