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Visit your shop's URL, for instance: http://www.myprestashop.com/prestashop/install (Replace “myprestashop.com” with the actual URL of your store, and “prestashop” with the name of the folder that you have just transferred to your FTP).

That URL should show:

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  1. Select “Update“ instead of "Installation".
  2. Read the license agreement, then select the option “I agree to the above terms and conditions”.
  3. Click on the “Next” button.

If you did follow the first step of this guide concerning back-ups, you can click “I certify that I backed up my database and application files. I assume all responsibility for any data loss or damage related to this upgrade.” If you did not do the required back-ups or if you did not have a chance to verify the data’s integrity and that these backups are functional and recent, please go back to step 1 of this guide.

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Verification of all parameters before the update

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If sufficient rights are assigned to your files and folders, the following page will show:

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If not, make sure that the folders are properly configured: change their permissions of the folders in red on your FTP server (CHMOD 777 or 775, depending on your hosting provider) then click the “Refresh these settings” button.
In order to perform a CHMOD, using your FTP client, find the folders that have the wrong permission settings, right-click on each of them in order to display their properties (or even better, their access rights), and tick the boxes that are not yet ticked, until a refresh of the “System and Permissions” page gives you only green folder.

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Tip
titleDid you follow these 3 steps?
  1. Launched the Update tool
  2. Verified the parameters and started the update
  3. Finished the installation and removing the unneeded folders and files.

If you answered yes to all the questions above, then proceed to step 4.

Step 4 - QA and Testing

Import your Translation that you saved in Step 1

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