PapaTango
Member
Thank's @viper357 ! My first post was an amazing display of stupid...
I decided to parse the contents of the XF folders against what was in the install folders. The 'aha' moment was finding that nothing would be overwritten. Duh. From there, I did exactly as you note and everything did exactly as it should. If I am not mistaken, this is the same kind of installation method that vB uses. I am coming from 12 years of SMF, Joomla, and WP site dev--so this was a bit different.
Anyway, site alpha dev is coming along nicely--and I have only a few regrets leaving SMF behind. I floated 2.1b3 out on a trial but it is simply not ready for prime time yet (few workable themes, mod extensions, and interesting occasional bugs with some configs of FF browser), the 2.0.x has gotten too long in the tooth and many mods are being abandoned by the developer community. So, off and away on this new, a bit costlier adventure!
Now I am off to find my next impasse, and post another clueless question...
I decided to parse the contents of the XF folders against what was in the install folders. The 'aha' moment was finding that nothing would be overwritten. Duh. From there, I did exactly as you note and everything did exactly as it should. If I am not mistaken, this is the same kind of installation method that vB uses. I am coming from 12 years of SMF, Joomla, and WP site dev--so this was a bit different.
Anyway, site alpha dev is coming along nicely--and I have only a few regrets leaving SMF behind. I floated 2.1b3 out on a trial but it is simply not ready for prime time yet (few workable themes, mod extensions, and interesting occasional bugs with some configs of FF browser), the 2.0.x has gotten too long in the tooth and many mods are being abandoned by the developer community. So, off and away on this new, a bit costlier adventure!
Now I am off to find my next impasse, and post another clueless question...