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Brief: this tutorial shows how to upgrade your website from version 3.0.0 to version 4.0.0 in simple quick steps. 

Preparation Steps: 

 

1- Close your website by using Dimofinf settings in the CMS control panel. 

2- create a new database using the hosting cpanel. 

3- create a backup of the main database. 

Note: if you upgrade using a subfolder before being viewed by visitors, this folder has to be named (upgrade) otherwise, CMS will not work. 

 

Setting Steps: 

 

To get your CMS version, login to the website control panel and follow the below steps: 

1- login to your client area using your email address and password. 

2- your main page is shown, press (active services) and a list of your services appears. 

3- press the button (view details) in front of the CMS license key. 

 

License key: copy and paste it in config.php file before starting installing “step 7”. 

License domain: is the domain certified to be used in installing the CMS. 

 

Installing CMS version. 

4- download the version on your device. 

5- extract the file.  

6- open the file (include), you will find inside another file named (config.php.new), change the file name to (config.php) and delete the extension (.new). 

7- open the file(config.php) and add the below data: 

License Key: it is shown in the service page on the client area page as mentioned previously. 

Database name [dbname]: that is created in the previous step. 

Database username [dbuser]: that is created in the previous step. 

Database password [password]: that is created in the previous step. 

CODE :

$setting ['LicenseKey'] = '';

$setting['Databasename'] = 'dbname';

$setting['MasterServerusername'] = 'dbuser';

$setting['MasterServerpassword'] = 'password';

Save editing. 

8- upload the extracted folder to your website where you want to install a new version (or upload the compressed folder and then extract it using the cpanel). 

9- provide the 777 permission to the below folders through the cpanel. 

Folder : contents

Folder: styles

Folder : contents/datastore

Folder: contents/datastore/layout

File: contents/datastore/datastore_default.php

File: contents/datastore/rout.data.php

File: contents/datastore/l.dat

10- move the below folders from version 3.0.0 to (contents folders) in version 4.0.0. 

Upgrading Steps: 

-recall the file (upgrade.php) using the browser as per the uploaded folder, for example: 

http://www.DOMAIN.TLD/install/upgrade.php

Bearing in mind that you have to replace (DOMAIN.TLD) with your website domain. 

1- the welcome message is shown to start the first steps of upgrading which is converting database encoding to UTF8. Press (proceed) as shown below:  

-The process may take a long time depending on the database size. 

2- the next step is to start upgrading to version 4, press (proceed) as the picture below: 

3- the below template of activated plugins and modules -of version 3- are chosen automatically by the system as the picture below: 

Choose plugins and modules that you want to activate, and then press (proceed) as the previous picture.

4- after that, a message is appeared as below to enter some data: 

-Site title : The website name such as (sabaq newspaper, etc) 

- URL of your Dimofinf : CMS URL on your website.

- Your Domain: the website domain. 

- Site mail: the approved email address that is used to send messages from your website.

-if the upgrading is proceeding using a sub folder, you have to enter the folder name after the sign (/) in the cookies field and add (/) after the folder name. 

Press (proceed) after filing the previous template fields. 

5- after the installing process is done, a new template will show up to enter some data of the website admin as shown in the below picture: 

 

- Select Current Administrator: from the previous admins, choose one to be the main current administrator. 

- Password: enter the new password of the current admin account. 

- Confirm Password: re enter the previous password. 

 

After filling the required fields, press (proceed) as shown in the previous picture. 

6- then, the system asks you to enter the user that all data will be published by his name as the picture below: 

 

7- after the upgrading process is done, the below picture will show to delete the folder (install) for security wise. So, delete the folder and press (proceed): 

After pressing (proceed), you are transferred to the CMS control panel using the data entered in step 5 (username and password). 

8- after logging to the CMS control panel, a very important window is shown including FTP data, and Dimofinf store one. 

-Note: the store data is sent to your email address registered in the website, so login to your email inbox to get the data.

 

The window explanation: 

 

- FTP Host: the server name of the FTP account.

- FTP User: the FTP username. 

- FTP Password: the FTP account password.

- FTP Port: the port number of your FTP account.

- CMS FTP Folder: the name of the folder that includes the CMS files.

- Store Username: Dimofinf store username (sent to your email address after purchasing the CMS version)

- Store password: Dimofinf store password (sent to your email address after purchasing the CMS version)

- Use SSL FTP: enables you to use the secured login to FTP.