Joomla why upgrade

To make your job a little easier, use the fitler option to view a list of just the components, modules or plugins that are installed in the site. The good news is that anything authored by the "Joomla! Project" or anything that is grayed out doesn't not have to be updated before upgrading your site.

If there is an component that is authored by someone other than the Joomla! Project and not grayed out, you'll want to make note of the version number. Contact each respective developer to see if you need to update the version before upgrading your site. Make sure you complete this process for all components, modules and plugins installed in your site.

By visiting each developer's site you should be able to determine if you need an update, if the extension is fine the way it is or if you should remove it and find something with the same functionality that is also compatible with Joomla 3. After updating extensions, you'll want to check to see which templates you're using in your site. Go to the Template Manager and pay attention to your default templates.

You should have one default template selected for the "Site" or the front end and one for the "Administrator" or the back end. In the image below, you can see that we're using the CloudBase 2 template developed by CloudAccess. System Administrator Guide. Before upgrading Make sure you have done the steps listed in before upgrading first. Known Issues If using a version prior to 4. Note You may notice a file on the named something like civicrm-x.

In many ways, updating and upgrading are alike since Joomla 1. To help define them better, it is recommended you use the term migration which would be defined as a major.

Updates are an easy update to the next maintenance release and are backwards compatible, eg version 2. For Joomla CMS 3, these updates span all minor and maintenance releases. Some examples are version 3. Please see the specific pages to review version from and to. In some cases, when you update to a new Joomla version, new core extensions are added. If there were problems with the database update, these extensions may not have been correctly installed.

Then click on the Discover icon in the toolbar. The screen should show as follows:. If so, you know that any new extensions added during the update were correctly installed in the database.

In this case, check the boxes and click on the Install icon in the toolbar. Joomla will install the extension s and then display the screen showing no extensions discovered.

At this point, the new extensions have been installed in the database. If you have any questions before, during or after the upgrade, please ask them on the Migrating and Upgrading to Joomla!

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