https://forums.modx.com/thread/?thread=104047 https://forums.modx.com/thread/104047/upgrading-to-2-6-5-when-you-don-t-have-cpanel-or-know-how-to-use-ssh?page=2#dis-post-559548 The official guide is very strict with it's "do not overwrite!" rules, but what do I do when my ftp client (winscp) doesn't appear to have a merge function? A quick search brought up years old material (from people just as frustrated) and most of the advice I could glean from it was to either use cPanel or SSH. As far as I can tell my webhost doesn't have cPanel (just a file manager that doesn't to much) and I don't even know where to start with using SSH.
So, do any of you know of a (free) ftp client that can merge directories? I'm on windows 10 btw.

(Also no, changing webhost is not an option (one, because it's already paid for by someone else and two, because they have really great support in my native language).)

PS. Is modx ever getting an internal upgrade function (so that we don't have to play around with doing it manually)? If I had known it would be this difficult to do, I honestly don't know if I'd have given modx a chance.]]> wyrdling Jul 13, 2018, 03:32 PM https://forums.modx.com/thread/104047/upgrading-to-2-6-5-when-you-don-t-have-cpanel-or-know-how-to-use-ssh?page=2#dis-post-559548 https://forums.modx.com/thread/104047/upgrading-to-2-6-5-when-you-don-t-have-cpanel-or-know-how-to-use-ssh?page=2#dis-post-562846 BobRay Nov 20, 2018, 08:07 PM https://forums.modx.com/thread/104047/upgrading-to-2-6-5-when-you-don-t-have-cpanel-or-know-how-to-use-ssh?page=2#dis-post-562846 https://forums.modx.com/thread/104047/upgrading-to-2-6-5-when-you-don-t-have-cpanel-or-know-how-to-use-ssh?page=2#dis-post-562841 sheils Nov 20, 2018, 09:48 AM https://forums.modx.com/thread/104047/upgrading-to-2-6-5-when-you-don-t-have-cpanel-or-know-how-to-use-ssh?page=2#dis-post-562841 https://forums.modx.com/thread/104047/upgrading-to-2-6-5-when-you-don-t-have-cpanel-or-know-how-to-use-ssh?page=2#dis-post-562835 BobRay Nov 19, 2018, 09:32 PM https://forums.modx.com/thread/104047/upgrading-to-2-6-5-when-you-don-t-have-cpanel-or-know-how-to-use-ssh?page=2#dis-post-562835 https://forums.modx.com/thread/104047/upgrading-to-2-6-5-when-you-don-t-have-cpanel-or-know-how-to-use-ssh?page=2#dis-post-562829
I bite the bullet and went ahead with the method in FAQ (while you were writing your response) and it worked like a dream. I had the UpgradeMODX extra installed but it was not responding. It told my that I needed an upgrade and provided the list of upgrades with the latest version check. But when I clicked "begin upgrade" nothing happened.

Will try again next time I need to upgrade and see if its still not working]]> sheils Nov 19, 2018, 06:01 PM https://forums.modx.com/thread/104047/upgrading-to-2-6-5-when-you-don-t-have-cpanel-or-know-how-to-use-ssh?page=2#dis-post-562829 https://forums.modx.com/thread/104047/upgrading-to-2-6-5-when-you-don-t-have-cpanel-or-know-how-to-use-ssh?page=2#dis-post-562827 BobRay Nov 19, 2018, 05:39 PM https://forums.modx.com/thread/104047/upgrading-to-2-6-5-when-you-don-t-have-cpanel-or-know-how-to-use-ssh?page=2#dis-post-562827 https://forums.modx.com/thread/104047/upgrading-to-2-6-5-when-you-don-t-have-cpanel-or-know-how-to-use-ssh?page=2#dis-post-562813
I am about to upgrade my site from MODX Revolution 2.6.1-pl to 2.6.5 and intend to follow the guide from your site https://bobsguides.com/modx-upgrade-faq.html. Please confirm that it is still relevant for this particular upgrade noting the security issue with previous version.

Thanks

Sheils
]]> sheils Nov 19, 2018, 09:49 AM https://forums.modx.com/thread/104047/upgrading-to-2-6-5-when-you-don-t-have-cpanel-or-know-how-to-use-ssh?page=2#dis-post-562813 https://forums.modx.com/thread/104047/upgrading-to-2-6-5-when-you-don-t-have-cpanel-or-know-how-to-use-ssh#dis-post-559596 andytough Jul 14, 2018, 10:14 PM https://forums.modx.com/thread/104047/upgrading-to-2-6-5-when-you-don-t-have-cpanel-or-know-how-to-use-ssh#dis-post-559596 https://forums.modx.com/thread/104047/upgrading-to-2-6-5-when-you-don-t-have-cpanel-or-know-how-to-use-ssh#dis-post-559584
I was confused by this: "it is always best to upgrade one version at a time." Maybe it should say, "It's best not to skip the major versions (the ones ending in .0)."

]]> BobRay Jul 14, 2018, 05:33 PM https://forums.modx.com/thread/104047/upgrading-to-2-6-5-when-you-don-t-have-cpanel-or-know-how-to-use-ssh#dis-post-559584 https://forums.modx.com/thread/104047/upgrading-to-2-6-5-when-you-don-t-have-cpanel-or-know-how-to-use-ssh#dis-post-559579 andytough Jul 14, 2018, 12:28 PM https://forums.modx.com/thread/104047/upgrading-to-2-6-5-when-you-don-t-have-cpanel-or-know-how-to-use-ssh#dis-post-559579