marcelva Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Can I upgrade my Software License Key from CC4 to CC5 and still use both versions (CC4 and CC5) at the same time? This is because I want to test CC5 before really upgrade my store, some mods have to be made before I can go live with my shop in CC5. Greetings, Marcel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 The licensing system will only allow one store to use a license. However what you could do is upgrade your license to V5 then get a demo license for your V4 store. That would let it continue to run for 45 days which should be plenty of time to get everything setup. :w00t: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesInFrance Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Can I upgrade my Software License Key from CC4 to CC5 and still use both versions (CC4 and CC5) at the same time? This is because I want to test CC5 before really upgrade my store, some mods have to be made before I can go live with my shop in CC5. Greetings, Marcel I have my V4 site running at public_html/ccrt4 using my paid license. I have my V5 test install running at public_html/ccrt5 using a 45-day trial license. This is free and allows me to fully test ccrt5 before making a purchase commitment. Once I get it running and my templates rewritten I'll replace the trial with a full license, switch the copyright key and mothball ccrt4. Here's hoping it won't take 45 days ... ;D Jules Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Thanks Jules, that's exactly what we're recommending to lots of people at this point. :w00t: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cybercomp Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 I have CC4 installed in the main folder i.e. /public_html my plan is to create a folder /public_html/cc5 and take a copy of all my cc4 folders and put them in there and make a copy of the mysql database and edit the config file in my copied files to point to the second database. then I could follow the procedure for a 4 to 5 upgrade and run on the trial key for 45 days correct? and that should give me enough time to sort out a skin and other things and then buy a license and upgrade the main installation. Does that sound about right? Thanks Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesInFrance Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 I have CC4 installed in the main folder i.e. /public_html my plan is to create a folder /public_html/cc5 and take a copy of all my cc4 folders and put them in there and make a copy of the mysql database and edit the config file in my copied files to point to the second database. then I could follow the procedure for a 4 to 5 upgrade and run on the trial key for 45 days correct? and that should give me enough time to sort out a skin and other things and then buy a license and upgrade the main installation. Does that sound about right? Thanks Nathan Thant's exactly what I did; remember to take a full backup before you start though as it's easy to do something wrong when copy/paste/delete gets going in ernest ... Jules Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cybercomp Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 lucky I had the backup as for some reason it decided to upgrade my cc4 production DB. even thought I edited the config file to point to the copy I made. I will just setup a new hosting account on my other server and test there I think :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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