Installing Release Version 3.10 after Candidate 3.10

[Chris]

Hi,

We’re working with candidate version on a website now and just wondered what the best process is to change over to the release version when it comes, so that we don’t lose any data or settings?

Also, I assume you’ll have some documentation somewhere stating any changed files between candidate and release version, so that we can update our custom theme files if necessary?

Thanks

[George]

Hey Chris!

Updating to the “official” release from the release candidate should fortunately be very straightforward. A proper “update” notice will likely arrive upon the release of the plugin, but if not, you can manually just download a .zip of the official release from your downloads page here (http://theeventscalendar.com/my-account/downloads) and then do these basic steps:

1. Back up your site and database.
2. Delete (not just “deactivate”) the existing Release Candidate of 3.10 off your site.
3. Install the new “official” .zip plugin of 3.10, ensure your license key is still in place – and, if not, add it back – and then rejoice!

While I mention “Back up your site and database” as the first step, that’s not because of any special risk here. You should generally do that before installing or updating any plugin, theme, or WordPress Core itself on your site.

Regardless of the backup, however, updating The Events Calendar will not delete any data off of your site. No settings should be altered either.

Now, as for resources that go into detail about major changes, we have two that should help you out. For a general overview of all the new things, check out this blog post here → https://theeventscalendar.com/the-events-calendarproadd-ons-3-10-things-to-be-aware-of/

If you have any Week View-specific customizations, those are especially worthy of close attention when updating because we’ve rebuilt the Week View entirely. We have a separate write up dedicated just to the week view changes here if it’s applicable to you → https://theeventscalendar.com/week-view-refactor/

Let us know if this helps!
George

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