Upgrade

To upgrade from IDS 0.41 and later:

Make sure your server meets IDS' requirements.

• admin/.htaccess
• albums/*
• album-data/*
• logs/*
• postcomment/banned_ip.txt
• postcomment/words.txt
• site_news.txt

Note: it is especially important to delete the file "ids.conf".

Copy all of the files/directories from the new release except those named above into your IDS directory.

If you are upgrading from a version of IDS earlier than 0.6, run the script "updater.pl". This script will upgrade your old IDS filestructure to the new layout used in version 0.8. (Everything except full-sized images will be moved from the albums directory and placed in the album-data directory. Old-style album icons will be deleted.)

Run "previewmaker.pl" to pre-generate all of the thumbnail images and album icons for your site. (This step is not required, but will reduce load times for the initial users of your site.) Some IDS users configure their systems to run "previewmaker.pl" periodically.

Re-configure your preferences using the administrative interface.

To upgrade from earlier versions of IDS:

Make sure your server meets IDS' requirements.

Make a backup copy of your site_news.txt file. The format of this file has changed, so you will have to manually recreate news items after upgrading.

Delete all files in the IDS directory except the "albums" directory.

Copy all of the files/directories from the new release except the "albums" directory into your IDS directory.

Consult the INSTALL file for instructions on password protecting the admin directory.

Configure your preferences using the administrative interface.