Upgrading from Beta 2

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jordanjay29

[deleted] You could try using the upgrade instructions from Beta 3 and then running the instructions from subsequent beta releases. In all honesty, I don't know if that would work.

This is really why Flarum is an "at your own risk" release right now, which is exponentially more true as you look at older releases of Flarum. You may simply need to manually repost or reconfigure any lost data from an older board.

Friendship-LEET

[deleted] I think there's a page in the github for upgrading. :face_palm: rip

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Friendship-LEET really? Hold on checking it out

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Friendship-LEET it says nothing about upgrading:/

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jordanjay29 the upgrade instructions seem a bit complicated for me...i will sure give it a try but it would be nice if you can translate that guide to a more idiot-friendly version if possible

jordanjay29

[deleted] That's best left up to other members here, I'd rather not get into the habit of supporting a Beta 2 version at all. To be blunt, if those instructions are too complicated, you may be better off waiting until Flarum has exited beta.

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jordanjay29 i just have a couple of simple questions about the update process....in the instructions where it says "install flarum beta 3" what should I input where it asks for the database info?

Kulga

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meetdilip Posted the link to each release to upgrade to each subsequent version.

However, you may have issue as they ended up becoming a general "composer update".
My advice would be to get to a composer version, run composer update and complete the instructed database upgrade (hoping for the best). If that doesn't work, looking for the instructions and methodically following them.

I would heavily recommend making reliable backups of the database every step of the way while you do this.

Feel free to visit this thread for a "Flarum Export / Import" feature and comment. It may be a method of making upgrades more "safe" or easier to manage.
https://discuss.flarum.org/d/631-flarum-export-import

Edit: I also locked the other thread in favor of continuing it here. If you run into additional problems directly related to this issue, please post them here instead of branching into new threads

jordanjay29

[deleted] No, please continue to use this thread for this topic as Kulga instructed. There's no need to start a new one for every new aspect of the issue. It will not change how quickly a response comes, and will hamper support as the background information is contained in this topic.

Also, please note that since your request is for an older version of Flarum, we may or may not be able to resolve it to your satisfaction.

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i deleted this thread....please lock
Continue here

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jordanjay29 please dont limit the support i get to the version of flarum i am running ...cuz that's exactly why i want to upgrade to the latest version....also I deleted this topic for a purpose its cuz i wanted to start a fresh new topic to avoid confusion, so if you dont mind, please lock this topic and unlock the other one since I don't see any harm in doing so.

jordanjay29

[deleted] No one has limited your support. I'm cautioning you, as I have every step along the way, that data from an outdated version of Flarum might not be recoverable. This is part of the reason we caution not to use Flarum in production, because we cannot guarantee that you won't lose data as part of the beta process.

As for the moderation, no. Both myself and Kulga have told you to use this topic, after you created multiples for this same issue. The decision stands.

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jordanjay29 the issue here is that people might just look at the main post in this topic....so thats why i prefer having a new one for each separate issue....and i know that it might not be possible to transfer the data but in the topic u locked, there's an error so all u have to do is check the error and tell me what i did wrong, and bam, problem fixed.

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jordanjay29 can u at least temporarily unlock that topic so that i can use the edit option to copy the links for the images since i no longer have them.

Friendship-LEET

[deleted] i posted the links ?

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