Further advice: keep your old "images" directory, since the database
does not contain them, and you'll lose them if you delete your old wiki
directory.
On 18-Jul-04, at 8:55 PM, Brion Vibber wrote:
Nick Bell wrote:
1. 1.26 is great, but I want the latest! I would
rather not have to
reenter all my wiki data - what's the best way of transferring it
across? I've managed to get the XML export to work, but how to I
_import_ it to the new site?
There is not yet a fully functional XML import function in the wiki.
The standard upgrade method is to just install the new version; give
it the existing database name/username/password and it should perform
the necessary upgrade steps.
You will need to first remove the old LocalSettings.php if you try to
install over the same directory, and adapt any customizations to it to
the new version.
BACK UP EVERYTHING FIRST -- your files and your database.
(Keep in mind that 1.3 is currently marked as beta, in large part
because there have been install issues that aren't fully worked out
yet. On some configurations you may have trouble.)
2. I don't find it very easy to search for
support on the metawiki
using the search What's the easiest way of finding whether somebody
has answered my question about mediawiki previously?
Google. Both meta and the mailing list archives should be indexed and
reachable. (Try adding
site:mail.wikipedia.org or
site:meta.wikipedia.org to the google search to restrict results.)
-- brion vibber (brion @
pobox.com)
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