You are using the older version of HTML Executable Activation Kit, and you want to upgrade your installation to this new release. Please follow the steps below.

First, be sure to backup your database and local files. The following steps are indicative only: if you have made your own modifications to scripts or the database's structure for instance, please be careful.

Installing new files

You should first install new files and replace old ones. Please follow the usual step:

Step 1: install the activation system's scripts and files on the server

Upgrading the database

Since HTML Executable 4 handles Unicode, your database should be upgraded to UTF-8 format. Moreover, new columns were added in order to handle new features like deactivation or validation.

1) Start phpMyAdmin on your server and select your old database. In our sample, the database was named "myheak".

2) Click SQL . Copy and paste the following SQL query:

ALTER TABLE heusers CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8;

And validate.

3) Click SQL again. Copy and paste the following SQL query:

ALTER TABLE `heusers` ADD `lastdeactiv` datetime DEFAULT NULL, ADD `lastverif` datetime DEFAULT NULL

The database should be ready.

Modifying configuration files

Follow next steps:

Step 3: configure the mandatory settings

Step 4: set up activation settings for a given publication on the server

Step 5: configure your publication with HTML Executable

Step 6: PayPal configuration and Buy Now button creation steps