## nuBuilder Update

To update nuBuilder follow these steps:

Log in to nuBuilder, click the Update Button on the Database Tab of the Home Form to start the Update process.

- Backup
- Download
- Prepare
- Update

## Database Backup

## Step 1 - 4

- Be sure to backup your database before doing this update.
  You can export your nuBuilder database to a file by using phpMyAdmin or the mysqldump utility.
  The Backup consists of a single file containing all nuBuilder tables and data (e.g. nubuilder4.sql)
- Backup your nuBuilder files. E.g. add them to an archive 20201229_backup_nubuilder4.zip

## Download Instructions:

## Step 2 - 4

- Pull the latest nuBuilder 4 files from either Sourceforge or Github.
- Alternatively, use a subversion client to obtain the latest files.

## Delete & Unpack:

## Step 3 - 4

- Delete all files and folders in your nuBuilder folder except for nuconfig.php.
- Extract the downloaded .zip file to your nuBuilder root folder.

## Update

## Step 4 - 4

- Now, you are ready to do the Update. If all goes well you should see a message: "You will need to log in again for the changes to take effect"
- After updating, test your site carefully to verify there are not any issues.
- The Github commit/change history information is valuable to see where something changed.

The recommandation is to have a test environment to test changes before applying them to the production environment.