On 07/09/2007, Alex Le Bek <alex(a)alexlebek.com> wrote:
I am moving a wiki from one server to another and
would like to upgrade at
the same time (from mediawiki-1.9.3 to mediawiki-1.10.1). Can this be done
by using the special page Export to XML of the old site and then using the
special page Import facility on 1.10.1 or will there be problems with the
XML tagging? (Would the HTML markup be fully preserved also?)
Don't use an XML dump to back stuff up and assume it's a done deal;
it's not. An XML dump includes *only* the page content, without site
configuration, users, preferences, watchlists, recent change lists,
other goodies, etc.
Read
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Moving_a_wiki for
instructions on migrating a wiki, then perform the upgrade procedure
documented at
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading_to_1.10;
the upgrader will notice that certain tables, etc. are missing and
will upgrade the database.
For future reference; when making a backup of a wiki, take a full
database dump (or back up the database using another tool), and then
back up the configuration files, any uploaded images, skin
customisations, etc. See
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Backing_up_a_wiki for more
information.
Rob Church