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There are some rather ambiguous sentences in the guide that I would like clarified to ensure that I don’t screw anything up:

If you saved your templates as flat files in 1.x, upload the contents of your 1.x `system/templates/` directory to system/expressionengine/templates/<site_short_name>/ and verify permissions on the templates folder is set to 777.

Does this refer to the `/templates/` folder or the `/templates/<site_short_name>` folder?

It is recommended that you delete the files you will be replacing before uploading the new files and directories.

`system/` this may have been re-named in the initial installation.
`themes/`
`index.php`

This is by far the weirdest part.
Do I *overwrite* or *replace* the folders in question? It reads that I should delete all the files I will be replacing before uploading new files and directories; but the guide states no files that are overwritten—only folders!

So do I
A) Copy all the files from the EE2 system and themes folder to the old EE1 folder and overwrite everything?
B) Delete the two EE1 folders and replace them with the new folders?
C) Back up the flat template files and config.php, wipe the entire website, copy the EE2 folders and add the backed up templates, and config?
M) Something completely different?

You should really get another guide; it must be scaring away a lot of people.

Hi, C.A. Some of our documentation was written when we were using the beta versions, and need to be updated. I’m going to be spending some time with a similar issue this weekend, and will post a HowTo over in the wiki on Monday to supplement our existing docs until we can beef up what we have. Thanks in advance for your patience.

Hi, C.A. Some of our documentation was written when we were using the beta versions, and need to be updated. I’m going to be spending some time with a similar issue this weekend, and will post a HowTo over in the wiki on Monday to supplement our existing docs until we can beef up what we have. Thanks in advance for your patience.

Sounds great, Sue. Let me know if you need any feedback on it.

Hi C.A.,

Sue’s guide should be available soon but I’ll try and clarify these specific issues for you:

There are some rather ambiguous sentences in the guide that I would like clarified to ensure that I don’t screw anything up:

If you saved your templates as flat files in 1.x, upload the contents of your 1.x `system/templates/` directory to system/expressionengine/templates/<site_short_name>/ and verify permissions on the templates folder is set to 777.

Does this refer to the `/templates/` folder or the `/templates/<site_short_name>` folder?

This should be the ‘templates’ folder.

It is recommended that you delete the files you will be replacing before uploading the new files and directories.

`system/` this may have been re-named in the initial installation.
`themes/`
`index.php`

This is by far the weirdest part. Do I *overwrite* or *replace* the folders in question? It reads that I should delete all the files I will be replacing before uploading new files and directories; but the guide states no files that are overwritten—only folders!

So do I
A) Copy all the files from the EE2 system and themes folder to the old EE1 folder and overwrite everything?
B) Delete the two EE1 folders and replace them with the new folders?
C) Back up the flat template files and config.php, wipe the entire website, copy the EE2 folders and add the backed up templates, and config?
M) Something completely different?

You should really get another guide; it must be scaring away a lot of people.

Your C would be correct. It is good practice to keep full backups of both your DB and all your EE and other files so that you can revert them all if necessary.

Cheers

Greg

Thanks, Greg; I don’t think I would have figured out the latter question without your help.

Hi C.A.

I think I should clarify, when deleting the existing files it is only your system folder, path.php, index.php, themes and images folders that should be removed.

Don’t forget a full backup! 😊

Cheers

Greg

Hi C.A.

I think I should clarify, when deleting the existing files it is only your system folder, path.php, index.php, themes and images folders that should be removed.

Don’t forget a full backup! 😊

Cheers

Greg

Oh. I see.

That’s why we back up, I guess.

Hi C.A.,

Okay. I’ll keep this thread open. Please do let us know how you get on.

Cheers

Greg

Sue, did you post the new/revised guide yet? I haven’t managed to find it, but then again, I don’t know where to look.

No. Haven’t had a chance to yet. It’ll appear first in the EEWiki. Hoping to get to it today, depending on how busy the queue is. Thanks in advance for your patience.

No. Haven’t had a chance to yet. It’ll appear first in the EEWiki. Hoping to get to it today, depending on how busy the queue is. Thanks in advance for your patience.

No problem. Let me/us know when it’s up.

Just keep an eye on the “Recent Changes” page for the wiki 😊 Thanks, and please don’t hesitate to post again in case there’s anything else.