For installations that do not have code customizations:
1  Download 1.70 with source from https://www.nopcommerce.com/downloads.aspx to C:\Users\dcowart\Downloads\nopCommerce 1.70

2  Extract to same location - 8/1/2010 4:32:17 PM

3  From Arvixe Control Panel back up DB via HTTP in .zip form to C:\Users\dcowart\Downloads\nopCommerce 1.70\_db_backup (created dir) Completed - 8/1/2010 4:38:34 PM

4  Created www-backup on the web server via cp.SAIBR.com, moved all files from wwwroot of staging.SAIBR.com to www-backup folder. Completed 8/1/2010 4:49:00 PM

5  Uploading contents of C:\Users\dcowart\Downloads\nopCommerce 1.70\NopCommerceStore to wwwroot of staing.SAIBR.com. Arvixe CP only can do one file at a time, setup to use Windows Explorer. Still waiting 8/1/2010 4:58:07 PM. Completed - 8/1/2010 6:03:21 PM Should have plugged my cable in, WiFi upload slow.

6  Go to staging.SAIBR.com/install/install.aspx site does not resolve. Stop and Started site still does not work, verifying files, only 127 of 289 uploaded, plugging in and reuploading 8/1/2010 6:12:29 PM. Deleted all files from CP, much faster than WE, reuploading started 8/1/2010 6:24:42 PM Completed – taking too log 8/1/2010 6:40:53 PM

7  Adding files to a .zip file, will try to upload and unzip on server via CP, never mind this approach as there are empty folders in the dir structure windows will not create a .zip accordable, still waiting for the upload… UUURRGGGG errored out, trying again 8/1/2010 7:48:48 PM this is crap, added a placeholder text file to Ap_Data dir created zip and canceling upload, uploading nC10 zip of C:\Users\dcowart\Downloads\nopCommerce 1.70\NopCommerceStore contents 8/1/2010 7:57:59 PM, extracting it on server, 8/1/2010 7:58:38 PM completed!! That was much much faster, now lets see if it worked. Okay 290 files in  wwwroot with the zip, all files uploaded browsing to install dir. DAMN it, not working… headed t forums to try to find instruction, this sucks. Oops!  It helps when DNS is right, using http://staging.saibr.com.leaf.arvixe.com/install/install.aspx for upgrade

8  8/1/2010 8:55:01 PM front end up but no Admin page resolving, investigating 8/1/2010 9:51:34 PM had asked Arvixe if they could help, they said open a ticket, instead,  I manually ran the upgrade script against the db and it is working now!!

Yippee!!

Wow! It is faster!!

I will post these steps, maybe it will help someone…

SUMMARY:
1 – Download the 1.70 rar you want, source or no source
2 – Extract the files from the rar
3 – zip the files in nopCommerceStore and upload your.zip to server
4 – unzip  in your CP (Control Panel)
5 – navigate to /install/install.aspx (it redirected me there from the root after unzipping files, nice)
6 – Preform upgrade by easy on-screen instructions
7 - Manually run nopCommerce_upgrade.sql from the /install/scrpts dir
Enjoy !
Daniel