Your need to move your files out of the ‘ webtrees‘ folder and place them directly within the ‘ public_html’ folder. The image below shows they are currently at /public_html/webtrees The box that appears will list all your files and folders, will ask you where you want to move things to, and will show you where they are now. Select every file and folder in the main column, then click on the ‘ Move‘ button from the top menu. You will see the folder itself will move into the left hand side column and all the contents of that folder will be listed in the main column. To do this, double-click on the ‘ webtrees‘ folder. Stage Four – Replace Old Files/Folders with New Files/FoldersĪll the new folders and files you need are in the ‘ webtrees‘ folder but we need to move them into your ‘ public_html‘ folder so they replace the files that are already there. You no longer need the compressed folder so it can be deleted by clicking on it and selecting ‘ Remove‘ from the top menu. zip or gz.zip) and an uncompressed webtrees folder. You now have a webtrees file (the compressed file ending with. When you return to the main files section, the centre column should look the same as when you started but with the additional webtrees.zip file now accompanied by an additional folder names ‘ webtrees‘ which contains the new uncompressed Webtrees files and folders. You do this by selecting the file and clicking on the ‘ Extract‘ button on the top menu, then on ‘ Extract files‘ in the pop-up window, and then (when it’s finished) on the ‘ Close‘ button. The Webtrees file you have uploaded is a compressed file, so now you need to un-compress it. Stage Three – Un-compress Webtrees File on Server Select the ‘ load‘ or ‘ upload‘ button in the top menu, then on the ‘ Select‘ button to select the compressed Webtrees file from your computer and then click on ‘ Open‘ Once completed you should return to the main files section, where the centre column will should look exactly the same except there will be an additional webtrees.zip file. When you click on the public folder in the left-hand column, it will display all your webtrees content in the main central area. If they are not at public_html/ but are instead located at public_html/webtrees/ you will need to adjust the instructions accordingly.įind the public folder in the left-hand column. The following instructions assume all your Webtrees files are located directly into your public folder. Log into your cPanel main page, go to the ‘ Files‘ section and then click on the ‘ File manager‘ link. Stage Two – Upload Compressed Webtrees to Server It will be a compressed file but you should NOT un-compress it. You should download the most recent version of Webtrees to your computer. Stage One – Upload Compressed Webtrees to Computer Replace existing files and folders with new files and folders.Uncompress the webtrees file on your server.Upload new compressed Webtrees file from your computer to your server.Upload new compressed Webtrees file to your computer.Upgrading manually can be done in a few second in four stages, but before you do so I would urge you to take a backup of your site, or at the very least backup the data/ folder which contains all your important information. It will take you to your control panel where you will see a message to show you are using the latest version of webtrees. If there is a new version of webtrees available, a message will tell you when you log in.Ĭlicking on the link will tell you the upgrade is available automatically.Ĭlicking on the ‘continue’ button will start the automatic upgrade.Ĭlick on the ‘continue’ button once the upgrade is complete. The upgrade requires a large CPU and memory usage, so if the upgrade exceeds the CPU time limit or memory of your server it will fail.The upgrade requires about 130MB of disc space, so if you have less than that amount of empty space the automatic upgrade will fail.
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