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This video tutorial series will teach you step-by-step how to upgrade your old Seditio 12x installation and upgrade it to Cotonti. Nothing is left out, everything commented as much as possible.

Enjoy!

Cotonti Video Tutorial - Upgrading Seditio to Cotonti #1 - Downloading 125 Beta

In this tutorial you will learn how to upgrade your Seditio 12x installation over to version 125. You will download the latest beta build from neocrome.net and unzip it to your hard drive.

Cotonti Video Tutorial - Upgrading Seditio to Cotonti #2 - Upgrading from Seditio 12x to 125

In this tutorial you will follow along as we run the complex task of upgrading your Seditio 12x to 125 beta.

Cotonti Video Tutorial - Upgrading Seditio to Cotonti #3 - Dumping MySQL

In this tutorial we will be using phpMyAdmin to do a database dump of our Seditio 125 installation. You will learn how to export tables and which preferences to pick.

Cotonti Video Tutorial - Upgrading Seditio to Cotonti #4 - Encoding in UTF8 with Notepad++

In this tutorial you will learn how to use Notepad++ to encode your database dump file into UTF-8 without BOM, as well as how to do the replaces so all your tables become UTF-8 compatible. You will also learn where to get Notepad++ in case you dont have it already.

Cotonti Video Tutorial - Upgrading Seditio to Cotonti #5 - Fixing Problematic UTF8 Dumps

In this tutorial we will take a short look at how we handle files that claim to already be UTF-8 encoded. You will also learn the maximum size of files you can use with this technique.

Cotonti Video Tutorial - Upgrading Seditio to Cotonti #6 - Importing MySQL Dumps

In this tutorial you will learn how to import the converted MySQL dump back into your database via phpMyAdmin, as well as how to change the collation of your entire database from within the program.

Cotonti Video Tutorial - Upgrading Seditio to Cotonti #7 - Using BigDump for Larger Imports

In this tutorial you will learn how to use a program called BigDump to import databases larger than what your server allows back into MySQL.

Cotonti Video Tutorial - Upgrading Seditio to Cotonti #8 - Upgrading to Cotonti in MySQL

In this tutorial we will be applying the three database fixes, thus converting all the tables to be Cotonti 003 compatible.

Cotonti Video Tutorial - Upgrading Seditio to Cotonti #9 - Uploading with FTP and Updating Config.PHP

In this tutorial we will upload all the Cotonti files to your server, set the folder permissions and update your config.php file with all the new variables. Once that's done your Cotonti installation should be complete and working like a charm.

Thanks :)

@musiconly: have you upgraded already?