* Please only follow these steps if you want to upgrade Instant Blog script!
If you downloaded latest version and installing for the first time, you dont need to follow these steps!

* Before you get started, it's a good idea to back up your current website and your database.
This means if there are any issues you can restore your website.

* If you made customization on script or style you need to re-implement those changes on new script.

Upgrading Instant Blog v3.2 to v3.3

1. Go to your hosting file manager
2. Take copy of these files and folders to your computer :
   - " instantblog/.env" .env file
   - " instantblog/storage/installed" installed file
   - " public/uploads" uploads folder
   - " public/images" images folder
   
   
3. Optional If you translated the script take copy of thise file and follow step update translation file :
   - " instantblog/resources/lang/en/messages.php "
   
   
4. Delete all instantblog script files and folders on your hosting.
5. Upload newly downloaded files to your hosting as before (on same folder structure ) and extract it.
6. Change "storage/framework" folder permission to 775.
7. Change "storage/logs" folder permission to 775.
8. Change "bootstrap/cache" folder permission to 775.
9. Upload and replace all copied files (on step 2) to same place on your hosting
10. Change your hosting version to minimum PHP 8.1.0
11. Go to yourdomain.com/instant/clear for clear caches.
12. When update complated, clear your browser caches.

Update translation file : open new " instantblog/resources/lang/en/messages.php " file with your text editor, on last lines you will see comment, copy your old translation texts (which you took copy on step 3 ) to above that comment line. When you done changes update it to your hosting to same location.

Upgrading Instant Blog v3.1 to v3.2

1. Go to your hosting file manager
2. Take copy of these files and folders to your computer :
   - " instantblog/.env" .env file
   - " instantblog/storage/installed" installed file
   - " public/uploads" uploads folder
   - " public/images" images folder
   
   
3. Optional If you translated the script take copy of thise file and follow step update translation file :
   - " instantblog/resources/lang/en/messages.php "
   
   
4. Delete all instantblog script files and folders on your hosting.
5. Upload newly downloaded files to your hosting as before (on same folder structure ) and extract it.
6. Change "storage/framework" folder permission to 775.
7. Change "storage/logs" folder permission to 775.
8. Change "bootstrap/cache" folder permission to 775.
9. Upload and replace all copied files (on step 2) to same place on your hosting
10. Change your hosting version to minimum PHP 8.0.2
11. Go to yourdomain.com/instant/clear for clear caches.
12. When update complated, clear your browser caches.

Update translation file : open new " instantblog/resources/lang/en/messages.php " file with your text editor, on last lines you will see comment, copy your old translation texts (which you took copy on step 3 ) to above that comment line. When you done changes update it to your hosting to same location.

Upgrading Instant Blog v3.0 to v3.1

1. Go to your hosting file manager
2. Take copy of these files and folders to your computer :
   - " instantblog/.env" .env file
   - " instantblog/storage/installed" installed file
   - " public/uploads" uploads folder
   - " public/images" images folder
   
   
3. Optional If you translated the script take copy of thise file and follow step update translation file :
   - " instantblog/resources/lang/en/messages.php "
   
   
4. Delete all instantblog script files and folders on your hosting.
5. Upload newly downloaded files to your hosting as before (on same folder structure ) and extract it.
6. Change "storage/framework" folder permission to 775.
7. Change "storage/logs" folder permission to 775.
8. Change "bootstrap/cache" folder permission to 775.
9. Upload and replace all copied files (on step 2) to same place on your hosting
10. Go to yourdomain.com/update click next on update wizard.
11. Go to yourdomain.com/instant/clear for clear caches.
12. When update complated, clear your browser caches.

Update translation file : open new " instantblog/resources/lang/en/messages.php " file with your text editor, on last lines you will see comment, copy your old translation texts (which you took copy on step 3 ) to above that comment line. When you done changes update it to your hosting to same location.

Upgrading Instant Blog v2.7 to v3.0

1. Go to your hosting file manager
2. Take copy of these files and folders to your computer :
   - " instantblog/.env" .env file
   - " instantblog/storage/installed" installed file
   - " public/uploads" uploads folder
   - " public/images" images folder
   
   
3. Optional If you translated the script take copy of thise file and follow step update translation file :
   - " instantblog/resources/lang/en/messages.php "
   
   
4. Delete all instantblog script files and folders on your hosting.
5. Upload newly downloaded files to your hosting as before (on same folder structure ) and extract it.
6. Change "storage/framework" folder permission to 775.
7. Change "storage/logs" folder permission to 775.
8. Change "bootstrap/cache" folder permission to 775.
9. Upload and replace all copied files (on step 2) to same place on your hosting
10. Go to yourdomain.com/update click next on update wizard.
11. Go to yourdomain.com/instant/clear for clear caches.
12. When update complated, clear your browser caches.

Update translation file : open new " instantblog/resources/lang/en/messages.php " file with your text editor, on last lines you will see comment, copy your old translation texts (which you took copy on step 3 ) to above that comment line. When you done changes update it to your hosting to same location.

Upgrading Instant Blog v2.6 to v2.7

1. Go to your hosting file manager
2. Take copy of these files and folders to your computer :
   - " instantblog/.env" .env file
   - " instantblog/storage/installed" installed file
   - " public/uploads" uploads folder
   - " public/images" images folder
   
   
3. Delete all instantblog script files and folders on your hosting.
4. Upload newly downloaded files to your hosting as before (on same folder structure ) and extract it.
5. Change "storage/framework" folder permission to 775.
6. Change "storage/logs" folder permission to 775.
7. Change "bootstrap/cache" folder permission to 775.
8. Upload and replace all copied files (on step 2) to same place on your hosting
9. Go to yourdomain.com/update click next on update wizard.
10. Go to yourdomain.com/instant/clear for clear caches.
11. When update complated, clear your browser caches.

Upgrading Instant Blog v2.5 to v2.6

1. Go to your hosting file manager
2. Take copy of these files and folders to your computer :
   - " instantblog/.env" .env file
   - " instantblog/storage/installed" installed file
   - " public/uploads" uploads folder
   - " public/images" images folder
   
   
3. Delete all instantblog script files and folders on your hosting.
4. Upload newly downloaded files to your hosting as before (on same folder structure ) and extract it.
5. Change "storage/framework" folder permission to 775.
6. Change "storage/logs" folder permission to 775.
7. Change "bootstrap/cache" folder permission to 775.
8. Upload and replace all copied files (on step 2) to same place on your hosting
9. Go to yourdomain.com/update click next on update wizard.
10. Go to yourdomain.com/instant/clear for clear caches.
11. When update complated, clear your browser caches.

Upgrading Instant Blog v2.4 to v2.5

REPLACE BELOW FOLDER & FILES WITH NEWLY DOWNLOADED FILES ON YOUR HOSTING

• instantblog\public\js\form.js
• clear all browser caches

Upgrading Instant Blog v2.3 to v2.4

1. Go to your hosting file manager
2. Take copy of these files and folders to your computer :
   - " instantblog/.env" .env file
   - " instantblog/storage/installed" installed file
   - " public/uploads" uploads folder
   - " public/images" images folder
   
   
3. Delete all instantblog script files and folders on your hosting.
4. Upload newly downloaded files to your hosting as before (on same folder structure ) and extract it.
5. Change "storage/framework" folder permission to 775.
6. Change "storage/logs" folder permission to 775.
7. Change "bootstrap/cache" folder permission to 775.
8. Upload and replace all copied files (on step 2) to same place on your hosting
9. Go to yourdomain.com/instant/clear for clear caches.
10. When update complated, clear your browser caches.

Upgrading Instant Blog v2.2 to v2.3

REPLACE BELOW FOLDER & FILES WITH NEWLY DOWNLOADED FILES ON YOUR HOSTING

• instantblog\app\Http\Controllers\InstantController.php
• instantblog\app\Providers\AuthServiceProvider.php
• instantblog\database\migrations\

Upgrading Instant Blog v2.1 to v2.2

1. Go to your hosting file manager
2. Take copy of these files and folders to your computer :
   - " instantblog/.env" .env file
   - " instantblog/storage/installed" installed file
   - " public/uploads" uploads folder
   - " public/images" images folder
   
   
3. Delete all instantblog script files and folders on your hosting.
4. Upload newly downloaded files to your hosting as before (on same folder structure ) and extract it.
5. Change "storage/framework" folder permission to 775.
6. Change "storage/logs" folder permission to 775.
7. Change "bootstrap/cache" folder permission to 775.
8. Upload and replace all copied files (on step 2) to same place on your hosting
9. Go to yourdomain.com/update click next on update wizard.
10. When update complated, clear your browser caches.

Upgrading Instant Blog v2.0 to v2.1

REPLACE BELOW FILES WITH NEWLY DOWNLOADED FILES ON YOUR HOSTING

• instantblog\app\Http\Controllers\EmbedController.php

If you dont have it , you must add FACEBOOK_API_ID & FACEBOOK_APP_SECRET to instantblog/.env file.

You must add oEmbed product to your app on https://developers.facebook.com/apps/.

Upgrading Instant Blog v1.5 to v2.0

1. Go to your hosting file manager
2. Take copy of these files and folders to your computer :
   - " instantblog/.env" .env file
   - " instantblog/storage/installed" installed file
   - " public/uploads" uploads folder
   
   
3. Delete all files on your hosting.
4. Upload newly downloaded files to your hosting as before and extract it.
5. Open "instant\database\seeds\DatabaseSeeder.php" with text editor and delete these lines and re-upload to hosting ;
   $this->call(UsersTableSeeder::class);
   $this->call(SettingsTableSeeder::class);
   $this->call(PostsTableSeeder::class)
   
6. Change "storage/framework" folder permission to 775.
7. Change "storage/logs" folder permission to 775.
8. Change "bootstrap/cache" folder permission to 775.
9. Upload and replace all copied files (on step 2) to same place on your hosting
10. Go to yourdomain.com/update click next on update wizard.
11. When update complated, clear your browser caches.

Upgrading Instant Blog v1.4 to v1.5

UPLOAD OR REPLACE BELOW FILES WITH NEWLY DOWNLOADED FILES ON YOUR HOSTING

• instantblog\config\purifier.php
• instantblog\resources\lang\en\messages.php
• instantblog\resources\views\auth\login.blade.php
• instantblog\resources\views\auth\passwords\email.blade.php
• instantblog\resources\views\auth\passwords\reset.blade.php
• instantblog\config\app.php
• Edit "instantblog\.env" file with your text editor and replace these lines:
  MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
  MAIL_HOST=mailtrap.io
  MAIL_PORT=2525
  MAIL_USERNAME=null
  MAIL_PASSWORD=null
  MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
  
  with:
  
  APP_NAME=YourSiteName
  MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
  MAIL_HOST=mailtrap.io
  MAIL_PORT=2525
  MAIL_USERNAME=null
  MAIL_PASSWORD=null
  MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
  MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=from@yoursite.com
  MAIL_FROM_NAME=ExampleName
  and fill informations, save and re-upload to hosting. You can check readme for details.

Upgrading Instant Blog v1.3 to v1.4

REPLACE BELOW FILES WITH NEWLY DOWNLOADED FILES ON YOUR HOSTING

• instantblog\resources\views\public\show.blade.php
• instantblog\app\Http\Controllers\SettingController.php
• instantblog\resources\views\posts\setting.blade.php

Upgrading Instant Blog v1.2 to v1.3

* On this video tutorial we used localhost but progress will be same for hosting too.
Just pay attention on folder/file names and actions.

1. Go to your hosting file manager
2. Download the ".env" file inside of "instantblog" folder to your desktop.
3. Download the "installed" file inside of "instantblog/storage" folder to your desktop.
4. Delete all files inside of "instantblog" folder on your hosting.
5. Upload newly downloaded "instantblog.zip" to inside of "instantblog" folder and extract it.
6. Change "storage/framework" folder permission to 775.
7. Change "storage/logs" folder permission to 775.
8. Change "bootstrap/cache" folder permission to 775.
9. Edit ".env" file with your text editor add "PINTEREST_ACCESS_TOKEN=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX". and save it. You can check readme for creating pinterest api.
10. Upload and replace ".env" file from your desktop (downloaded on step 2) to inside of "instantblog" folder.
11. Upload "installed" file from your desktop (downloaded on step 3) to inside of "instantblog/storage" folder.
12. Upload and replace newly downloaded "form.js" file to "public\js" folder on our hosting.
13. Clear your browser caches.

Upgrading Instant Blog v1.1 to v1.2

REPLACE BELOW FILES WITH NEWLY DOWNLOADED FILES ON YOUR HOSTING

• instantblog\app\Http\Controllers\PublicTagsController.php
• instantblog\app\Http\Controllers\PublicPostsController.php

Upgrading Instant Blog v1.0 to v1.1

* On this video tutorial we used localhost but progress will be same for hosting too.
Just pay attention on folder/file names and actions.

1. Go to your hosting file manager
2. Download the ".env" file inside of "instantblog" folder to your desktop.
3. Download the "installed" file inside of "instantblog/storage" folder to your desktop.
4. Delete all files inside of "instantblog" folder on your hosting.
5. Upload newly downloaded "instantblog.zip" to inside of "instantblog" folder and extract it.
6. Change "storage/framework" folder permission to 775.
7. Change "storage/logs" folder permission to 775.
8. Change "bootstrap/cache" folder permission to 775.
9. Upload and replace ".env" file from your desktop (downloaded on step 2) to inside of "instantblog" folder.
10. Upload "installed" file from your desktop (downloaded on step 3) to inside of "instantblog/storage" folder.
11. Upload and replace newly downloaded "instant.css" file to "public\css" folder on our hosting.
12. Upload and replace newly downloaded "form.js" file to "public\js" folder on our hosting.
13. Go to yourdomain.com/update click next on update wizard.
14. When update complated, clear your browser caches.
15. Go to yourdomain.com/login you need to activate your script. Activation details can be found on readme file.