Welcome to the CuteNews
CuteNews is a FREE, powerful and easy-to-use news management system based on flat files as a storage with search function, file upload management, backup & restore, IP banning, flood protection and many more. Moreover Cutenews is UTF-8 fully compatible system.
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Download Cute News 1.5.3 zip (593 Kb)
Upgrading Instructions
Attention! Please make a backup copy of your existing cutenews folder before downloading or upgrading to the new version.
- If you upgrade from Cutenews 1.5.0b, 1.5.1 to 1.5.2, please while copying files from zip do not copy cdata. It deletes your previous data.
How to install or upgrade from 1.5.2 to v1.5.3
- The upgrade and clean install processes is fully identical to the installation and upgrade of the version 1.5.2.
- The migration script from the previous 1.4.x and Cutenews UTF-8 can be launched by clicking on 'Migrate to the latest' on the main page of Cutenews.
How to install or upgrade from 1.5.1 to v1.5.2
- Download the archive of CuteNews 1.5.2 and unpack it.
- Replace the installed CuteNews version using the downloaded files if you intend to upgrade an existing installation; or copy those files to a new folder if you need a clear installation.
- While clean install you will be required to enter your username, password and the administrator's e-mail address to login the admin panel. In case you need to update your version, the 'Run migration script' link will also be displayed.
How to install or upgrade to v1.5.1
Please make a backup copy of your existing cutenews folder before downloading or upgrading to the new version.
- Download the archive of CuteNews 1.5.1 and unpack it.
- Replace the installed CuteNews version using the downloaded files if you intend to upgrade an existing installation; or copy those files to a new folder if you need a clear installation.
- Log in to the administration panel.
Upgrade
- The migration script will turn on automatically and transfer all the data. After that you need to log in again.
- In case of errors (e.g. 504 Gateway Timeout), just copy the data from the folder data to the folder cdata, and from data/upimages/ to uploads/ folder
Clear install
- You need to fill in the following fields: nickname, password and administrator's email.
- If everything is correct you will be automatically logged in to the administration panel as the administrator.
Upgrading v1.4.6 to v1.4.7
Please make a backup copy of your existing CuteNews folder and data before proceeding with the upgrade.
- Backup the /data/ folder from the installed CuteNews copy to save your data (news, comments, etc.).
- Download the CuteNews 1.4.7 archive and unpack it
- Upload the received files in the directory of the old version and opt in for overwriting the matching files.
- Replace the /data/ folder with the previously saved /data/ folder from the old version.
- Go to CuteNews > Help/About to confirm that you have successfully upgraded to the latest version
Upgrading v1.4.5 to v1.4.6
Please make a backup copy of your existing CuteNews folder and data before proceeding with the upgrade.
- Download the latest cutenews.1.4.6.zip file.
- In the extracted folder for CuteNews.1.4.6, you must copy and overwrite the following update files into your existing installation:
- cutenews/index.php
- cutenews/show_news.php
- cutenews/search.php
- cutenews/_inc/main.mdu
- cutenews/_inc/functions.inc.php
- Go to CuteNews > Help/About to confirm that you have successfully upgraded to the latest version
Upgrading v1.4.1 to v1.4.5
Please make a backup copy of your existing CuteNews folder and data before proceeding with the upgrade.
- Copy and overwrite all files and folders (except the ./data folder) from the v1.4.5 zip to your old installation.
- Copy and overwrite the ./data/rss.tpl file in the Data folder from the v1.4.5 zip to your old installation.
- Go to CuteNews > Help/About to confirm that you have successfully upgraded to the latest version
Upgrading v1.4.0 to v1.4.1
Please make a backup copy of your existing СuteТews folder and data before proceeding with the upgrade.
- Copy and overwrite all files and folders (except ./data foler) from the v1.4.1 zip to your old installation.
- Copy and overwrite the ./data/rss.tpl file in the ./data folder from the v1.4.1 zip to your old installation
- Because of some changes in v1.4.1 auto-archive function, if you have this enabled, during the upgrade your news may be auto-archived. If so, in v1.4.1 you can unarchive your news through the menu CuteNews > Options > Archives Manager
- Go to CuteNews > Help/About to confirm that you have successfully upgraded to the latest version.
Upgrading v1.3.6 to v1.4.0
Please make a backup copy of your existing CuteNews folder and data before proceeding with the upgrade.
- Rename your existing folder where CuteNews is installed
- Upload the content of CuteNews.1.4.0.zip to folder with the same name as your previous CuteNews installation
- Do NOT go through the CuteNews 1.4.0 installation procedures!!!
- Copy and overwrite the ./data folder from your old CuteNews.
- CHMOD the files and folders with proper permissions as usual.
- Login to the updated CuteNews and go to CuteNews > Options > System Configuration. Check all the new settings and change them if needed. Save the settings ( you should do it even if you haven’t made any changes)
Note: because of the update some of the settings will be reset so please check all settings and be careful with what you activate/deactivate!
- Go to CuteNews > Help/About to confirm that you have successfully upgraded to the latest version
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