Below is a sequential list of activities that need to be successfully completed before, during and after we upgrade LIVE LWPS with Elgg 0.8.1.

Please add your comments with any changes, suggestions, comments, or questions.

1. I need to finalize the "new member seed" posts
   
2. I created this post to list problesm with have with this upgrade and added a link to it in the Brief Description..
   
3. Set up a Skype session so we know we can do it. Diana: When is the best time for you?
   
4. Finalize this email to send out a week before we start the upgrade and this email immediately after a successful upgarde.
   
5. Questions for Diana
   
   
   1. Work on this issue about no library of themes
   
   
6. I've asked Sally to add the comment "I have tested key posts, communities, functions, etc. on the DEV LWPS and am ready for the upgrade when you are."
   
7. Agree on date to do the upgrade. I recommend that we lock the LIVE LWPS on a Friday night so we have the weekend to fix any problems, or revert LIVE LWPS back to .7 version. See Sally's post about dates to stay away from.
   
8. I will ask Sally to add the comment "I am ready for you to lock the LIVE LWPS on the date(s) above to do the upgrade".
   
9. Fri: mm/dd/yy: A week before we do the upgrade. Get list of email addresses and send out
10. Finalize this email .
    
11. Upgrade process starting PST Thurs 2/7 5-7am - PH Fri 2/8 10-12 pm. If required PH Sat 9-12 pm and PH Sun 9- 12pm. PH 8-9am (PST 3-4pm)
    
    1. All times below are PH pm unless stated otherwise.
       
    2. Tasks 3-9 will take 1-2 hours: PH Fri 2/8 10-12 pm.
       
    3. 10:00 - Create LWPS-UPGRADE folder on public_html
       
    4. 10:05 - Create index.html which contains the "... upgrade ... LWPS locked" omessage from this post.
       
    5. 10:10 - (5:10 am PST) - LIVE LWPS is now locked and the above messaage will appear to all users who try to access it.
       
    6. 10:10 - Create a backup of LIVE LWPS DB so we can revert back to previous version if we encounter too many problems.
       
    7. 10:20 - Go to pair.com, login as lifework
       
       1. Go to DOMAIN HOSTING MANAGEMENT
          
       2. On the next screen, click 'Manage'
          
       3. Click on 'lifeworkps.com'
          
       4. Click 'Change Domain Mapping'
          
       5. Enter /usr/www/users/lifework/LWPS-UPGRADE. lifeworkps.com will have a redirection in 15 minutes.
          
       6. Return to 'Manage Domain Names Already on My Account' by clicking it
          
       7. Click 'wiki.lifeworkps.com'. On the next screen, click 'Change Domain Mapping'.
          
       8. After clicking, enter '/usr/www/users/lifework/LWPS/'. We can access the http://wiki.lifeworkps.com/ which contains the (offline) LIVE LWPS.
       
       
    8. 10:30 - Dump the live DB to the DEV DB
       
    9. 10:40 - Run 'move_user_pics.php'.
       
    10. Tasks 3-9 will take 1-2 hours: PH Fri 2/8 10-12 pm.
        
    11. Saturday, 09 February PH: Tasks 12-16 will take the whole Saturday, and I will need all your help on this. I'll be able to work on the issues on Saturday night, from 9PM onwards. I'll be able to work on these issues again at 6PM, Sunday.
        
    12. Sat - Compare http://dev.lifeworkps.com and http://wiki.lifeworkps.com/
        
    13. Sat - Do an initial test of LIVE LWPS w/o the customization specified in this post.
        
    14. Sat - ? Apply customization specified in the above post. ? Is this needed, or is all customization in the http://dev.lifeworkps.com?
        
    15. Sat - Retest LIVE LWPS.
        
    16. Sat - If there are minor issues and is solvable within the weekend, then do so.
        
    17. Sun - If there's a go signal that all is well, dump LWPS DEV DB to the live DB. Sunday, 10 February PH: This will take about 20-30 mins.
        
    18. Sun - Move LWPS folder to LWPS.BAK
        
    19. Sun - Copy contents the LWPS-DEV folder to LWPS
        
    20. Sun - Change domain mapping of lifeworkps.com to /usr/www/users/lifework/LWPS/
        Sunday, 10 February PH: This will take about 10 mins., but we'll have to wait until the domain mapping has been changed (depends on the server).
        
    21. Sun - LIVE LWPS is upgraded and unlocked. Notify Sally that LIVE LWPS is unlocked and ready to use.
        Get list of email addresses and send out this email.
        

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1. Review "Completion of LWPS 0.8.1 Upgrade" in BD
   
2. Is the DW banner showing with the "Make your dreams your LifeWork" logo?
   
3. Are all icons visible including mine.
   
4. Is LWPS Admin set up
   
5. Do LWPS Admin "seeds for new members" work
   
6. Register me and check for seeds and emails
   
7. Are html comments kept?
   
8. Accoutn settings -> Change themes ... Are there themes there to use?
9. ...
10. ...
11. ...
    

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On DEV LWPS, one can go to their "Account Settings", then click on "Change theme", but there are no themes there to use. Could you create a new post for this and add a link to it in this post?

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To create a new theme:
1. In 'Account Settings', click 'Change Theme'.
2. Go to 'Create Theme' at the bottom of the page.
3. Enter desired theme name.
4. Select which theme the new theme should be based on.
5. Click 'Create Theme'.
6. Find your created theme, then at the right side, click 'Edit'.
7. Edit CSS and/or Page Shell as desired.

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To add a new theme:

According to the ELGG Documentation:

1. Unwrap the zip file of the theme.
2. Upload the contents to 'mod/template/templates/'
3. That is it - Elgg will pick up the new theme and offer it to your users.

 

You are receiving this email because you are a registered member of the LifeWork Planning Services (LWPS) blogging platform.

The LWPS team is planning to upgrade LWPS to a new version starting this Friday (2/8) morning at 4 am. We will lock the system until we have completed the upgrade which we hope will only take a few hours. We are prepared to work during the weekend to fix any problems we encounter.

We will send you an email when we have completed the upgrade. It will point to this post which describes some of the improvements, issues and how to get in touch with us.

We will backup the complete database with everyone's records before we begin the upgrade.

If you questions or concerns, please send an email to admin@lifeworkps.com .