Features / Usability

Are you downloading Tiki as a packaged ZIP file, or are you using SVN?

I assume you use a ZIP file.

SVN would be similar like a "rolling release" and you do mage this either from the linux command line or from specific GUI clients, which are ailable for Win/Mac/Linux ...

The downloadlink for the "daily build" is here (click) Wikipage on dev: Daily Build.

The  daily build is autopackaged every  6 hours and good for development. You can continuously upgrade it  and later upgrade to the released 14, before you go productive with your site.

Upgrade procedure:

• goto the webserver
   
• create a second (empty) directory besides your Tiki installation (same level as tikiroot and copy the extrackted daily build into this folder)

OR

• unpack / unzip the "daily build" directly  into the same folder as the tikiroot (besides it, same level)
   
• backup your database (mysql dump, if you have shellaccess)
   
• copy custom files into corresponding directories (folders) from old tikiroot to new tikiroot
   
• point the domain form the old to the new tikiroot
   
• start the installer in your browser - yourdomain.com/tiki-install.php
   
• click through,enter database credentials, click use existing database, accept the next steps (continue .... ) and the "enter AND lock"
   
• Login - iIt is possible that you have to cange / reassign the theme.
   
• => This should be everything

With SVN the proces is slightly different, as you need shell access.
From 13 to 14 you could either change branch to trunk with "svn diff" and "svn switch" commands, but better follow the rule and make "svn checkout path." besides the old tikiroot (the rest is the same).

For SVN hints see here (click)

Regards,
T.