Title: Wait – Install How?? Last modified: August 24, 2016 --- # Wait – Install How?? * Resolved [nixonvs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nixonvs/) * (@nixonvs) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wait-install-how/) * Okay, I am so thankful that this plugin hasn’t died out with Oliver letting it go. My forms are gorgeous and I have 20 of them. I have been researching all night and I’m just trying to understand the specific process to get to the new version. * I saw someone posted over here: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/losing-data-on-deactivateactivate?replies=2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/losing-data-on-deactivateactivate?replies=2) that this is the way. * 1. Deactivate DD version 14.6. 2. Download wordpress.org 14.6 version, upload and activate. 3. Use core updater to get to 14.9.2. * Please bear with me I’m just trying not to lose my forms at all. I realize ** I do have the DD version 14.6 currently installed**. So, do I have to now: * 1. **deactivate my current version** 2. move my one modified CSS version to the cforms-custom folder I made and then 2. install the version 14.6 **base ** version from here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/cforms2/developers/ (_asking because there are several versions 14.6.1 through 14.6.11_) * Is that the correct order? **Or can I skip downloading the 14.6 version from WordPress** and just go from my DD version to the new 14.9.2? * And one more thing. **You suggest backing up the database. How? Is this a separate database from the main WP install?** I didn’t see that anywhere in your support documentation. * Thank you so much for keeping this alive. You should charge at least $5 for it. Just saying; I’d pay that for fast support for cforms. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 16 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wait-install-how/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wait-install-how/page/2/?output_format=md) * Plugin Author [bgermann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bgermann/) * (@bgermann) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wait-install-how/#post-6069313) * 2.: yes it is the base version. Bear in mind to rename the folder from cforms2 to cforms, because the old version depended on this directory name. You can try to skip that version, but it is safer to do so. * It is not a separate database. It is all in the WordPress database. If you do not know how to do that, search for mysql dump or ask your host. * You can actually donate… * Thread Starter [nixonvs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nixonvs/) * (@nixonvs) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wait-install-how/#post-6069463) * Yes, I could donate and glad to do so. Just saying if everyone paid it would likely give you guys more incentive and resources. You do great and I depend on this plugin. * So wait a second. You say rename cforms2 to cforms. Does that mean I have to rename the original plugin folder to something else like cforms-old? Should I save it just in case? * Thanks so much for helping me out. I’ll be doing a lot of work this weekend, looks like! * Plugin Author [bgermann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bgermann/) * (@bgermann) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wait-install-how/#post-6069534) * You should delete the old version or just move it out of the wordpress directory tree after deactivating it. * Thread Starter [nixonvs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nixonvs/) * (@nixonvs) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wait-install-how/#post-6069536) * But then I still need to edit the php right as mentioned in this post? [In other thread](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-cforms-admin-is-broken-in-wordpress-42?replies=12) * Plugin Author [bgermann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bgermann/) * (@bgermann) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wait-install-how/#post-6069540) * Yes, but only if you are on WordPress 4.2.*. * Thread Starter [nixonvs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nixonvs/) * (@nixonvs) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wait-install-how/#post-6069667) * Ok, I am lost. **I was able to back up my forms before installing the new version** of cforms tonight. So at least I have that. * But now that I’ve installed the new version AND renamed the directory to cforms,** I am getting a message that I don’t have sufficient permission to access the page.** I notice in the address bar it shows it seems to be still referring to cforms2 although I have already renamed that directory. **So now what? I did NOT yet replace the string of text in the PHP file because I think it was you who admitted that doing so leaves a huge security risk. _So is that the only way to use cforms now – by allowing it to BE a security risk?_ I am not getting this.[I did replace the PHP string of text shortly just to be able to back up my old forms and then quickly put back the original version.] * [Screenshot is here for your reference.](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/77181077/cformsnew.PNG) * Good grief. Tell me something. **If I never used cforms before** and was just starting from scratch what would it take to make this work? I wouldn’t have all these other settings to change would I? Is cforms2 reliant on the first cforms? * Thread Starter [nixonvs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nixonvs/) * (@nixonvs) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wait-install-how/#post-6069668) * [Another error message on top of my screen. Here’s the screenshot.](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/77181077/cforms3.PNG) * It says, “The plugin **cforms2**/cforms.php has been deactivated due to an error: Plugin file does not exist,” which seems to indicate renaming the directory to cforms isn’t helping. * *sigh* * Plugin Author [bgermann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bgermann/) * (@bgermann) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wait-install-how/#post-6069669) * [@nixonvs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nixonvs/) This cforms2 fork does not rely on the deliciousdays one to be installed first. In fact it is better to start without the deliciousdays being installed. You should only try to upgrade if you have created many forms and do not want to recreate them. * The security issue you are talking about is fixed in current cforms2 versions, but it is not fixed in the deliciousdays version. In the current cforms2 version you do not need to change anything to have it work with WordPress 4.2. You only have to apply the change if you want to use the deliciousdays cforms with WP4.2. But that change has nothing to do with the security issue. * The second error message is because you did not disable the cforms2 plugin before renaming the directory. WordPress stores the path of the main plugin file to know which plugins are enabled. * Thread Starter [nixonvs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nixonvs/) * (@nixonvs) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wait-install-how/#post-6069670) * > You should only try to upgrade if you have created many forms and do not want > to recreate them. * Well yes, I had 21 forms so I backed them up, did everything you suggested and still issues. * So start me from the top. What do you suggest I do now? * Since I’ve backed up my forms and right now have a bunch of pages with no forms on them, should I just delete cforms (the original one) altogether, delete cforms2 as well and start from scratch? * What do I need to do for this to just work? I’ve had my site in maintenance mode for 2 days trying to get this up. I can’t spend so many billable hours on this. * Thread Starter [nixonvs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nixonvs/) * (@nixonvs) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wait-install-how/#post-6069671) * Never mind.Thanks everyone. * Thread Starter [nixonvs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nixonvs/) * (@nixonvs) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wait-install-how/#post-6069672) * Ok, one more question as I am making progress. Anyone can direct me as to where I need to get a calendar.css file that is showing errors? * [screenshot here](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/77181077/Capture.PNG) * Plugin Author [bgermann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bgermann/) * (@bgermann) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wait-install-how/#post-6069674) * You have to remove lin `@import "calendar.css";` from your CUSTOM [http://www.nixonvs.com/newsite/wp-content/plugins/cforms-custom/jeffmono_space_light.css](http://www.nixonvs.com/newsite/wp-content/plugins/cforms-custom/jeffmono_space_light.css) * Thread Starter [nixonvs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nixonvs/) * (@nixonvs) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wait-install-how/#post-6069675) * _Have I told you lately that I love you?_ **Thank you so much.** I am back in business with my GORGEOUS forms. [http://www.nixonvs.com/referral/](http://www.nixonvs.com/referral/) * And BTW I never put that line in there although I see under the old cforms directory that there was indeed a calendar.css. What was that about? Was there a calendar function that I never got a chance to play with? I’ll just comment the line out for now but I’ll research if I can find out more about it. * Plugin Author [bgermann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bgermann/) * (@bgermann) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wait-install-how/#post-6069676) * That calendar function is still in cformsII, but it is rearranged so that the style is loaded independently from the configured theme. That function is called“ date picker”. * Thread Starter [nixonvs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nixonvs/) * (@nixonvs) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wait-install-how/#post-6069677) * Something weird is going on and a client just pointed it out to me. My forms seem to be duplicating. Not the submit button but the fields are duplicating and they are NOT duplicated in the form itself. What’s with that? It’s happening in these 2 ([http://www.nixonvs.com/coachblogging/standard-blog-request/standard-blog-project-long/](http://www.nixonvs.com/coachblogging/standard-blog-request/standard-blog-project-long/) and [http://www.nixonvs.com/coachblogging/standard-blog-request/](http://www.nixonvs.com/coachblogging/standard-blog-request/)). * I haven’t checked all my forms but I am about to go through every single one now. * Is this something anyone has seen before??? * And btw, **I am using the latest version that was just updated 14.9.7** Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 16 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wait-install-how/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wait-install-how/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Wait – Install How??’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/cforms2/assets/icon-128x128.png?rev=1010031) * [cformsII](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cforms2/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cforms2/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cforms2/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cforms2/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cforms2/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cforms2/reviews/) * 16 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [bgermann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bgermann/) * Last activity: [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wait-install-how/page/2/#post-6069678) * Status: resolved