Upgrade from 5.1.6 to 9

[David A. Bayly]

>At 12:43 PM 10/16/2002 +0200, nate at int-res.com wrote:
>>Has any body ever upgraded from 5.x to 9? I think it will probably 
>>be a colossal amount of work, but I have no idea where to start. 
>>Can someone please give me a clue as to where to begin? What sort 
>>of inner workings of my database need to be changed in order to be 
>>supported by 9?
>
>Actually, I'd think that the differences wouldn't be that great. 
>I'd just export your various bits and pieces, back everything up and 
>start up F9.  Then import the old pieces, probably into a guest 
>database (it makes future upgrades much easier).
>
>The web site framework hasn't really changed that much since 5.x 
>that I recall and the internal formats haven't changed either.
>
>>This question will come later of course:
>>How do I make an old site created in pre-Manila 5.1.6 accessable by 
>>Manila once I pull a copy of my present database into my new 
>>Frontier and get it working?
>>I've tried searching the archives here but I don't know if any of 
>>what I found pertains to my problem.
>
>Are you talking about a traditional static built site?  If so, I 
>think Bayly.root has some scripts for that kind of conversion.
>
>http://www.baylys.com:8080/
>


I've been watching, but I held back until Nathan sorted out the 
primary problem, getting his roots onto onto Frontier 9. My tools are 
helpful, but by no means complete. .
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- David Bayly.       Programmer and digest reader.     dbayly at udena dot ch
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