switch from Zend to IonCube?

[tex88]

Hi. I purchased EPC, installed the Zend version, and had it working fine for a week (and i love it). But as of today it seems my host changed something and broke the Zend Optimizer so the calendar is gone, showing that nasty error page.

I asked the host to fix the problem, but if they don't/can't, how do i switch to the IonCube version? Do i need to download, install, and setup all over again? Will i lose my existing data or settings? What about my license.. will that be seamless, or a problem? And why is the Zend version preferred?

Thanks!
-todd

[Brian]

You can download the ionCube calendar files then upload just the events, functions, plugins and setup directories (in binary mode).

[tex88]

Thanks for the fast reply Brian!
If I don't hear back from my host soon, i'll try that.. installing the IonCube version.
But it sounds like Zend is "preferred" .. why is that?
If it's important, i might try to pressure my host if they're resisting.

thanks,
todd

[Brian]

Zend can have a slight speed advantage and require less files to run.