didak Posted October 23, 2004 Posted October 23, 2004 Hi all- I'm drawing a blank here. I want to upgrade my version of MT to the latest. Do I just FTP the .exe file and extract it server side? Into what folder should I place the upgrade file? TIA- Dida Quote
borfast Posted October 23, 2004 Posted October 23, 2004 (edited) Dida, the latest version of MT isn't free and they have a support section for their customers. They even have a page just about upgrading Movable Type. If you have already installed MT once, it shouldn't be hard for you to upgrade it. Edited October 23, 2004 by TCH-Raul Quote
LisaJill Posted October 23, 2004 Posted October 23, 2004 There should be no .exe file, either - it's a compressed file (.zip I believe) with a bunch of scripts and stuff inside. =) Quote
didak Posted October 24, 2004 Author Posted October 24, 2004 HI- Ive got a paid MT account and downloaded the ZIP file for upgrading, i.e. *not* the entire v3.12 zip file (mistakenly mentioned exe file) Where should I put it? Again, TIA- Dida Quote
didak Posted October 24, 2004 Author Posted October 24, 2004 PLease ignore last post- I'll follow the insructions on MT site. Sorry! Dida Quote
borfast Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 No problem, Dida. Hope you get it working Quote
didak Posted October 26, 2004 Author Posted October 26, 2004 OK- so i upgraded with no problem. I'm now trying to take avantage of the cool new FUTURE posting feature. I have followed the cron job instructions on LMT site, and am getting email msgs. stating that "no such file or directory exists." However, the tool direcory is in fact installed on my server in the mt directory. What am i missing? This is the command line i have typed in the cron job area of cPanel: cd /home/MYAREA/public_html/mt/tools/run-periodic-tasks TIA- Dida Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted October 26, 2004 Posted October 26, 2004 (edited) Why the cd? It should just be the path/command to a script. You cannot use a change directory command unless it is in a script. example: /home/cpanelname/public_html/cgi-bin/run-this-script.cgi Edited October 26, 2004 by TCH-Bruce Quote
didak Posted October 26, 2004 Author Posted October 26, 2004 The tutorial I read on Learning Moving Type includes the cd as part of the command. See http://www.elise.com/mt/archives/000757sch...d_cron_jobs.php for the tutorial Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted October 26, 2004 Posted October 26, 2004 Ok, according to that you are missing half of it in your sample. It should be entered like this: cd /home/username/public_html/path/to/mt/; ./tools/run-periodic-tasks There are two commands here. cd /home/username/public_html/path/to/mt/;This command changes to your Movable Type folder change the username to your cpanel name. Change the path/to/mt/ to your actual folder path to MT. ./tools/run-periodic-tasks Run the script Quote
didak Posted October 26, 2004 Author Posted October 26, 2004 Thanks again Rick- in the tutorial it looks like there is a space after the last semi-colon. Also, may i assume that the script will first run 15 minutes after I configure this job (per the tutorial), so that the FUTURE option won't appear immediately in MT? Am wondering because am eager to use! Cheers- Dida Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted October 26, 2004 Posted October 26, 2004 Yes, it should run 15 minutes after creating it. Quote
didak Posted October 26, 2004 Author Posted October 26, 2004 HI- I'm stumped-now I'm not evfn getting the cron job email, and of course the FUTURE option not showing up yet in MT . What the heck am I missing? Dida Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted October 27, 2004 Posted October 27, 2004 Not sure but you might try going to www.movalog.com and asking Arvind. He's configured it to work. Quote
didak Posted October 27, 2004 Author Posted October 27, 2004 Arvind and Elise have co-authored the tutorial i refer to. But I'll check with him anyway. I'll post the solution here. THANKS for your help. Quote
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