How to Upgrade Drupal Modules
- 1). Log in to your Drupal site as an administrator, and click on "Administer." (In Drupal 7, the administration toolbar appears at the top of the home page as soon as you log in as an administrator).
- 2). Scroll down to the bottom of the Administration menu, and click on "Available Updates" under "Reports." (In Drupal 7, choose "Available Updates" from the Reports menu at the right of the toolbar).
- 3). Click "Download" to the right of the listing for each module that needs upgrading. If there is no download prompt, then the module is current. Note the name of each module that you are downloading, and wait until all files have been downloaded.
- 4). Open each .tar.gz archived module file with your archiving software, and save it to a convenient location on your computer.
- 5). Click on the "Administer" prompt in the top left-hand corner of the Reports menu (in earlier versions), or close the Reports window in Drupal 7. Take your site offline by choosing "Offline" in the Site Maintenance submenu of the Administration menu (lower right-hand side of Administer menu in earlier versions, or "Maintenance Mode" under "Development" in the Configuration menu in Drupal 7).
- 6). Launch your FTP client by entering the server address, login and password for your site. Open your main Drupal directory, and then open the "sites" folder. Open the Modules folder within the Sites folder to access all of your presently installed modules.
- 7). Delete all module folders for which you have downloaded new versions. Check the names against your list or against the titles of the new versions to make sure you are deleting the right folders. Wait for all folders and files to be deleted. Depending on how many modules you are deleting, this can take 10 minutes or more on a cable connection.
- 8). Upload all new module folders into the Modules directory using the Transfer Files command of your FTP client. This can take up to half an hour, depending on the number and size of files.
- 9). Type a forward slash (/) followed by "update.php" (without quotes) after your site name in your browser text menu once all files have uploaded. Follow the directions on the update page regarding backup as necessary, and then click "Continue."
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Make sure the update process has completed without errors. Return to the main Administration menu, and put your site online once again via the Site Maintenance menu (or Maintenance Mode in Drupal 7).
