Shuan, Will and others,

I researched the core hcc code and I didnt see big issues in upgrading. There are some area such as routemapper, controlbar (main solution remove some old code AND dont let hcc change hostsettings controlbar of 9.1.1), and a few more smaller ones. But at the end I think its rather trivial. If you supply me with the list of issues I can start testing all the pieces.

I did a small penetration test and you need to delete 4 files (.swf).

And as an idea, the best business model for mmmcommerce.com is to focus in delivering ecommerce security to customers. Thats the future.

I would love to help as well. We should make the best of what we can in github. Stack up the issues and contribute when we have a moment. Even unfinished code on a particular issue branch will get the issues closer to it's end goal.

Can wait to hear more! I also second the request for list of issues. Can we toss them in a post?

Dear Shuan,

I am reviewing the hcc code, but need more direction. Hopefully you have some time to post the list of possible issues upgrading to version 9.1.1. Next week I will start a number of real world tests. So, everybody who has a test case or an issue, he or she can list them here and I will give after testing some feedback. Thamk you.

The updates that need to be made will all need to be listed, as they're not currently centralized anywhere to simply pass on to anyone to work on. On a high level, we know that there are potentially some code updates to prevent compatibility errors, and there is a major UX issue. Neither would be trivial to resolve.

There have been a handful of potential errors reported by those who have attempted to upgrade and/or install Hotcakes on version 9.xx of the previous CMS. However, none of those errors have been researched and validated to be caused by Hotcakes itself, or another variable. So someone would need to install and upgrade Hotcakes on a clean instance of the CMS, and test all of the backend and frontend views to see if any errors can be created. If any are found, they should be logged in the appropriate GitHub repo.

https://github.com/HotcakesCommerce/core

https://github.com/HotcakesCommerce/cms

The UX issue could potentially be far more complicated. Version 9.xx of the CMS changes the UX paradigm in a way that's incompatible with prior versions of the CMS. Any extension vendor that in any way relied on the previous Control Panel is required to completely rethink the way they were presenting their dashboard experiences and/or admin/host menu items. There are no formal requirements on how to address this with CMS 9.xx, since there were previously never any plans to address the compatibility issues.

In both scenarios, issues should be created in GitHub, and we can more formally discuss which updates to make and how to make them there.