Question Upgrade path to 1.5 stable

I am running 1.0.9 and am now deciding whether to upgrade to 1.0.10 or wait for 1.5 stable (I don't want to do more upgrades than necessary because it involves template redesign).

Is it envisaged that it will be possible to migrate from 1.0.9 directly to 1.5 stable or will I have to upgrade via 1.0.10?

Cheers.

There should be no problems on upgrading Kunena from any version to any other version. But if you have relatively small amount of changes in your template, I advice you to upgrade now.

Hello Matias

I am confused about your answer.

I really need to add Kunena very soon.

I am not sure if I need install 1.0.x or wait to 1.5.x.

Questions:

Can I Install 1.0.x now and upgrade to 1.5.x later (without problems :S )?
Can I lose information, data, user, etc with upgrade?
What happens when I change legacy mode from 1.0.x to 1.5.x? No problem at all?

The most important question:

You said: But if you have relatively small amount of changes in your template, I advice you to upgrade now.

1.5.x is not ready for production site.... Can I install it now?

Sorry for a lot of questions, but I am really excited to install it now... but I do not know what is the best scenario.

Thank you very much for your time and advise

Andy

andybezara wrote:

Questions:

1. Can I Install 1.0.x now and upgrade to 1.5.x later (without problems :S )?
2. Can I lose information, data, user, etc with upgrade?
3. What happens when I change legacy mode from 1.0.x to 1.5.x? No problem at all?

The most important question:

4. You said: But if you have relatively small amount of changes in your template, I advice you to upgrade now.

5. 1.5.x is not ready for production site.... Can I install it now?

1. The DEVs will give their best, to make this as easy as possible, it should work without problems, I guess

2. You should always make these backups before upgrading: Database, and the folders (from webspace) joomla root / images / com_kunena and root / images / fb_files...
also root/components/com_kunena/template/YOURTEMPLATE/images
and of course all your modified files , if there are some, perhaps kunena.forum.css.

After upgrade you can reconstruct your old forum, if there would be some files missing. If you have had modified files you can diff old with new and integrate the changes and so on

3. Kunena 1.5 stable! will run native.

4. If you have had modified files you can diff old with new and integrate the changes. It is always and everywhere the same: If you made hacks, you have to integrate these hacks after every update again.

5. You should not and never install alpha or betas on public sites. You can instal them on testing environments and report us bugs, thie would be very helpful to make 1.5 a stable version.

1. I'm upgrading / downgrading between 1.0 and 1.5 many times a week in my huge test site and have never had any problems.

2. Upgrading from 1.0.10 does not touch database (it only changes version number), so there are no risks that upgrade will break anything in database. But what happens after that, well, there may still be some unknown bugs..

3. Legacy mode can be turned off after you have installed Kunena 1.5.

4. I was talking upgrade from 1.0.9 to 1.0.10

5. You can install it (it has been used in production for over a month), but you should know that it has much more bugs than 1.0.10. And it's not officially supported.

Lintzy & Matias

I really appreciate your advise, help and time.

Thank you very much.

I am going to install 1.0.X and after upgrade to 1.5.x

Once again, thank you for your amazing support.

Congratulations for your job!

Andy