PrestaShop 1.6
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  • Download a database backup from your PrestaShop back-officeback office.
    Go to the the "DB Backup" page, then follow the instructions on the page.

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    This page is available from:

    • PrestaShop 1.4: under the "Tools" tab, in the "DB Backup" sub-tab.
    • PrestaShop 1.5 and later: under the "Advanced parameters", in the "DB Backup" page.

    This process will take between 1 and 20 minutes depending on the size of your database, after you will see a link appear on the page, titled "Download the Backup file (size)". Click it, and make sure this backup is functional, recent, and especially that it contains of all contains all the data of your website. Open the zip file and make sure that there are absolutely NO ERRORS in the .sql file it contains before proceeding to the next step.

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You will thus have to browse the folders and files that were stores in stored in the "prestashop-prod" folder in order to access the correct location in the "prestashop-prep" folder.
Answer "Yes" every time the system asks you to replace the existing files.

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Now go to your store's administration page, using your customized /admin folder name. You will have to log in using your usual credentials. Browse through the various administration page and check if the content is indeed there and that all the back - office pages do work, then take the store out of maintenance mode in order to explore the front - office pages the way a regular visitor would, and make sure that they all work.

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  1. Using your FTP client, replace the files in your online store with those from your "prestashop-prep" folder.
    You should have nothing to worry about, because all your files have been backed up at the beginning of the process in the "prestashop-prod" folder, so you can return to this backup at any time. Ditto for your database, which has also been saved in the "prestashop-prod" folder as .sql file.
  2. Run the update script on your production shop, by accessing it using your browser. In version 1.6, the script is located at /install/upgrade/upgrade.php.
  3. Check all settings before updating: Follow the on-screen instructions and make sure that your server meets the technical requirements of the new version.
  4. End of update: Once the update is complete, remove the /install and browse your front - office and your back - office to make sure everything works.

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