There is no way to upgrade Plone without access to the file system and (at a
minimum) the ability to stop, start and restart programs. See
http://plone.org/documentation/manual/upgrade-guide for the details.

On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 12:36 PM, JonSP <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I have the following situation:
>
> I've been employed to help redesign a website that's powered by Plone, but
> they just told me to upgrade to the newest version of Plone. The one
> they're
> using now is 2.0.5, I believe. They are located in MN, I am located in PA.
> I've told a few times now that I can neither back up the website nor
> upgrade
> Plone from a distance (aside from remote desktop options). I'm mostly a
> design guy, so I'm struggling a little with this, and my employers don't
> understand why I can't upgrade (and frankly, neither do I). They seem to
> think there's some magic button I can press that will just upgrade
> everything so we continue on to the redesign phase.
>
> Mostly what I want to know is can I really not back up or upgrade without
> having access to their local machines? I am able to log into their site
> through Plone and see all their files via Zope, etc.
>
> I don't have a lot of background in these things, so any help would be
> greatly appreciated. Mostly I just want to be able to tell them "yes" or
> "no" as to whether I can do what they want.
>
> Thank you!
>
> -Jon SP
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