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Upgrading from JAlbum 8.12
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8 May 20, 17:30
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I have been using really old Jalbum 8.12 to create nice photoalbums of my exotic travels around the world.
I have been wanting to update these albums to a more modern and responsive version already for quite some time, and now the coronacrisis is finally giving me the spare time to do it 
But does anybody know if I can still upgrade that ancient version to the latest version and still keeping the projects/albums in it? |
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Re: Upgrading from JAlbum 8.12
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8 May 20, 17:36
in response to: Emax909
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The projects should still work, though jAbum has undergone enormous changes. You will get a 30 day trial to have a look at the new skins. Work on the Sample Portfolio to see what you like, then backup your projects and albums and then work on a duplicate of your projects. Doing that belt and braces approach means you have nothing to lose.
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Re: Upgrading from JAlbum 8.12
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8 May 20, 17:39
in response to: Emax909
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jAlbum now has interactive help, at any point just click on the ‘?’ Icon, top right of the window to open a help page. The full manual is here |
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Re: Upgrading from JAlbum 8.12
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8 May 20, 18:12
in response to: Emax909
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Leaping over that many versions, I suspect the installer is going to leave a lot of garbage behind, files left over from jAlbum 8 that may cause havoc. In this case, I'd recommend doing a complete uninstall before installing jAlbum 20:
https://jalbum.net/forum/thread.jspa?threadID=35746
There's no going back, however - even on the page of "old jAlbum versions," it doesn't go back all the way to jAlbum 8. |
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Re: Upgrading from JAlbum 8.12
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9 May 20, 16:05
in response to: Emax909
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Some skins that were available with jAlbum 8 may no longer be available, or may be incompatible with jAlbum 20. I suggest that you should check the status of your favourite skins.
However, much better skins are now available, so you should consider discarding your old skins.
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Re: Upgrading from JAlbum 8.12
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10 May 20, 16:14
in response to: Emax909
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No, the skins for JAlbum 8 are mostly non-responsive, they don't work very well on mobiles and tablets, and over the years that has become more and more of a nuisance as more people are watching it from a mobile device. I want to upgrade just to use a more modern and more responsive skin.
From what I read here there does not seem to be a conclusive answer, so I will just make a backup of my existing JAlbum en see what happens if I upgrade, if if fails or I get weird result I can still deinstall or rollback to the backup.
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Re: Upgrading from JAlbum 8.12
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10 May 20, 16:45
in response to: Emax909
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...I will just ... see what happens if I upgrade, if if fails or I get weird result...
You're not really "upgrading." You're just doing a fresh install of jAlbum 20. And that's why I strongly suggest cleaning out the old stuff - you need to make sure you're getting a "clean" installation. Keeping the old version backed up somewhere out of the line of fire is fine, but don't leave it sitting there in your program directory - that's just asking for trouble.
There's no reason why a fresh install should fail, or produce weird results. I'm assuming you're not running an obsolete operating system, of course. Something like WinXP is going to be a non-starter, for example. |
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Re: Upgrading from JAlbum 8.12
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17 May 20, 16:58
in response to: Emax909
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Ok, so I fully deleted my old version and made a fresh install of jAlbum 20.
Still I could not resist trying to import one of my old projects from version 8.12, and so far that seams to work nicely. I got an error that I did not have the old skin that the project used in my new JAlbum and asked if I wanted to download it, but after cancelling that option it all imported fine and I was able to create a fully functional album from it using the Tiger skin that came with jAlbum 20.
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