Changeset 526 for trunk/core/data/TWiki/TWikiUpgradeGuide.txt

Timestamp:

11/10/08 22:01:01 (4 years ago)

Author:

KennethLavrsen

Message:

Item109: More TWikiPreferences to Default/SitePreferences changes
More to come

File:

• trunk/core/data/TWiki/TWikiUpgradeGuide.txt (modified) (3 diffs)

trunk/core/data/TWiki/TWikiUpgradeGuide.txt

@@ -71 +71 @@
       * TablePlugin - Set TABLEATTRIBUTES   
    * Remember that a plugin must be activated in [[%SCRIPTURLPATH{"configure"}%][configure]].
-   * To avoid having to re-apply plugin settings each time you upgrade a plugin or TWiki itself, define the altered plugin settings in =Main.TWikiPreferences= instead
+   * To avoid having to re-apply plugin settings each time you upgrade a plugin or TWiki itself, define the altered plugin settings in =%USERSWEB%.SitePreferences= instead
 
 ---+++ Copy your old webs to new TWiki
@@ -105 +105 @@
 ---+++ Apply Preferences From Old Installation
 
-   * Transfer any customized and local settings from [[%SYSTEMWEB%.DefaultPreferences]] to the topic pointed at by {LocalSitePreferences} ([[%LOCALSITEPREFS%]]). Per default this is =Main.TWikiPreferences=. This avoids having to write over files in the distribution on a later upgrade.
+   * Transfer any customized and local settings from [[%SYSTEMWEB%.DefaultPreferences]] to the topic pointed at by {LocalSitePreferences} ([[%LOCALSITEPREFS%]]). Per default this is =%USERSWEB%.SitePreferences=. This avoids having to write over files in the distribution on a later upgrade.
    * If you changed any of the topics in the original TWiki distribution, you will have to transfer your changes to the new install manually. There is no simple way to do this, though a suggestion is to use 'diff' to find changed files in the =data/TWiki= of the old and new TWiki installation, and transfer the changes into the new TWiki install. If you can run a GUI on your server, you may find that using a visual diff tool like !WinMerge, meld, kdiff3, xxdiff, etc. is helpful.
    * Compare the =WebPreferences= topics in the old TWiki Installation with the default from the new TWiki installation and add any new Preferences that may be relevant.
@@ -127 +127 @@
 
    * Attach a favicon.ico file to !WebPreferences in each web.
-   * Preferred: Change the setting of the location of favicon.ico in !TWikiPreferences so all webs use the favicon.ico from the TWiki web. This is the fastest and easiest solution.
-
-To change the location of favicon.ico in !TWikiPreferences to the TWiki web add this line to Main.TWikiPreferences
+   * Preferred: Change the setting of the location of favicon.ico in !%SYSTEMWEB%.DefaultPreferences or !%USERSWEB%.SitePreferences so all webs use the favicon.ico from the TWiki web. This is the fastest and easiest solution.
+
+To change the location of favicon.ico to the TWiki web add this line to %USERSWEB%.SitePreferences
 
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