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Our development team review the features in the release and decide which are
appropriate for u3a. They then test them and make them available to us. When
a release is significant the training workbook and/or the User Guide will be
updated accordingly.
Once we get to migration stage and we are using a server site then WordPress
and u3a SiteWorks updates will be automatically installed for us from a central
location. During the learning process when we are using Local and the demo site
such central control is not possible so w need to keep up to date ourselves.
When we open Local there will sometimes be a pop-up advising of an update.
Simply follow the instructions on the screen to install it to keep your system up
to date.
When we open a demo file in Local, we sometimes see a red circle with numbers
in it at the top of the Dashboard or alongside the Plugins menu. Below is a
screenshot showing this. Open the menu and you will see update details
alongside the affected plugins. Below I have actioned some already and the
notification turns green. The remaining yellow boxes indicate that the update is
outstanding. I just have to click ‘update now’ which is indicated by the red ovals.
The plugin will update and the line will turn green. Once all updates are complete
it's back to business as usual.
The ‘Any Town & District’ demo file is updated on a regular basis to reflect any
product changes, including plugin updates. We don’t anticipate any Web
Manager being at the learning SiteWorks using Local and the demo file for
months on end. It is likely that you’ll download the zip file once only and
complete your learning using that file. Life happens and, if you do find you have
had to take a lengthy pause for some reason, you might find it beneficial to
download a new copy so that you are working on the latest version. Note that
when you load a second or subsequent copy of the demo file into Local you can
call it by a different name so that you don’t overwrite the work you have already
done on the original file.
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