Several of our EditLive! for IWWCM clients have asked me recently how they can get hold of EditLive! 6.4 so they can try out the new styling capabilities in the release.  This article will give you the information that you need to install EditLive! 6.4 in IWWCM.

The steps in this article require you to customize an EditLive! for IWWCM installer.  Before making changes to your IWWCM installer I'd recommend that you check out the series of articles I wrote previously on Custom IWWCM installers.  

1. Get a copy of the EditLive! for IWWCM installer - You can obtain a copy from either the Ephox website, or you can use a copy of an existing EditLive! for IWWCM 6.0 installer that you have.  
   • The advantage of using your own installer is that you will be able to install any customizations you've done along with EditLive! 6.4.
   • If you're downloading a new copy of the installer, unzip it to a location on your server so it's ready to be installed.
2. Backup - If you're using an existing installer that you've customized then you'll want to back it up before working with EditLive! 6.4.  EditLive! 6.4 is currently a beta and there are bugs, so you will want to make sure you back up your EditLive! for IWWCM installer with EditLive! 6.3 before starting this process.  If you need to go back to using EditLive! 6.3 then having that backup will be important.
3. Get a copy of EditLive! 6.4 - EditLive! 6.4 beta is available right now from the LiveWorks! web site in the Early Access section, you'll find a link to the EditLive! 6.4 downloads there.  In order to update EditLive! for IWWCM all you will need to download is the update package (the third download link in the list for EditLive! 6.4).  Unzip this package to a separate location on the machine with the EditLive! for IWWCM installer.
4. Add EditLive! 6.4 to the IWWCM installer
   1. Open the EditLive! update package you downloaded and select all the files except the sample_eljconfig.xml file (we don't want to overwrite this in case you've made customizations).  
   2. Copy these files into the EDITLILVE_IWWCM/web/res/editlivejava folder and overwrite the existing files when prompted, where EDITLIVE_IWWCM folder is the root directory of your IWWCM installer.
5. Run the installer - The installer is now ready to run.  Set the IBM Portal directory in the build.properties file in the installer's root directory if necessary and then run the install script.

You can find more information about what's in EditLive! 6.4 in the changelog.

If you have any questions or issues with the EditLive! 6.4 beta please let us know.  You can get in contact with us and the EditLive! community via the LiveWorks! mailing list.

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