Updating
Important Information:
- Before you proceed with update of this Magento Newsletter Popup extension, please make sure your existing template is named differently than a default template, otherwise your template will be overwritten during the update. Please check here for more information on how to create and edit Newsletter Popup templates.
- Make sure to backup all your Magento files and folders before you proceed with updating extension.
- Before you proceed with extension installation – you need to make sure that Compilation is disabled in your Magento. Please follow the steps outlined in this Wiki article to disable Compilation. Note: You don’t have to make step 2 if Compilation is permanently disabled in your Magento.
Once in a while there will be new versions of extensions available for download. In order to download the updated version of extension please follow the step-by-step instructions below.
Detailed description:
- Enter the site https://plumrocket.com under your account
- Select “My Account” in the menu . (To open this page you have to log in first)
- Select “My Downloads” in the menu
- Click on the yellow “DOWNLOAD” button in front of the needed extension in the “Download Free Updates” column
Important Information:
Make sure to backup all your Magento files and folders before you proceed with updating extension.
Updating Magento Extension Manually
To update this Magento Newsletter Popup Extension, you will need the archive containing it. The unpacked archive and catalog of files are shown below.
Detailed description:
- This is the original archive to be unpacked.
- This is the unpacked catalog of files.
In order to perform FULL update of Magento Newsletter Popup v1.x Extension, please do the Step 1 and Step 2 below:
Step 1
Detailed description:
- In the extracted folder navigate inside “step1” directory and upload its content into your store root.
Below you will find a step-by-step instruction of the installation process. To upload files to the server, you may use any FTP-client (To show you how it works we used the FTP-client FileZilla.)
Detailed description:
- This is your client side. You will see the unpacked catalog containing the Magento Newsletter Popup Extension.
- This is your root directory on server side. This is where the files should be uploaded.
- All the files must be uploaded to the server. Select files and press the right mouse button.
- Select the “Upload” option for these files.
Step 2
Detailed description:
- In the extracted folder navigate inside “step2” directory and upload its content into your store root.
Detailed description:
- This is your client side. You will see the unpacked catalog containing the extension.
- This is your root directory on server side. This is where the files should be uploaded.
- All the files must be uploaded to the server. Select files and press the right mouse button.
- Select the “Upload” option for these files.
The screenshot below depicts possible difficulties that can occur when you upload the files. In case there are identical files on the server, they should be overwritten. Below you will find detailed tips on how to overwrite files (when using the FTP-client FileZilla):
Step-by-Step action:
- If you receive the notification “Target file already exists” from your FTP-client, please, follow the tips described below.
- Select the “Overwrite” radio button in order to overwrite files.
- Tick the “Apply to current queue only” ?heckbox in order to save these settings for all similar cases of current queue configuration in the future.
- Press “OK”.
Clear Magento Cache
When the Magento Newsletter Popup Extension is installed, don’t forget to clear Magento cache.
To do this, follow the instructions below:
Step-by-Step action:
- Go to the Admin Panel >> System.
- Click on Cache Management.
Step-by-Step action:
- Press the “Flush Magento Cache” button.
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Important Information:
After the extension is updated successfully you can enable the magento compilation. Note: You don’t have to enable compilation if it was disabled prior to extension installation. Please follow the steps outlined in this Wiki article if you decide to run the compilation.
Sign-out and Sign-in back to Admin Panel. Then you will see the installed Magento Newsletter Popup Extension as shown below. For more information on our Newsletter Popup Magento Extension’s preview and settings visit our “Configuration” section.
Detailed description:
- Click on “Plumrocket”.
- If there is “Newsletter Popup” tab in the list, it means that the Newsletter Popup Module from Plumrocket Inc. has been successfully installed.
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