I have a site that is still in beta. It has Simple:Press posts and settings that I want to keep.
How can I upgrade from SP version 4.3.4 to 5.2? I’m assuming I’ll need to first upgrade to 4.5, as an intermediate step.
My WordPress version is 3.5.1 (the most recent release).
All help greatly appreciated.
— Mike Caro
upgrade instructions are here:
http://codex.simple-press.com/codex/installation/upgrading/upgrading-version-4-5/
yes, you will need to upgrade to 4.5.1 first… you can older simple press versions to accomplish this at:
http://codex.simple-press.com/codex/installation/upgrading/previous-simplepress-versions/
remember, make a db backup each step of the way in case there are any issues…
I have the SP 5.2.6 upgrade up and running and it recognizes the forums I’ve created — at least in the administration settings.
However, I’m seeing no posts or forum listings on the actual page — only this message below Home / Talk (the name of my forum page):
“The requested group does not exist or you do not have permission to view it”
The plug-in is active and displays correctly on the page, just not the posts or forum names.
this was an upgrade (sorry, replying via email and cannot see whole thread)?? can you try going to forum – toolbox – housekeeping and resetting the auths cache? if that does not work, we have had a dozen upgrades that lost permissions… can you check your db and see how many entries you have in the sfauths table?
Resetting the auths cache didn’t fix the problem. Still no posts or forum listings below “Talk” in the hierarchy.
I could research this one, but I’ll just ask. Does Simple:Press use its own database or is the table inside WordPress’ database? Can I investigate using special SP admin tools or do I need to use cPanel?
Afraid I didnt think it would… yes, we have our own tables inside the same database as WordPress… you need to use phpmyadmin or similar database inspection tool… cpanel usually does have phpmyadmin…
think I know what this issue is (adding to the dozen?), but need to know the number of entries in the sfauths table (will be preceeded by wp_ or whatever your db prefix is)…
Okay. Found it in the standard WordPress database. It shows “3” under “auth_cat”
sorry, not sure what you mean… in the wp_sfauths table, how many rows (entries) of data are there?
It seems to be accessing the right table, because I show 440 posts that can’t be accessed.
Here’s what I’m seeing on the public forum beta page itself:
Most Users Ever Online: 47
Member Stats:
Members: 23
Moderators: 0
Admins: 2
Groups: 1
Forums: 4
Topics: 117
Posts: 440
The above might indicate a settings issue, but I can’t find the fix.
Start row: 0; Number of rows: 30; Headers every 100 rows. That’s all I can find.
Mr Papa said
below that, what does it say?? seem image for example…
There is no data or table below. It’s just blank between the “rows” information above and the options below.
My host keeps daily backups. But rather than revert to the original SP 4.3 version, then to 4.5.1, and finally to the current version, would it work if I just copied the SP tables (any or all) that seem empty? I’m confused and not familiar with how this process would work with SP and WordPress.
well, if there is no data, it will say so… something like msqyl returned an empty result set (ie zero rows)…
no, you cannot copy tables like that… as I said, I suspect you have zero rows of data in sfauths (deleted somehow) but wanted to be sure before proceeding…
