Upgrade Question 1.0.4 -> 1.4.1 *Newbie*

[dbmgreen]

Our site www.jamesmorrison.com is running on version CMS Made Simple 1.0.4 "Lanai". It was set up about a year ago, by a contractor on our behalf.
The site, particularly the menus have NEVER displayed properly in Windows ie6.

My questions are as follows.

1) Can I upgrade from 1.0.4 to 1.4.1 without any intermediate upgrades?

2) Should I use the following cmsmadesimple-1.4.1-full.tar.gz

3) What problems "might" i expect if I do this?

4) Is there a chance that this upgrade might fix the ie6 display problem?

5) The site is hosted on unix servers, (not windows) should I expect any problems due to this?

[alby]

... is running on version CMS Made Simple 1.0.4 "Lanai". It was set up about a year ago

or about 2 years ago 

1) Can I upgrade from 1.0.4 to 1.4.1 without any intermediate upgrades?

Sure if you don't have no-core modules (you can have problem with News because from 1.1 its templates are in DB and not in files).
In other case is better before upgrade in a intermediate release, ex: 1.1.4.1
My advice is: BACKUP site+DB and before try upgrade in a local/dev environment

2) Should I use the following cmsmadesimple-1.4.1-full.tar.gz

Yes

3) What problems "might" i expect if I do this?

depend of many factors

4) Is there a chance that this upgrade might fix the ie6 display problem?

For me it's a probably an css problem (IE6 had many problem for this and others  )

5) The site is hosted on unix servers, (not windows) should I expect any problems due to this?

I think it is better 

Alby

[dbmgreen]

Hey, thanks for your time. I might try to run the site in a dev environment. with the upgrade. i hadn't thought of that. Will let you know.

[blacklightning]

I'm running 1.0.4 "Lanai" too, for my band site (http://www.BlackLightning.it). Never felt the need to upgrade so far, but after a while it's probably better..   ::)

My question is: what do you mean with "sure you can upgrade if you don't have no-core modules"?
In particular I noticed you mention "News", that's a problem because most of my site is news based. Should I follow a parcitular procedure? 

That's the list of my installed modules:
Album 0.8.2
CMSMailer 1.73.10
FCKeditorX 1.0.3
Guestbook 1.1.9
MenuManager 1.2
ModuleManager 1.1.3
News 2.2
NMS 1.0.0
nuSOAP 1.0.1
Search 1.1
ThemeManager 1.0.7

Thank you anyway for your patience and your help! 

[alby]

I'm running 1.0.4 "Lanai" too, for my band site (http://www.BlackLightning.it). Never felt the need to upgrade so far, but after a while it's probably better..   ::)

My question is: what do you mean with "sure you can upgrade if you don't have no-core modules"?
In particular I noticed you mention "News", that's a problem because most of my site is news based. Should I follow a parcitular procedure? 

Core modules are tested for work with relative version.... other modules depend ex. you can to have problem with FCKeditorX (now there is TinyMCE) and Guestbook

For News module you must pay attention because:
- news templates, from CMSMS 1.1+, are in DB and not in file but in help module there is a note for loading in DB
- for news rss, from 1.5, you must use CGExtensions+CGFeedMaker
- from 1.5, substitute $entry->formatpostdate with $entry->postdate and drop dateformat param from news tag

Alby

[blacklightning]

(OT: Ma davvero sei di Ferrara? Noi siamo di Ravenna...  )

[alby]

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[Pierre M.]

Hello,

1.0.4 may be security holes free today but to be sure you should only expose the latest official supported version to the wild Internet. Today is 1.5.1. Upgrade and stay up-to-date.

Pierre M.