SunShop Shopping Cart
Update Version 4.1.9 - Released 4/3/2009
Copyright 2001-2009 Turnkey Web Tools, Inc.

To upgrade from version 3.0 or LATER to the latest 4.x.x version simply replace the 
files on your server with the files in this full version package and run the enclosed 
upgrade.php located in the install/ directory. Make sure that you backup your existing 
shop, database, templates and images before you upgrade as a precaution.

For a complete list of changed files from version to version, please read the docs/
change_log.txt.

The most important step before any upgrade is backing up your current install 
completely.

Backup Checklist:

Template Files - Any modified template files you may have in the themes/ folder will 
need to be backed up if you wish to keep those modifications. A good general practice 
is renaming your customized theme folders to names other then the default template 
set theme names. This way, when you upgrade, you will not accidentally overwrite your 
themes.

Product Images - Normally you do not need to backup your product images, but there are 
cases where you may accidentally delete folders and its always a good idea to have 
backups. Your images should be located in the images/products/ folder but if you changed 
the default images folder they can be located elsewhere.

Database - This is the most important thing to backup and there are a few ways that 
this can be done. You can either use the built in backup feature that is located in 
the SunShop admin area, or you can use a database tool such as PHPMyAdmin. Most hosting 
companies have access to this tool through their control panels and if there are issues 
down the line, this is the fastest way to backup and restore the database.

Other Information:

Check the change_log.txt for a list of updated files in this version.

*IMPORTANT* Leave your include/config.php on your server intact as that information 
will not change. You will also want to make sure you maintain your current product 
images. If you made alterations to any of the older files you may want to back them 
up to you local hard drive before doing so.

You will also need to get the newest license key from the client area specifically for 
4.0.
