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Upgrading Drupal (zip file method)

These instructions are specific to when you have a live site, a development machine, and both are set up for git push/pull

running update.php

Several places below reference running update.php. This means going to your yoursite.com/update.php after logging in as an administrator. If you are unable to log in, you can force access to update.php by editing the settings.php file in drupal/sites/yoursite/settings.php and set the following line to true (don't forget to change it back after updates are complete)

$update_free_access = FALSE;

change to:

$update_free_access = TRUE;

Initial prep on dev machine

Prep for Core updates on dev machine

Prep for Module updates on dev machines

Updating the live site