StartupGrowth:Upgrade to version 7.x-5.0.0 for Drupal 7

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This document will guide you to upgrade your Drupal 7 Startup Growth 2.3.1 installation to Startup Growth 7.x-5.0.0 for Drupal 7.

The steps that are tagged [Commerce] are relevant only to the Startup Growth Commerce 7.x distribution and should be skipped if you are running the simple Startup Growth 7.x distribution. The Startup Growth Commerce 7.x distribution is only available in the Startup Growth Pro & Startup Growth Enterprise products. You can find out more about the Startup Growth Commerce distribution at the Startup Growth product page http://www.morethanthemes.com/?q=themes/startupgrowth

Prepare your workbench

1. Create a temporary installation of Drupal 7 Startup Growth 7.x-5.0.0 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).

Put your website in maintenance mode

1. Login to your Drupal installation as administration user
2. Navigate to admin/config/development/maintenance
3. Enable the "Put site into maintenance mode" option
4. Save your configuration

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 7.50. We assume that you are currently using a 7.x version so it's about a "Minor update procedure".

1. Locate the root folder of your site. This is Drupal's root folder, where the index.php file is located.
2. Delete all Drupal files and folders except the [sites] and [profiles] folders.
3. Copy all Drupal files and folders from your temporary installation except the [sites] and [profiles] folders.
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.

Update extra modules

Startup Growth 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 below:

• Update jQuery Update module (jquery_update) to latest release 7.x-2.7
• Update Libraries module (libraries) to latest release 7.x-2.3
• Update Twitter module (twitter) to latest release 7.x-5.11
• Update Views module (views) to latest release 7.x-3.14

1. Locate the extra modules folder of your site, usually at [sites/all/modules].
2. Delete the folders jquery_update, libraries, twitter and views that belong to the Startup Growth distribution. If there are any extra module folders that have been installed by you later, you should leave them untouched or update them later manually, which is beyond the scope of this guide
3. Copy the latest version of the deleted module 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.

[Commerce] Update Commerce modules

Startup Growth comes with several extra Commerce 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 below:

• [Commerce] Update Address Field module (addressfield) to latest release 7.x-1.2
• [Commerce] Update Drupal Commerce module (commerce) to latest release 7.x-1.13
• [Commerce] Update Entity API module (entity) to latest release 7.x-1.7

1. Locate the extra modules folder of your site, usually at [sites/all/modules/contrib].
2. Delete the folders , addressfield, commerce and entity that belong to the Startup Growth distribution. If there are any extra module folders that have been installed by you later, you should leave them untouched or update them later manually, which is beyond the scope of this guide.
3. Copy the latest version of the deleted module 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.

Correctly uninstall Mtt Twitter module

Drupal 7.50 has introduced a new warning message that displays missing modules in your installation. If you do not proceed with the steps below you will see a warning in your installation that the mtt_twitter module is missing. The steps bellow will guide you on how to correctly uninstall the module as it is no longer used in our distributions.

1. Locate our theme folder in your temporary installation. Usually at [sites/all/themes/startupgrowth]
2. Locate our theme folder in your drupal 7 site. Usually at [sites/all/themes/startupgrowth]
3. Copy the mtt_twitter folder from the temporary installation to your installation
4. Navigate to admin/modules/uninstall
5. From the table select the UNINSTALL checkbox of the Mtt Twitter entry and click Uninstall
6. On the next screen click Uninstall once more to proceed
7. The Mtt Twitter module should now be uninstalled correctly
8. You can now proceed to delete the mtt_twitter folder from your installation

Patch your Startup Growth theme files

1. Locate our theme folder in your temporary installation. Usually at [sites/all/themes/startupgrowth]
2. Locate our theme folder in your drupal 7 site. Usually at [sites/all/themes/startupgrowth]
3. Replace the following files or folders in your installation, using the corresponding source files from the temporary installation (folders should be first deleted and finally copied from your temp installation).

• startupgrowth.info
• template.php
• theme-settings.php
• bootstrap

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 navigate to admin/config/development/performance and click the "Clear all caches" button

Disable maintenance mode

1. Navigate to admin/config/development/maintenance
2. Disable the "Put site into maintenance mode" option.
3. Save your configuration