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 > -- > View this message in context: > http://plone.293351.n2.nabble.com/upgrading-Plone-pre-2-5-to-current-tp5257395p5257395.html > Sent from the Installation, Setup, Upgrades mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > Setup mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/setup >
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