Upgrading contributed modules

Upgrading contributed modules is considerably easier than upgrading Drupal core.

To update a contributed module, download the latest copy of the module and read the upgrade instructions. For most modules, these instructions are found in a readme.txt or in a separate upgrade.txt file.

Follow any module-specific instructions found in this file. In the overwhelming majority of cases, though, the following steps will work for a clean upgrade:

1. Log in as UID1; click on Administer | Site configuration | Maintenance, or navigate to admin/settings/site-maintenance, and put your site into maintenance mode.

2. In your sites/all/modules directory, delete the old version of the module.

3. Upload the new version of the module.

4. In your browser, navigate to http://yoursite.org/update.php and run through the upgrade wizard.

5. Click on Administer | Site configuration | Maintenance, or navigate to admin/config/development/maintenance, and take your site out of maintenance mode.

6. Perform a master...