Upgrading Newscoop 4.2.3/4.2.4 to 4.3

Important! Remember to backup all your data before performing upgrade.

1. Remove newscoop/vendor directory and its content from your current Newscoop instance (sudo rm -rf newscoop/vendor).
2. Copy Newscoop 4.3 files (package can be downloaded from official releases) over the 4.2.3/4.2.4 files (e.g. sudo cp -r /home/user/Newscoop43/newscoop/ /var/www/newscoop/).
3. Run upgrade.php script. (Go to http://www.example.com/upgrade.php)
4. Check if there are any instructions to follow in the output of upgrade script. If so, then follow the steps.
5. When it is done, clear the cache folder: sudo rm -rf cache/*.
6. Run php composer.phar dump-autoload --optimize command in ../newscoop/ directory - this will autoload new classes.
7. Run php application/console assets:install public/ command in ../newscoop/directory - it will install assets.
8. Run php scripts/fixer.php script in ../newscoop/ directory - it will fix files permissions. (optional, run it when you don't know how to manage files permissions)
9. Clear the cache folder for the last time: sudo rm -rf cache/*.
10. You are done!

Note: If you are updating Newscoop from Newscoop 4.3 branch then installing vendors is required after step 2 (php composer.phar install --no-dev).

Above steps are required to upgrade Newscoop 4.2.3/4.2.4 to 4.3.

We also recommend to update all the legacy plugins: debate, poll, soundcloud, recaptcha, because they will not be compatible with Newscoop 4.3 anymore.

How to do this?:

• Make a backup of newscoop/plugins/ directory.
• Remove the whole newscoop/plugins/ content(Linux command: sudo rm -rf newscoop/plugins/*).
• Download the fixed package of legacy plugins from here.
• Extract archive and copy it to newscoop/plugins/ directory.
• Go to newscoop root folder (../newscoop/) and execute php composer.phar dump-autoload —-optimize
• Clear the cache folder: sudo rm -rf cache/*

The above guide can be found in official Newscoop repository here.