Preparing to upgrade to 3.7

[siliconfinance]

I had a few questions before I undertake the upgrade process.

Is there a possible way to maintain one copy of vb on my non-public server and spin off the styles and templates only? Basically, I maintain two forums with many of the same templates. Rather than upgrading and then going through and redoing all of the mods twice, I was hoping to find a way to do it once and copy the files related to the templates over to the other forum.

[peterska2]

As per the license agreement you can install a test copy of vB as long as it's not publicly accessible:

"If you have a valid license, you may set up an additional test forum in order to test code, template and database modifications. To make this clear to us and our license verification procedures, place it in a directory called 'testvb' and be sure to password protect it. It must not be accessible by the general public."

You can view the license agreement here:

http://www.vbulletin.com/order/license_agreement.php


The styles can be exported from the test site and imported into the live site after the live site is upgraded using the Style Manager > Upload/Download Styles system.

[siliconfinance]

Thank you Kerry.