Upgrading to v2.9.
For users of version 2.7 and above.

These instructions are for the update files only.

General Upgrade Notes
  1. When upgrading, you should never replace the setup.pl file.
  2. When mentioning the word "contests" throughout these instructions, I am also referring to surveys and polls.
  3. cookie-lib.pl is no longer needed in version 2.9.
Upgrading Steps for Script Administrators
  1. If using NT, you might have to edit the perl files to set a full path for the "require" statements as well as uncomment the line " # print "HTTP/1.0 200OK\n"; ". Most NT servers won't require this.
    With Unix, you might have to change the PERL path.
      
    The files which might need editing include:
        admin.pl
        admin-main.pl
        subs2.pl
        subs3.pl
        translator.pl
        WWCcontests.pl
      
      
  2. If you are upgrading from v2.7 you will find a new file called translator.pl. This file must be uploading into your main WWCcontests directory. Permissions must be set to chmod 755 for unix and IUSR_XXX (RWXD) (RWXD) for Windows NT.
     
  3. If you are upgrading from v2.7 you will also find a new directory called translate. You need to create this subdirectory under your WWCcontests directory. Permissions for this director must be set to chmod 777 for unix and IUSR_XXX (RWXD) (RWXD) for Windows NT.
     
  4. If you are upgrading from v2.7, upload all the files from translate directory in the zip file to the new translate directory which you created in step 5. These files need permissions of chmod 666 for unix and IUSR_XXX (RWXD) (RWXD) for NT.
     
  5. Replace any old files with the newer files.
      
  6. Upload all new image files into the image directory.
      
  7. Log into the Script Administration (admin-main.pl) and check all the variables to be correct.  Since there are new variables and also since some old ones have changed, you should go through every one and make sure they are set to your preferences.
      
  8. That's it, your script upgrade is done.
Upgrading Steps for Contest Administrators
  1. Log into the Contest Administration (admin.pl).
     
  2. For each contest, you need to modify the contest variables. A number of new variables have been added and also some old ones have changed. You should check every single setting to be correct. Once correct, submit the contest variables to activate the new settings.
      
  3. Check all contests to be working properly.
     
  4. That's it. All of your contests should be operating properly.
 

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