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with the custom coding i have done to the templates and the sigup form, is it safe to upgarde to V2 and not have any problems?

Hi,

v2 requires a new database & total new install. After install you will need to re-customize the templates.

Its quite a bit easier then version 1.x as we have sets of header & footer files for the registration page &
control panel files.

So you do not have to do every one individually any longer (you have that option if you want).

Once installed we can transfer your data from 1.x to the 2.x database and do the switch so v2 is live
once everything is in place.

Any questions on the above let us know.

Jason,
i2

Ok, and what about the protected files and folders i have, will they need recoding also?

You would need to update them as a new featured added in the mod_rewrite lets you restrict a folder now with usernames, as well as groups.

Also there is a config option to toggle how sessions are handled. In the DB or on the server that will help you with your usage.

as you know jason, you ahve fixed quite a few problem pages within my site for me that uses the mod_rewrite system. I am concerned that this will cause a whole lot oif trouble

It would actually probably work better and no fixes would be needed as you can trigger sessions to be handled by the server default now, and not stored in the DB.

This is what previously we had issues with as a lot of your site needed the default session handling.

could the new version be installed and setup alongside my current version, or would the mod_rewrite files etc ahve to be overwritten ?

Version 2.0 would be installed, new DB used as your current is still up and running.

This way you could configure the new version making sure everything is good to go at your own pace. Y could
also test the new protection out if you wanted to by duplicating areas of your site, making
sure all is a go.

Then we would just need to transfer your data and make the new install folder the name of your current.

You could actually update the .htaccess / rewrite files first so they're correct with version 2 before you
even made the switch.

They just contain a new username variable in them which allows you to restrict to individual usernames in
v2.

So what you currently have is something like:

rewrite.php?group=0

in your htaccess file, would just be updated to:

rewrite.php?group=0&username=0

i forgot to ask, how much is the upgrade?

GWP,

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