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Upgrade panFora 1.3.x or 1.4.x to panFora 1.5.0 - Windows NT/2000
Note: These upgrade instructions assume you followed the panFora Installation Instructions exactly. If you deviated from these instructions, please make the appropriate substitutions in the directory specifications below.
 Download panFora 1.5.0
- Log in to the panFora Members Area using the user id and password you received when you first downloaded panFora
- Click the "Downloads" link in the menu to the left of the members page
- Click the link for Windows NT/2000 and save the panFora Distribution File to your server
- Make a note of the directory where the file is saved (i.e. C:\Download)
 Backup Your Existing Forums
- Browse to the withinc directory using Windows Explorer (i.e. C:\webapps\withinc)
- Use WinZip (or a similar ZIP compression tool) to create archives of both the Forums directory and the panFora directory
- Be sure the include the path information in the zip file
- If a problem is encountered during the upgrade, the backups can be restored by unzipping them into the withinc directory
- The backup files can be deleted once the upgrade process is successful.
 Extract the panFora Distribution File
- Locate the panFora 1.5.0 distribution file (i.e. C:\Download\panFora-1.5.0-x86-win32.zip)
- Use Winzip (or a similar ZIP decompress/extraction tool) to uncompress the panFora 1.5.0 distribution file contents into the withinc directory (i.e. C:\webapps\withinc)
- This will update the C:\webapps\withinc\panFora directory with the panFora 1.5.0 code
- Refer to the panFora Installation Instructions step 3.b. for additional help
- If you are upgrading from panFora 1.4.x or greater, skip to Step 5
 Perform Database Update - Only necessary when upgrading from panFora 1.3.x
- To update the databases associated with each forum, go into each of your forums
- Post a new message to any topic in each forum
- This will update the panFora databases for compatibility with panFora 1.5.0
- The above step of updating each forum's databases is highly recommended. If you should skip this step, some of the new functionality of panFora 1.5.0 will fail, but no damage should result. The databases will be updated upon the first subsequent post to the forum, and normal panFora 1.5.0 functionality will be operational.
 Verify panFora Version
- Go to the Admin page for one of your forums
- Click the "Show Software Versions" link in the "Maintenance" section of the Administration menu
- Verify that the version of each file is "1.5.0"
- This completes the panFora upgrade process
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