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# Upgrading from Pebble 1.x

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If you're upgrading from a previous 1.x version of Pebble, you'll need to follow these instructions.

### Directory structure

Pebble 2.0 introduces a new directory structure for the storage of its data so, if you are upgrading from a previous version, you'll need to restructure your directories very slightly. Pebble will automatically create this structure if the data directory specified in the configuration doesn't exist.

### Single blog

The following diagrams show the directory structure when Pebble is hosting a single blog, in Pebble 1.x and Pebble 2.x respectively. You will need to restructure your existing directories to match this new layout.

    - Blog directory
    |-- blog.properties
    |-- 2006
    |-- files
    |-- images
    |-- ...
    - Pebble data directory
    |-- blogs
    | |-- default
    |   |-- blog.properties
    |   |-- 2006
    |   |-- files
    |   |-- images
    |   |-- ...
    |-- realm
      |-- {username1}.properties
      |-- {usernameN}.properties

### Multi-blog

The following diagrams show the directory structure when Pebble is hosting more than a single blog, in Pebble 1.x and Pebble 2.x respectively. You will need to restructure your existing directories to match this new layout.

    - Blog directory
    |-- blog.properties
    |-- blog1
    | |-- blog.properties
    | |-- 2006
    | |-- files
    | |-- images
    | |-- ...
    |-- blogN
    | |-- blog.properties
    | |-- 2006
    | |-- files
    | |-- images
    | |-- ...
    - Pebble data directory
    |-- blogs
    | |-- blog.properties
    | |-- blog1
    |   |-- blog.properties
    |   |-- 2006
    |   |-- files
    |   |-- images
    |   |-- ...
    | |-- blogN
    |   |-- blog.properties
    |   |-- 2006
    |   |-- files
    |   |-- images
    |   |-- ...
    |-- realm
      |-- {username1}.properties
      |-- {usernameN}.properties

### Themes

The way Pebble themes are implemented has been simplified and Pebble 1.x themes are not compatible. For this reason, the following steps should be followed before starting up Pebble.

- Remove the backup theme : remove the directory called `theme` underneath each blog