BusinessClass:Upgrade to version 2.4

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This document will guide you to upgrade your Drupal 7 Business Class 2.3 installation to Business Class 2.4 for Drupal 7.

Prepare your workbench

1. Be sure that you are currently running Business Class 2.3 for Drupal 7. If not, please upgrade your installation to Business Class 2.3 for Drupal 7 first.
2. Create a temporary installation of Drupal 7 Business Class 2.4 using our installation profile. You will use this as a reference to guide you.

Backup

1. Backup everything.
2. Just in case, make sure you backed up everything =) (besides, it's always a good idea).

Update Drupal core

Take a breath and read Drupal's Upgrading form previous versions first. This upgrade will update your Drupal core to the version 7.12. We asume that you are curently using a 7.x version so it's about a "Minor update procedure".

1. Locate the root folder of your site. Is the Drupal's roor folder, there where the index.php is located.
2. Delete all Drupal files and folders except the [sites] folder.
3. Copy all Drupal files and folders from your temporary installation except the [sites] folder.
4. Login to your Drupal installation as administration user, your site should still work usual.
5. Run the update.php file calling a url like http://www.example.com/update.php or http://www.example.com/test_site/update.php, if your site is located under a subdirectory.

Update extra modules

Business Class comes with several extra modules required to achieve its functionality. The following process will update them to the latest (by the time these lines are written) version, as marked bellow:

• Views module from 7.x-3.0-rc3 version to 7.x-3.1

1. Locate the extra modules folder of your site, usually at [sites/all/modules].
2. Delete all the folders that belong to the Business Class distribution. Use your temporary installation to figure out the folders you could remove safely. You should remove all the folders that exist in your temporary installation of Business Class 2.4. If there are any extra module folders that had been installed from you later, you should leave them untouched or update them later manually, which is beyond the scope of this guide.
3. Copy the latest versions of the deleted modules from your temporary installation.
4. Run the update.php file calling a url like http://www.example.com/update.php or http://www.example.com/test_site/update.php, if your site is located under a subdirectory.

Patch your Business Class theme files

1. Locate our theme folder in your temporary installation. Usually at [sites/all/themes/businessclass]
2. Locate our theme folder in your drupal 7 site. Usually at [sites/all/themes/businessclass]
3. Replace the following files in your installation, using the corresponding source files from the temporary installation:
   1. businessclass.info
   2. style.css
   3. page--front.tpl.php
   4. field--field_image--mt_service.tpl.php
   5. field--field_image--blog.tpl.php
   6. template.php
   7. theme-settings.php
4. Add the following files in your installation, using the corresponding source files from the temporary installation:
   1. maintenance-page.tpl.php

Clear all cached data

This step is important in order to force your template to be informed for the changes you have made in the template files.

To do this go to Administer » Site configuration » Performance » Clear cached data

Alternative front page

This Business Class version improves the Drupal's default front page emulation with right sidebar support. This new behavior is accompanied by a new View block that collects the promoted content and displays it in a two columns layout rather than the three columns layout of the previous version. The new View block is named “Promoted posts-2columns”. Use your temporary Business Class 2.4 installation and export that view. Then import this into your existing Drupal installation. You will need it in!