Pressblog:Upgrade to version 4.0 for Drupal 7

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This document will guide you to upgrade your Drupal 7 Pressblog 3.1 installation to Pressblog 4.0 for Drupal 7.

Prepare your workbench

1. Be sure that you are currently running Pressblog 3.1 for Drupal 7. If not, please upgrade your installation to Pressblog 3.1 for Drupal 7 first.
2. Create a temporary installation of Drupal 7 PressBlog 4.0 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 from 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. This is the Drupal root folder, where the index.php file is located.
2. Delete all Drupal files and folders except the [sites] folder.
3. Copy all the 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 as 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

Pressblog 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-3.3 version to 7.x-3.7
• Ctools module from 7.x-1.0 version to 7.x-1.3
• Superfish module from 7.x-1.8 version to 7.x-1.9

1. Locate the extra modules folder of your site, usually at [sites/all/modules].
2. Delete the Views module folder [sites/all/modules/views].
3. Delete the Chaos tool suite (ctools) module folder [sites/all/modules/ctools].
4. Delete the Superfish module folder [sites/all/modules/superfish].
5. Copy the Views module folder from your temporary installation [sites/all/modules/views] to the corresponding folder [sites/all/modules].
6. Copy the Chaos tool suite (ctools) module folder from your temporary installation [sites/all/modules/ctools] to the corresponding folder [sites/all/modules].
7. Copy the Superfish module folder from your temporary installation [sites/all/modules/superfish] to the corresponding folder [sites/all/modules].
8. Login to your Drupal installation as administration user, your site should still work as usual.
9. 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 Superfish library

1. Locate the libraries folder of your site, usually at [sites/all/libraries].
2. Delete the folder superfish.
3. Copy the latest version of the deleted library from your temporary installation.

Uninstall/remove extra modules

Social Style comes with several extra modules required to achieve its functionality. The following process will uninstall one of them: Uninstall MtT Twitter module (MtT Twitter module and Twitter API 1.1 - http://mtt.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/1183966)

1. Disable the MtT Twitter module through Home » Administration » Modules and Save this configuration.
2. Uninstall the MtT Twitter module through Home » Administration » Modules » UNINSTALL tab.
3. Locate the extra modules folder of your site, usually at [sites/all/modules].
4. Delete the folder mtt_twitter that belongs to the Social Style distribution.

Patch your Pressblog theme files

1. Delete your theme folder in your drupal 7 site. Usually at [sites/all/themes/pressblog]
2. Copy the new pressblog theme folder from your temporary installation. Usually at [sites/all/themes/pressblog]
3. 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

You will receive the following message.

The block Recent comments was assigned to the invalid region sidebar_tabs and has been disabled.
The block Latest articles was assigned to the invalid region sidebar_tabs and has been disabled.
The block Tags cloud (tab) was assigned to the invalid region sidebar_tabs and has been disabled.
The block Popular articles was assigned to the invalid region sidebar_tabs and has been disabled.

This is due to the reason that the the sidebar_tabs region has been removed. You will have to assign theses view blocks to tabs later.

Configure your Pressblog theme settings

1. Go to Home » Administration » Appearance » Pressblog » Settings
2. Select the White/Blue color scheme through MTT THEME SETTINGS » Look'n'Feel » Color Schemes » White/Blue
3. Select the Open Sans font-family for every region through MTT THEME SETTINGS » Font Settings
4. Finally Save your configuration

Import views

Go to Home » Administration » Structure » Views in your temporary installation:

• Export (OPERATIONS select list) the Latest Articles view, import it to your installation by selecting the option "Replace an existing view if one exists with the same name" and Save your view.
• Export (OPERATIONS select list) the Latest Articles (Sidebar) view, import it to your installation by selecting the option "Replace an existing view if one exists with the same name" and Save your view.
• Export (OPERATIONS select list) the Older Articles view, import it to your installation by selecting the option "Replace an existing view if one exists with the same name" and Save your view.
• Export (OPERATIONS select list) the Popular Articles view, import it to your installation by selecting the option "Replace an existing view if one exists with the same name" and Save your view.
• Export (OPERATIONS select list) the comments_recent view, import it to your installation by selecting the option "Replace an existing view if one exists with the same name" and Save your view.
• Export (OPERATIONS select list) the Tags cloud view, import it to your installation by selecting the option "Replace an existing view if one exists with the same name" and Save your view.

Configure your Image Styles

1. Go to Home » Administration » Configuration » Media » Image Styles
2. Delete the x-medium image style without any replacement
3. Edit the medium style and change its effect to Scale and crop 300x185
4. Edit the large style and change its effect to Scale and crop 780x468
5. Edit the small style and change its effect to Scale and crop 244x144

Magnific Popup: Responsive jQuery Lightbox Plugin

1. Install the “jQuery Update” module (https://drupal.org/project/jquery_update or copy this module from your temporary installation [sites/all/modules/jquery_update]
2. Select the 1.7 jQuery version branch through Home » Administration » Configuration » Development » jQuery update

Update the content of your Blocks

Go to Home » Administration » Structure » Blocks and update the content of the following Blocks using the corresponding Blocks of your temporary installation:

• Subscribe links
• Contact Info
• Followme

Install Twitter integration related modules (optional)

The following process will install some extra modules to your installation regarding the Twitter integration:

1. Install OAuth module (https://drupal.org/project/oauth)
2. Install Twitter module (https://drupal.org/project/twitter)
3. Locate the modules folder in your temporary installation at [sites/all/modules]
4. Locate the modules folder in your drupal 7 site. Usually at [sites/all/modules]
5. Copy the folders oauth and twitter using the corresponding folders from the temporary installation
6. Install OAuth and Twitter modules through through Home » Administration » Modules and Save this configuration (there is no need to install the modules OAuth Provider UI, Twitter actions, Twitter Post and Twitter Signin)
7. Import our Twitter Updates view through Home » Administration » Structure » Views » + Import (Twitter Updates view Import code)
8. You have always the option to disable the default Tweets view
9. Configure the Twitter module by creating a Twitter application https://drupal.org/node/1346824
10. Run cron through Home » Administration » Configuration » System » Cron to fetch the latest tweets of the account.

Quick Tabs integration

Please follow the corresponding guide in our Support center.

http://mtt.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/1423283-how-to-integrate-quick-tabs-in-your-drupal-site

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