Updating Blesta

[dlange]

How does one update Blesta without loosing theme customizations on the Bootstrap CSS?

I just read the update procedure and the first step is to, "Upload the contents of the blesta directory to your server where you installed Blesta overwriting your existing files..."

Thanks,

Don

[Paul]

It's a good idea to run a diff on your current version and the new version. For example, if you're running 3.6.1 and e release 4.0.0, run a diff on the official versions to see if any templates changed that you may want to merge.

However, if you clone the client templates you can modify them without risk of them being overwritten.

~/app/views/client/bootstrap is the default client template. Copy and rename the bootstrap directory to something else. Then, select it for use under Settings > Company > Look and Feel > Template

Still, it's important to run a diff to see what's changed, or some things may not work properly.

[dlange]

Thanks Paul...

Run a diff? If that's a Linux command, it's not in my vocabulary. :^)

Don

[Paul]

20 minutes ago, dlange said:

Thanks Paul...

Run a diff? If that's a Linux command, it's not in my vocabulary. :^)

Don

You can use something called Kdiff, free here - http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/

It can compare two versions of Blesta and tell you what has changed. If you use it to compare the templates, it'll show you all of the templates that changed. You can use it to determine if you should merge any of your changes into a new release.

[Michael]

If you are using SSH to upgrade your blesta you can note down which files you have customised and remove them from the new zip before you over-write, then do what Paul said for checking what has changed and add your edits to the new files if needed. And if you have your own theme as Paul said then you don't need to worry about the client side unless there are changed main features you will need on your own theme.

[austenite]

I upgraded to 3.6.2 very quickly and easily using the web interface, great to see security issues being closed up. More great work by Blesta.

Bonus points for not revealing any details of the issue before giving everyone a grace period to upgrade.