WEBVTT 1 00:00:09.462 --> 00:00:11.002 If you've made the decision 2 00:00:10.996 --> 00:00:12.360 to upgrade your existing 3 00:00:12.416 --> 00:00:13.873 Akeeba Backup Core 4 00:00:14.091 --> 00:00:15.807 to Akeeba Backup Professional 5 00:00:16.230 --> 00:00:18.902 the installation process is fairly simple. 6 00:00:19.917 --> 00:00:21.789 Once you've purchased your subscription 7 00:00:21.953 --> 00:00:23.537 to Akeeba Backup Professional 8 00:00:24.113 --> 00:00:26.844 log in at the akeebabackup.com web site. 9 00:00:28.677 --> 00:00:29.910 Once you've logged in 10 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:31.437 click on downloads. 11 00:00:32.903 --> 00:00:34.628 Here if we scroll down 12 00:00:34.591 --> 00:00:36.070 you can find a Download link 13 00:00:36.311 --> 00:00:38.311 to Akeeba Backup Professional. 14 00:00:41.120 --> 00:00:43.367 Download that to your own computer 15 00:00:43.848 --> 00:00:45.848 and then extract it. 16 00:00:47.243 --> 00:00:49.243 We now need to transfer these files 17 00:00:49.255 --> 00:00:50.704 to our web server 18 00:00:50.995 --> 00:00:52.995 To do that I'm going to use an 19 00:00:53.045 --> 00:00:55.045 FTP program. 20 00:00:55.480 --> 00:00:57.480 Connect to your site 21 00:00:57.580 --> 00:01:00.092 and navigate to the folder where you installed WordPress 22 00:01:01.831 --> 00:01:03.831 select wp-content, 23 00:01:04.017 --> 00:01:06.017 and then plugins. 24 00:01:06.771 --> 00:01:08.771 Here you can see folders for all the 25 00:01:08.863 --> 00:01:11.284 plugins that you have installed on your WordPress site. 26 00:01:12.637 --> 00:01:15.336 It should be obvious which is the# one for Akeeba Backup. 27 00:01:16.051 --> 00:01:18.051 Select that 28 00:01:18.460 --> 00:01:20.460 - then select all the files from 29 00:01:20.590 --> 00:01:22.590 your computer for Akeeba Backup for 30 00:01:22.749 --> 00:01:26.009 WordPress Professional and upload them to this folder. 31 00:01:28.714 --> 00:01:30.379 Make sure that you select to 32 00:01:30.458 --> 00:01:32.458 overwrite the existing files. 33 00:01:35.136 --> 00:01:37.136 When that is completed, if we go 34 00:01:37.180 --> 00:01:38.458 back to our web site and 35 00:01:38.665 --> 00:01:40.665 log in and go to the Akeeba Backup plugin 36 00:01:41.070 --> 00:01:43.070 we can see that we 37 00:01:43.113 --> 00:01:45.113 now have Akeeba Backup 38 00:01:45.250 --> 00:01:47.716 for WordPress Professional installed. 39 00:01:48.522 --> 00:01:49.909 Right at the top 40 00:01:49.909 --> 00:01:51.485 we have a message about 41 00:01:51.545 --> 00:01:53.151 entering our Download ID 42 00:01:53.465 --> 00:01:54.925 This is required for updates 43 00:01:54.896 --> 00:01:56.437 to the program 44 00:01:56.678 --> 00:01:58.678 so let's go ahead and complete that. 45 00:01:59.588 --> 00:02:02.096 Return to the akeebackup.com web site 46 00:02:02.424 --> 00:02:04.424 and make sure that you are logged in. 47 00:02:05.066 --> 00:02:07.469 Select My Subscriptions from the menu. 48 00:02:08.434 --> 00:02:10.434 If you now scroll down 49 00:02:10.606 --> 00:02:12.198 you will see your Download ID. 50 00:02:12.375 --> 00:02:14.375 Simply select and copy it. 51 00:02:15.187 --> 00:02:17.187 Return to your web site 52 00:02:17.472 --> 00:02:18.752 and paste it in. 53 00:02:18.750 --> 00:02:21.898 and click on Apply download id. 54 00:02:23.218 --> 00:02:25.218 We can see that the message has now 55 00:02:25.218 --> 00:02:27.218 disappeared and we have completed 56 00:02:27.218 --> 00:02:29.842 the upgrade to Akeeba Backup Professional