Downtime for upgrading

[TerryJC]

Well... I wasn't getting the button with the pen icon on it, but now I am.

Strange.

[hamishmb]

Advance notice that I'll be backing up and upgrading the software for these forums soon. I'll post another message just before the downtime. Around 15-30 minutes of downtime is expected.

[hamishmb]

I will upgrade the forum in around 30 minutes to an hour.

[wmtprojectsforum]

Okay, I was delayed but the update is now complete.

Terry, could you perhaps take over with doing occasional forum updates please?

[TerryJC]

Hamish,

Not a problem. Can you point me at the procedure and also how you know that updates are available?

[wmtprojectsforum]

Announcements can be subscribed to here: https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewforum.php?f=14

Or you can check the admin control panel every now and then - it tells you when updates are available.

As for the procedure, this was always a sticking point because there are multiple different ways to do it, and each place tells you something different.

I personally follow the "Full Package" instructions available on the Updates page in the admin control panel. I'm about to update my support forum, so I will take a screenshot for you and put it here.

[hamishmb]

Here is the procedure.

[TerryJC]

Hamish,

I presume that I have to register on that Forum, (ie not use the WMT Forum credentials).

[hamishmb]

Yes, you'd have to register on that forum. You may also be able to use RSS or Atom to subscribe (https://www.phpbb.com/community/index.php).

[wmtprojectsforum]

I will be upgrading the forum shortly, so there will be approximately 30 minutes of downtime from 11AM onwards.