XenForo 2.0.5 to 2.3?

[itsmikeski]

I have a forum with 40,000 members and 1.1million posts across 240,000 threads, currently running XF 2.0.5, and I'd like to upgrade to a new version as Im getting some bugs (largely because PHP has been updated on the server), and to get with the times a little.

Only running one Add-On ([XenConcept] Restrict Guest Views 2.0.7), and not too worried if that goes down. I assume there's an update to it though. Easy enough to reinstall if need be.

But I am wondering, how easy is the upgrade back from 2.0.5 to 2.3? Standard? Or do I need to go to 2.1, 2.2 first?

Thanks.

 

[Mendalla]

I believe you only need to do the upgrade direct to 2.3. The intermediate levels are included in that upgrade. With only one add-on, you seem to have that well in hand. What about styling? If you use a prebuilt style package from a dev directly or as a parent style, you'll probably want to make sure you get the latest version of it.

 

[itsmikeski]

We have a custom style, so will probably need some work after upgrade, but I assume a lot of things carry over.

Actually one of the problems now seems to be I cant update styles or add modules because of PHP errors and I cant downgrade my server PHP any lower lol

 

[ForumDevs]

Actually one of the problems now seems to be I cant update styles or add modules because of PHP errors and I cant downgrade my server PHP any lower lol

You could try to upgrade to XF 2.1 or 2.2 at least so you can keep running the forum. Then a testing forum could be set up on a second server/account running a more recent PHP version.

 

[itsmikeski]

You could try to upgrade to XF 2.1 or 2.2 at least so you can keep running the forum. Then a testing forum could be set up on a second server/account running a more recent PHP version.

Okay. Ill update to 2.2 then if all good update to 2.3.

Assuming I have access to both installs from the same subscription?

 

[ForumDevs]

Assuming I have access to both installs from the same subscription?

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