upgrading to 5.0.1 from 5.0.0

[abarthspeed]

Hey Guys,

I'm sure this is pretty obvious to most, but I am a vBulletin newby. VB5 connect is my first use of vBulletin or any forum for that matter.

I have had absolutely no problem with installing and using 5.0. I'd really like to install 5.0.1, but I'm not quite sure that if I install this the same way I did 5.0 that it will wipeout pretty much everything that is already on my forum. So, will I simply just edit my config files like I did initially and upload all files to my server or should I pick and choose? I'm using FileZilla and I'm pretty sure they have an overwrite existing files with newer sources option I can use. I've backed up my existing forum as well.

Any help for a beginner would be most appreciated. Thanks!

[Mark.B]

You don't need to edit the config files again.

Just upload all the 5.0.1 files, then run yourdomain.com/core/install/upgrade.php.

(The config files have slightly different names in the package so they don't overwrite the existing ones).

Make sure you BACK UP your old files AND database FIRST!

[abarthspeed]

Thanks Mark for the quick support!

This was a huge help, and I can't thank you enough.

[Protein Shaykh]

I'm getting this error while going into the link Mark provided.

"vBulletin 5 requires PHP version 5.3.0 or greater. Your PHP is version 5.2.17, please ask your host to upgrade."

Pretty confusing since I was using 5.3.0 for vBulletin 5.0.1


[Edit] Added "AddHandler application/x-httpd-php54 .php" to .htaccessfile and get errors

[Zachery]

Glad you got it fixed.