Connection Lost and Update Issue

Hi,

I was running version 6.5.7 and, after setting up my milestones and other content, I now repeatedly get "connection lost, please reconnect", this happens repeatedly as I go around the install. I thought this might be a bug related to version 6.5.7 so I downloaded the latest version which, despite being prompted to do so when I logged in to my install, is not listed on the website as a stable release but, rather, a "release candidate".

I followed the upgrade instructions, to back up my database, to download, extract and FTP the files over the previous ones and I logged in to my administration account. The database did not however update. I have changed my admin username to a username I will remember.

When I received the connection lost message, it suggested that the issue had been logged, i'm not sure where the log file is. What a lovely piece of software, the design is as whacky as it comes and I love it. The website is confusing though for me. It would really help if instructions were more clearly available from the first pages of the website (and not hidden away), the registration form for the forum, despite being the "en" version still contains some French prompts etc. Just polite feedback!

I got the files from Github as it was not clear where to get them from from the website.

Hoping you can help. Thanks and Kind Regards,

indieben.

Thanks very much for your reply.

The issue though is that you have a "release candidate" - what is this please? Is this the latest stable release or one that you are not supposed to use? Are you supposed to go to the archive at the bottom even though there are no clear instructions about this? Your release candidate (nor 7.0.3) has an installation directory either but there are no clear instructions that you should install the old one and then import the installation directory from a previous download (I presume that this is what you expect users to do?). Also, this still does not explain how you are supposed to upgrade since when I a) backed up the database b) downloaded the tar, c) ftp'd the new directories and files over the old ones, and d) logged in with my Administrator account, this did not lead to the database being updated.

You have a great piece of software but either no clear instructions or things just aren't working before they are released. Which is it please? I have spent hours trying to work this out and to say i'm frustrated with the lack of clear guidance and confusing downloads is an understatement.

Thanks.

Thanks for this,

Would it not be better to have the “release candidate” described as a beta version and not have the software prompt you to update to it since it could contain major bugs? Most software would only advertise a new version once it was stable as people could lose confidence in what is an awesome idea - I love the design by the way, it’s very different, was the design implemented on Ruby or something?

Thanks