I have a very important question about updating

-- HikaShop version -- : 2.4.0
-- Joomla version -- : 3.4.1
-- PHP version -- : 5.5
-- Browser(s) name and version -- : not relevant
-- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : not relevant

Hi,

I made a number of changes in the panel.

Of course I know how the override system works in Joomla and that hardcoding is not good.
I know how the translation system in HS works and I have edited custom fields and e-mail templates and views.

My question is:
Which elements in HS stay OK after upgrade and which are overwritten?
I mean I don't want to come here angry because after some update I lose views or e-mail templates.

Can you please guide me on this topic - either by relating to an URL or listing things here?

Hi,

All HikaShop core files are overwritten during updates.

All overrides (views, css, emails) are kept ; the view overrides are stored in the template folder so they are not impacted by the update and the css/emails overrides are files with specific name which are not replaced by the update.

For the configuration (elements in the database), all is kept.
When we add new columns for some tables, we always follow a naming convention to not be in conflict with potential custom fields.

In every cases, before doing an update ; the best is to perform a little backup of your files and of your database.

Regards,