update modules

How do I update third party modules? Do I upload them 'check for update' here: administration/modules.php? Then how do I get around 'wrong package format' error?

wiki isn't helping at all.

there are update with each new version "dolphin"

for other modules market prices see here: http://www.boonex.com/market

Nobody is keeping modules up to date?

You check the market entry manually for version number differences on your products.

The feature that tells you that there is a update available is a new feature of dolphin. 99.9% of all vendors don't release updates that can be checked that way. That is because the method is flawed. It does not allow for packaging of updates for multiple versions of dolphin. Meaning to use it we would have to drop support for all past versions.

So you download from the market and unpack the zip file and follow the update instructions provided by the vendor in the product.

Don't expect any module to use dolphins built in update and install system. As i said. Due to it's restrictions, most do not use it.

Another mess.

I guess if there is no update instructions you have to delete and reinstall.

If the module does not come with update instructions then you contact the vendor and ask them how to upgrade it and tell them to include upgrade instructions.

If the version number in the market is the same as the version number you already have installed, then there is no upgrade.

NO, BIG NO; don't uninstall the module as that often means you will lose the data.  It is very rare that one would have to uninstall a module to upgrade.  The vendor will be the one to tell you about how to upgrade the module.  The key is not to do anything until you know for sure.  If the module does not include upgrade instructions; and these are often included in the installation instructions, so check the installations instructions if you don't see an upgrade instructions text file.  If you see nothing about upgrading, then contact the vendor.  Often upgrading means just copying the new files over the old files; however, know for sure.

To avoid lost of data simply backup database first, contact vendor if he don't reply  or said he don't have update patch, ask for expertz they can save your time for just $10...without compromising your site..

 I know. That was meant to be my point.

It is very rare that one would have to uninstall a module to upgrade.

That is not what I'm experiencing with dolphin in general. Until 7.1 it wasn't even possible to update languages at all! It still can't update existing keys.

If the module does not come with update instructions then you contact the vendor and ask them how to upgrade it and tell them to include upgrade instructions.

I know that but it shouldn't be needed in a properly developed framework.

Boonex should force participants of the market to provide customer friendly updates! Respectively market developers should put force on boonex to provide the basics for it (-> allowing presence of a legacy folder in package).

To avoid lost of data simply backup database first, contact vendor if he don't reply  or said he don't have update patch, ask for expertz they can save your time for just $10...without compromising your site..

Thanks but I would be able to hack it myself. This is about finding the problem and get it fixed by the responsable party to advance.