how do i upgrade to v 1.1?

[essence]

For someone who does not know any programming at all,

Can sumone please walk me through how to upgrade without deleting everything that I already have in my store?

thnx in advance!

[abantecart]

For this purpose we have designed and developed process that allow you to upgrade AbanteCart right in your admin.

You should have gotten a message in your Admin with the link that you can click to upgrade it.

If you do not have message you can go to "Package Installer" In Extension -> Install Extension.
In the input field copy/paste key abantecart_upgrade_110 and click continue.
Follow the upgrade steps.

Note: If you do not have write permission for some files, you can use FTP credentials as will be prompted or change all permissions on needed files to be writable.

This process backs up your system automatically.

For old fashioned way to upgrade:
Download upgrade package from http://code.google.com/p/abantecart/downloads/list
Open archive and copy content of code directory to your AbanteCart directory.
Run included upgrade.sql file in Mysql

This is all.

[abantecart]

Forgot to mention. There will be no changes in your data and you will not loose anything

If you or your developers do not touch core files and controllers you will be safe for any future updates. We make sure that all upgrades go smooth.

[Nimitz1061]

Depending on how you did your installation, you may have to do a global search and replace in the SQL file to remove or alter the table prefix.

[abantecart]

Good point. This is needed only if you do "old fashioned way to upgrade" and run SQL manually. You need to replace 'ac_' with your prefix used on tables.