[Xerte] Re: Upgrading from 1.8 to 1.9

Tom Reijnders reijnders at tor.nl
Mon Mar 11 17:48:27 GMT 2013


Ron, Julian,

I think in step 2, Ron meant to say drop 1.91 code over the top of 
existing code....

Tom

Op 11-3-2013 18:16, Ron Mitchell schreef:
>
> Hi Julian
>
> This will hopefully be covered during the next Xerte Friday on 22nd 
> March but here's a summary that I've posted to the list previously:
>
> 1. backup existing database and directory just in case
>
> 2. drop 1.8 code over top of existing code (for an upgrade you don't 
> need the setup folder)
>
> 3. visit the install to test the basics are working ok via guest 
> access e.g. create and test an LO
>
> 4. If you are using LDAP for authentication visit 
> http://yourinstall/upgrade.php to copy details from sitedeatils to 
> ldap table
>
> 5. change from guest to ldap or one of the other authentication 
> options in config.php by commenting/un-commenting the relevant line
>
> 6. If you are using Moodle for authentication read and follow the 
> instructions in the moodle_integration_readme file
>
> 7. refresh index.php and test login and creation etc
>
> The most recent code is always available from the svn but that can 
> sometimes contain new issues too whereas the zip downloads are less 
> up-to-date.
>
> HTH
>
> Ron
>
> *From:*xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk 
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Julian Prior
> *Sent:* 11 March 2013 16:40
> *To:* Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* [Xerte] Re: Upgrading from 1.8 to 1.9
>
> Hi all,
>
> Is there any documentation available on upgrading our 1.8 installation 
> of XOT to 1.9? In particular we have quite a large number of learning 
> objects linked to from  within Moodle and want to make sure the 
> upgrade doesn't break the links.
>
> Any tips or things we should be looking out for? Where is the best 
> place to get the most recent version of 1.9?
>
> Any help much appreciated!
>
> cheers
>
> Julian P
>
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> On 6 Mar 2013, at 13:40, Julian Prior <j.prior2 at bath.ac.uk 
> <mailto:j.prior2 at bath.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> We have just received the following from an instructional designer 
> working on a university project using Xerte:
>
> "The XERTE server won't allow me to export zip files so I can't
> keep a manual backup.  At present I'm having to double build on a
> non-UoB XERTE server (something I'd prefer not to do because it can be
> quite time consuming).  I was wondering if this is something they were
> aware of?"
>
> We are currently running 1.8. Any suggestions?
>
> cheers
>
> Julian
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