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FAQS TIPS & TRICKS

2019-11-05T12:34:52Z

Peter: added a few more tips/tricks headings from the other forum

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How to install updates

2019-10-19T11:29:55Z

Peter:

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'''🠉 [[FAQS TIPS & TRICKS]]'''
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<big>'''How to keep your Phoenix software up to date'''</big>

From time to time, updates are issued for Phoenix by the core code development team.

These updates are not automatically installed into your shop. You need to manually check for updates, and install them yourself. With some help from Phoenixwiki, this should not be too hard!

Simple Instructions

*Check which version you are using. Go to Admin. In the Version Check box (bottom right of your page, by default), select 'Check Now'. This will tell you the version and whether it is the latest i.e. 1.02.7.
*Go to the announcements page and identify the latest version e.g. 1.02.8.
*Read the instructions on the announcements page on how to upgrade from your version to the latest. There will be a download update package for each version. There might be a few steps involved (and a few updates to download) if you have missed them.
*Extract the contents of the update packages on your computer. These will replace the ones on your server. If you have never changed the files which will be replaced, you can simply upload to your server and overwrite the existing files. Note: it is important you are uploading the update packages here, not the latest version of Phoenix itself which will override your entire shop!
*If you are unsure, use a file compare program like [[Notepad++]] to compare each file with the one in your shop: see [[Must Have Tools]]. If you have made lots of changes to the files being updates, you will need to manually apply the updates.

 Advanced Instructions

*The source code for Phoenix is maintained on a repository on GitHub.
*You can always check the version of Phoenix by looking at the 'branches'. The branch with the highest version is the latest branch. 'Master' is the consolidated file, which will contain all changes which have been committed i.e. published. However, the 'Master' file will not necessarily contain all updates being worked on in latest branch, if that branch is not yet complete.
*Use 'Compare' to compare different branches/versions of Phoenix, e.g. 1.02.6 with 1.02.5.

[[File:Github compare.png]]

*Github will then show you every change made in every file. You can use this compare screen to quickly copy that code which has changed over to your files.
*If you want to compare the updated files against your files, you need to first download them. Click the three button menu to the far right of the name of the file, and select 'view file'. You can then copy and paste the contents of the file into a new document, give it the name of the file it came from, and use your preferred file compare software to compare against the version of the file used in your live shop.

How to install updates

2019-10-19T11:26:37Z

Peter:

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'''🠉 [[FAQS TIPS & TRICKS]]'''
<hr>
<big>'''How to keep your Phoenix software up to date'''</big>

From time to time, updates are issued for Phoenix by the core code development team.

These updates are not automatically installed into your shop. You need to manually check for updates, and install them yourself. With some help from Phoenixwiki, this should not be too hard!

Simple Instructions

*Check which version you are using. Go to Admin. In the Version Check box (bottom right of your page, by default), select 'Check Now'. This will tell you the version and whether it is the latest i.e. 1.02.7.
*Go to the announcements page and identify the latest version e.g. 1.02.8.
*Read the instructions on the announcements page on how to upgrade from your version to the latest. There will be a download update package for each version. There might be a few steps involved (and a few updates to download) if you have missed them.
*Extract the contents of the update packages on your computer. These will replace the ones on your server. If you have never changed the files which will be replaced, you can simply upload to your server and overwrite the existing files. Note: it is important you are uploading the update packages here, not the latest version of Phoenix itself which will override your entire shop!
*If you are unsure, use a file compare program like Notepad++ [INSERT REFERENCE TO THE ARTICLE ON TOOLS HERE] to compare each file with the one in your shop. If you have made lots of changes to the files being updates, you will need to manually apply the updates.

 Advanced Instructions

*The source code for Phoenix is maintained on a repository on GitHub.
*You can always check the version of Phoenix by looking at the 'branches'. The branch with the highest version is the latest branch. 'Master' is the consolidated file, which will contain all changes which have been committed i.e. published. However, the 'Master' file will not necessarily contain all updates being worked on in latest branch, if that branch is not yet complete.
*Use 'Compare' to compare different branches/versions of Phoenix, e.g. 1.02.6 with 1.02.5.

[[File:Github compare.png]]

*Github will then show you every change made in every file. You can use this compare screen to quickly copy that code which has changed over to your files.
*If you want to compare the updated files against your files, you need to first download them. Click the three button menu to the far right of the name of the file, and select 'view file'. You can then copy and paste the contents of the file into a new document, give it the name of the file it came from, and use your preferred file compare software to compare against the version of the file used in your live shop.

How to install updates

2019-10-19T11:21:41Z

Peter: added photo

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'''🠉 [[FAQS TIPS & TRICKS]]'''
<hr>
<big>'''How to keep your Phoenix software up to date'''</big>

From time to time, updates are issued for Phoenix by the core code development team.

These updates are not automatically installed into your shop. You need to manually check for updates, and install them yourself. With some help from Phoenixwiki, this should not be too hard!

Simple Instructions

*Check which version you are using. Go to Admin. In the Version Check box (bottom right of your page, by default), select 'Check Now'. This will tell you the version and whether it is the latest i.e. 1.02.7.
*Go to the announcements page and identify the latest version e.g. 1.02.8.
*Read the instructions on the announcements page on how to upgrade from your version to the latest. There will be a download update package for each version. There might be a few steps involved (and a few updates to download) if you have missed them.
*Extract the contents of the update packages on your computer. These will replace the ones on your server. If you have never changed the files which will be replaced, you can simply upload to your server and overwrite the existing files. Note: it is important you are uploading the update packages here, not the latest version of Phoenix itself which will override your entire shop!
*If you are unsure, use a file compare program like Notepad++ [INSERT REFERENCE TO THE ARTICLE ON TOOLS HERE] to compare each file with the one in your shop. If you have made lots of changes to the files being updates, you will need to manually apply the updates.

 Advanced Instructions

*The source code for Phoenix is maintained on a repository on GitHub.
*You can always check the version of Phoenix by looking at the 'branches'. The branch with the highest version is the latest branch. 'Master' is the consolidated file, which will contain all changes which have been committed i.e. published. However, the 'Master' file will not necessarily contain all updates being worked on in latest branch, if that branch is not yet complete.
*Use 'Compare' to compare different branches/versions of Phoenix, e.g. 1.02.6 with 1.02.5.

[[File:Github compare.png]]

*Github will then show you every change made in every file. You can use this compare screen to quickly copy code that has changed.

File:Github compare.png

2019-10-19T11:20:56Z

Peter: Shows Compare screen on github.

== Summary ==
Shows Compare screen on github.

How to install updates

2019-10-19T11:17:28Z

Peter:

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'''🠉 [[FAQS TIPS & TRICKS]]'''
<hr>
<big>'''How to keep your Phoenix software up to date'''</big>

From time to time, updates are issued for Phoenix by the core code development team.

These updates are not automatically installed into your shop. You need to manually check for updates, and install them yourself. With some help from Phoenixwiki, this should not be too hard!

Simple Instructions

*Check which version you are using. Go to Admin. In the Version Check box (bottom right of your page, by default), select 'Check Now'. This will tell you the version and whether it is the latest i.e. 1.02.7.
*Go to the announcements page and identify the latest version e.g. 1.02.8.
*Read the instructions on the announcements page on how to upgrade from your version to the latest. There will be a download update package for each version. There might be a few steps involved (and a few updates to download) if you have missed them.
*Extract the contents of the update packages on your computer. These will replace the ones on your server. If you have never changed the files which will be replaced, you can simply upload to your server and overwrite the existing files. Note: it is important you are uploading the update packages here, not the latest version of Phoenix itself which will override your entire shop!
*If you are unsure, use a file compare program like Notepad++ [INSERT REFERENCE TO THE ARTICLE ON TOOLS HERE] to compare each file with the one in your shop. If you have made lots of changes to the files being updates, you will need to manually apply the updates.

 Advanced Instructions

*The source code for Phoenix is maintained on a repository on GitHub.
*You can always check the version of Phoenix by looking at the 'branches'. The branch with the highest version is the latest branch. 'Master' is the consolidated file, which will contain all changes which have been committed i.e. published. However, the 'Master' file will not necessarily contain all updates being worked on in latest branch, if that branch is not yet complete.
*Use 'Compare branches' to compare different version of Phoenix, e.g. 1.02.8 to 1.02.7.

[INSERT SCREENSHOT FROM GITHUB]

*Github will then show you every change made in every file. You can use this compare screen to quickly copy code that has changed.

How to install updates

2019-10-19T11:14:05Z

Peter:

How to install updates

2019-10-19T11:13:48Z

Peter: Draft - saved to not lose progress

FAQS TIPS & TRICKS

2019-10-19T11:02:42Z

Peter: added reference to updating the software, which will write

How to Upgrade

2019-10-08T13:03:43Z

Peter: couple edits

'''🠉 [[FAQS TIPS & TRICKS]]'''
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<big>'''How to upgrade an old oscommerce website to Phoenix'''</big>

If you are running an old version of oscommerce you really need to upgrade it to Phoenix. Pre-Phoenix version of osCommerce are no longer supported, and many of them run on outdated, slower, versions of PHP.

Follow these steps to make the upgrade easy.
*Install Phoenix into a new directory/folder on your current website - see <big>'''[[How to Create a Test Shop]]''' </big> for instructions.
*Transfer database tables from your old database to the new database - see <big>'''[[phpMyAdmin]]''' </big>. Take the time to make the structure of the database you are copying is the same as the destination before you copy.
*When your new Phoenix shop is ready, choose a quiet time for your shop or install a html landing index page to notify customers - delete all files from htdocs - change configure files in Phoenix shop to their new root/path - copy all files from the sub-directory up to htdocs.

Talk:Welcome to CE Phoenix Wiki

2019-10-03T07:18:09Z

Peter:

Great headings so far Robert. I like the structure.

Talk:Welcome to CE Phoenix Wiki

2019-10-03T07:17:58Z

Peter: Created page with "Great heading so far Robert. I like the structure."

Great heading so far Robert. I like the structure.