November 2009
Beginner
456 pages
10h 53m
English
Periodically, Drupal checks for updates to modules and themes. Depending on your settings, you may see messages about downloads. You can also go to Administer, Reports, Status Report (admin/reports/status) to check the updates.
Before proceeding, back up your Drupal installation files and the database. It is also a good idea to take the site offline.
Download and install the updates where the original files were installed. You will be replacing the existing folder for the theme or module: There might be more or fewer files within the new folder. To be absolutely safe, totally remove the old module folder and move the new one into its place.
At that point, you update Drupal’s internal configuration by running ...
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