Very confused on versions and upgrading!

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Alex Crome replied on Fri, May 16 2008 12:57 PM

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As for whether you should upgrade, it is highly reccomended that you upgrade to the latest version of CS2007 (2007.1 SP1) as it includes lots of performance updates.

If you want to upgrade to CS2008, you must first ensure you licence allows you to do so (if you're using an express edition you're fine, otherwise you'll have to buy an upgrade licence - if your'e on Gold Support, this is included in your Maintenance package).  You'll may also find that some customisations you've made may not carry forward onto CS2008 - e.g. some CS Modules may not work.

Changes made directly to .config files will not be saved as part of the upgrade process involves replacing your .config files with the newer versions.

If you are going to migrate your changes to the latest version of CS2007 (or CS2008), I would reccomend you put your modifications into _override.config files, as these will prevent you having to remodify teh config files every time you upgrade.  As for how to use _override.config files, there is no one soruce ofdocumentation on tehw ebsite for how to do it but you can find snippets from arround the forum.  If you have the Community Server Themes book, Chapter 4 should tell you everything you need to know about Override Files (n.b. all the examples in Chapter 4 apply to siteurls.config, but they would work just as well with communityserver.config (assuming you used an appropiate xpath). 

If you're worried that things won't turn out right, make sure to backup both your database and yoru site files, so that if something goes wrong you can revert to the previous set up.  I would also reccomend that whilst you're backing up your site and upgrading it, you take it offline so users don't view your site as it's being upgraded.  For more details on the upgrade process, download the CS 2007 - 2008 upgrader and read the Upgrade Notes included in the download.

To help you out with getting started with override files, I'm sticking a few snippets from my own override files as some examples to give you a starting point.  The bit you're most likely to need is adding CSModules in communityserver.config.

siteurls_override.config

<Overrides>
 
 <!-- Changing Active Topics to custom page-->
<Override xpath="/SiteUrls/locations/location[@name='forums']/url[@name='post_Active']" mode="update">
  <url name="post_Active"  path="TopicsActive.aspx?ForumID={0}" pattern="TopicsActive.aspx" physicalPath="##themeDir##" vanity="{2}" page="activetopics.aspx" />
 </Override>
 <Override xpath="/SiteUrls/locations" mode="add" >
        <location name="custom" path="/custom/" ">
            <url name="custom_redirect"  path="" pattern="(.*)?$" vanity="{2}" page="redirect.ashx"/>
        </location>
</Override>
<!-- Navigation Links -->
 <Override xpath="/SiteUrls/navigation/link[@name='home']" mode="update">
  <!-- reinclude the Home element so as to not replace it -->
  <link name="home" resourceUrl="home" resourceName="home" roles="Everyone" />
  <link name="news" resourceUrl="newshome" text="News"  roles="Everyone" applicationType="Weblog" />
  <link name="games" resourceUrl="games_home" text="Reviews"  roles="Everyone" applicationType="Games" />
 </Override >

</Overrides>

communityserver_override.config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Overrides>
 <!-- Decrease Cache Factor -->
 <Override xpath="/CommunityServer/Core" mode="change" name="cacheFactor"  value="1" />
 
 <!-- Adding Telligent_Editor ( http://dev.communityserver.com/media/p/617346.aspx ) -->
 <Override xpath="/CommunityServer/Core/editors" mode="add" where="end">
     <editor name="Standard - Alternative" type="Telligent.Glow.Editor.Wrapper, Telligent.Glow.EditorWrapper">
        <editorOption name="ToolbarSet" value="Standard" />
     </editor>
     <editor name="Enhanced - Alternative" type="Telligent.Glow.Editor.Wrapper, Telligent.Glow.EditorWrapper">
       <editorOption name="ToolbarSet" value="Enhanced" />
     </editor>
 </Override>
 
 <Override xpath="/CommunityServer/Tasks/Threads/Thread[@minutes='15']" mode="add" >
  <!-- Add custom tasks to the first 15 minute thread -->
AlexCrome.WiiRate.Games" enabled = "true" enableShutDown = "false" failureInterval = "1" numberOfTries = "10" />
 </Override>
 <!-- Run Tasks more frequently -->
 <Override xpath="/CommunityServer/Tasks/Threads/Thread[@minutes='10']" mode="change" name="minutes" value="2" />
 <Override xpath="/CommunityServer/Tasks/Threads/Thread[@minutes='15']" mode="change" name="minutes" value="3" />
 <!-- Removing Unneeded Tasks-->
 <Override xpath="/CommunityServer/Tasks/Threads/Thread[@minutes='15']/task[@name='GalleryIndexing']" mode="remove" />
 
 <!-- Adding Aditional CSModules-->
 <Override xpath="/CommunityServer/CSModules" mode="add">
  <add name="GameEmailNotificationModule" type="AlexCrome.WiiRate.Games.Components.GameEmailNotificationModule, AlexCrome.WiiRate.Games" />
  <add name="SoapBox" type="CSMVPs.CSModules.JOEriksson.CSSoapBox, CSMVPs.CSModules" SyndicationMessage="Visit site to view video" />
  <add name="WhiteSpaceFilter" type="CSMVPs.CSModules.Keyvan.Filter, CSMVPs.CSModules" />
     <add name="RegistrationPM" type="AlexCrome.CS.Modules.RegistrationPM, AlexCrome.CS"
        SenderUsername="Administrator" SubjectResource="RegistrationPM_Subject" BodyResource="RegistrationPM_Body" />
  <add name="MarkThreadsReadOnUserCreate" type="AlexCrome.CS.Modules.MarkThreadsReadOnUserCreate, AlexCrome.CS" />
 </Override>
 <!-- Removing Unwanted CSModules-->
 <Override xpath="/CommunityServer/CSModules/add[@name='RollerBlogRules']" mode="remove" />
 <Override xpath="/CommunityServer/CSModules/add[@name='InkModule']" mode="remove" />
 
</Overrides>

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Alex Crome replied on Fri, May 16 2008 2:28 PM

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I'm not 100% sure which version it is.  All I can tell is it's CS2007 (n.b. CS2007, NOT CS2007.1)

If you open your site and right click > view source, you should see something towards the top of the source which looks like

<meta name="GENERATOR" content="CommunityServer 2007.1 (Debug Build: 20917.1142)" />

That should tell you the friendly name of the version you're using.