osCommerce Upgrade

Fantastico Upgrade:

The Fantastico upgrade procedure is quite straight forward. All you need to do is login to cPanel -> Fantastico -> OS Commerce and click the Upgrade link. However, please note that besides Fantastico performs automatic backup it might get corrupted if the size of your website is too big. Thus, it is best to manually create backups of your OS Commerce installation prior to attempting the upgrade. Please note also that the automatic backup is only possible for the most recent OS Commerce versions after 2.2 RC1. For previous versions you should refer to the manual upgrade instructions.

To back up the osCommerce files to your computer please, use an FTP client to connect to your account. Then navigate to your osCommerce application folder and download it to your local computer. Here you can learn more about how to configure and use an FTP client.

To export/backup your database please check the how to backup/restore MySQL database tutorial.

Here you can find more information how to create a backup of your site and restore it.

Manual Upgrade:

The latest osCommerce versions include specific upgrade instructions in the „upgrade.html“ file for the installation package. Unfortunately the procedure varies depending on the current  version of OS Commerce you are running and different steps have to be accomplished. We strongly recommend to create a backup of your website before you initiate the upgrade procedure.