Difference between revisions of "Upgrading to JReviews 3"

Revision as of 22:28, 10 December 2017

Upgrading to JReviews 3

JReviews 3 is still in Beta and not deemed suitable for production sites. Please install it on a development site first and report any bugs in the forum. The documentation for JReviews 3 is still a work in progress.

JReviews 3 has a very large number of code changes so it is not possible to upgrade using the remote updates feature. Also, given the number of changes, none of the previous version files, including theme files, are compatible with this version, so you will need to bring all your code overrides up to date.

To upgrade from JReviews 2.x you need to follow these steps:

1. Make a backup of your site

2. Disable the code overrides by going to the JReviews Configuration / General tab and setting to Yes the Disable Overrides setting.

3. Disable all installed Add-ons. You can either uninstall all Add-ons through the Add-on Manager or rename/delete the entire Add-ons folder to disable them. You can find the Add-ons folder at:

Joomla

/components/com_jreviews_addons

WordPress:

/wp-content/plugins/jreviews_addons

4. Uninstall the S2Framework and JReviews from your site. This step is important to remove all the outdated files from the system before installing the new version.

Joomla: Use the Extensions manager to uninstall the S2Framework Component and the JReviews component. Don’t uninstall the JReviews modules because you will lose all your module settings if you do this. WordPress: Use the Plugins Manager to uninstall the S2Framework Plugin and the JReviews Plugin.

5. Continue with normal installation steps for JReviews.

Joomla

Use the Extensions Manager to install the S2Framework component first, then the JReviews component.

WordPress

Use the Plugins Manager to install the S2Framework plugin first, then the JReviews plugin.