Subtext version 1.5 (Nautilus R and R Edition) is now available - view the complete post here.

Upgrading was so easy, I almost cried after I saw this blog up and running in less than a minute. It might take you longer if you have some custom stuff going on. I had some code highlighting and other add-ons that I lost but it should be a piece of cake adding it back on.

The development team provided upgrading instructions here, here is my version - its all the same but with some extra safety rules and screen shots.

  1. Download the compiled version here.
  2. Unzip the package using your favorite zip tool such as winzip or winrar to a temp folder say "c:\temp".
  3. Open up the web.config file from the temp folder and update the database connection strings and email addresses. It's easier to get the correct settings from your current web.config file rather than guessing stuff - don't forget to update the mail server also.
  4. Now backup your current files (I zipped them all up and copied the zip file to a safe place, just in case!).
  5. Copy all the files from your temp folder that holds the new version 1.5 to your current folder and when asked to overwrite - click yes to all and overwrite everything.
  6. Start smiling
  7. Pay a visit to your home page such as: myblogdomain.com and if everything is well, you should be directed to a page that looks like the image below, if not whoops - restore and try again.
    subtext2.JPG
  8. BACKUP your database - this is a must!
  9. Follow the instructions on the screen to login as HostAdmin, click the upgrade button and if all is well, you should see a page like the image below.
    subtext1.JPG
  10. subtext3.JPG
  11. Great!!! you are set. Go back to your home page and login as usual.

Comments: Everything is excellent so far except for the new design, take a look at the image below I can barely see the text on the buttons, the design definitely needs to be worked on a little bit, otherwise I'm good.

subtext4.JPG

 

Reset HostAdmin account password to "Password" 

				IF 0 = (SELECTCOUNT(1) FROM subtext_Host)
  INSERT subtext_Host
  SELECT'<username, varchar(255), >'
    , 'sIHb6F4ew//D1OfQInQAzQ=='
    , 'Pq0/vHfHhk2xkGvMCzXyIg=='
    , getdate()
ELSE UPDATE subtext_Host
  SET Password='sIHb6F4ew//D1OfQInQAzQ=='
    , Salt='Pq0/vHfHhk2xkGvMCzXyIg=='

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