How to upgrade

For these instructions it is assumed the URL of the system you want to upgrade is http://yoursite.example.org. During the upgrade, your site may be not available for your visitors.
Just in case something goes wrong, make sure you have a database backup.

Quick upgrade

  • To upgrade Textmotion using the package manager, login into your administrator account, enter the package manager (Settings » Packages) choose the "System" tab and click the "install".
  • You'll probably be asked for your FTP account information and then, some files will be downloaded to your host, after the download is finished, you'd be redirected to http://yoursite.example.org/install/db_setup?mode=upgrade where you'll find some further instructions.

Manual upgrade

  • Download the latest release of textmotion to your Desktop.
  • Uncompress the package into a temporary directory.
  • Upload the contents of the src directory (but not src itself) to your hosting server in the same place where textmotion is currently installed, tell your FTP client to overwrite existing files.
  • Once the download is finished, browse to http://yoursite.example.org/install/db_setup?mode=upgrade and follow on-screen directions.

SVN based upgrade

If you installed your system using svn follow those instructions.
  • Change to the directory where textmotion is currently installed. $ cd www/example.org/htdocs
  • Upgrade to the latest version using droid.sh $ chmod +x ./droid.sh
    $ ./droid.sh update
  • Browse to http://yoursite.example.org/install/db_setup?mode=upgrade and follow on-screen directions.