o.k. that makes a LOT of sense. I am using 1.1.9 right now.
Where do I find all the updates that are in-between?
If you did not get the auto-upgrade to work, how did you upgrade?
Not sure what you mean by
it maybe easier to just start from the current version and try to rebuild the new version site to be like the old site.
Thanks so much!
Here's the manual upgrade docs:
http://docs.abantecart.com/pages/upgrade/manual.htmlYou can get all the . point packages here (same as listed in the docs page above):
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B64_ELUMJQjJfms3U2Y5WDZycmQ2bXFkY2JxNmY1Qkp6QmpNUGo2ck5UYWF0ek44bnBiNVE&usp=drive_web#listThe upgrade, from what I have read 1.1.9 to 1.2 was a large jump so doing that one will be your biggest challenge since there is a high chance that things will just not work. Even updating from 1.2.3 to 1.2.4 broke stuff for me since I made changes to core files and had to put some changes back in afterwards.
I always suggest doing testing/upgrades on a test site first since you WILL run into issues (for me at least, there were always problems).
If your site is completely stock, the upgrades should be pretty straight forward, but most sites aren't stock I don't think AND, the place you are hosting at probably will break stuff just regularly due to their own security changes, updates, etc...
When the auto-update didn't work for me for whatever reason (maybe my mysql table names are off, my hosting provider changes stuff, who knows), I followed the guide above and did the manual upgrade. I am now (moving forward) only planning to do the manual upgrade since the auto hasn't worked consistently for me and I generally like to know what's going on anyways in case things break and I need to fix stuff (as you notice, using an open source platform keeps cost down, but you're sorta on your own...I have worked in the past as a linux/unix sysadmin, but have held roles in many aspects of IT from erp apps development, database, networking, etc...so don't mind the problems too much).
All that said, the manual update does miss things I've noticed so your version number will be off in the system (it doesn't update) as well as the upgrade package script not running so you need to run those in a certain order.
My comment on using the current version and try to rebuild means instead of even upgrading, just load the latest version and use/live with that. Export and re-import all your data (need data cleaning which is a total chore) and try to make the new version look and work like your old site. If you made a lot of customizations, have paid extensions, etc etc etc, those may not work anymore at all since they are usually tied to a version.