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Update your Joomla 1.5 Version Using Admin Tools

December 7, 2010 | Written by Nick Savov

So you are faced with having to upgrade your Joomla Core version. Where do you begin? You could do it manually, however, if you are new to Joomla, that can get a bit complicated. Thankfully, there is a great extension released by Akeeba, Admin Tools, which does the hard parts for you! Best of all, it is quick, easy, and safe!

Things to note first:

  • If you have made any changes to the core Joomla files, you will need to upgrade manually.
  • Backup first! (use steps 1 to 5 here)

Find Your Joomla Version

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You can almost always find your Joomla version in the top right of your administrator backend. If it's not there you can go to Help -> System Info (see next image)

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Download

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Go to http://www.akeebabackup.com/download/admintools/ and then View files.

 

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Download now

 

Install

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In your site's administrator area, go to Extensions >> Install/Uninstall, click Browse to find the file and click Upload File & Install to complete the upload.

Upgrading Your Joomla Version

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In your site's administrator area, go to Components >> Admin Tools

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Near the top right will be displayed your Joomla version and the latest Joomla version available.

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Click on "Joomla! Core UPDATE FOUND" near the top left to get started.

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You have two options for getting the latest version. (1) Upgrade (2) Reinstall.

In most cases it is best, and the recommended path, just to upgrade, as that will only install the necessary files to get to the most up-todate version from your current version. However, if your site has issues with corrupt files, then you would want to reinstall 1.5.22 which will replace all the core files, thus correcting any corrupted files.

In this example, we will upgrade to 1.5.22 which is, at the date of this tutorial, the most recent version.

 

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Now you are given two options for extracting the files: (A) Directly (B) Using FTP

The simplest method is just to use the default "Write directly to files", however, with many shared hosts that is not possible, and so an FTP method is given. If you go with "Write directly to files", there is no need to change any of the FTP conguration; if, however, you use FTP, you will have to enter the correct credentials.

Once you've decided which method, simply click Update Joomla.

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That is it! You have just updated your Joomla version, saved yourself a significant amount of time, and secured your site from known vulnerabilities! Mission accomplished by the powerful Admin Tool by Akeeba!


 

 


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Comments  

 
#1 Tenk 2011-01-25 09:16
Hey, big thx for this tutorial, is great :)
 
 
#2 iowawebco 2011-01-25 10:23
You are welcome, Tenk! :-)
 
 
#3 Umair 2011-02-21 00:30
awesome! Thanks very much :)
 
 
#4 iowawebco 2011-02-22 14:20
Hi Umair,

You're welcome! :-)

Check out some of our other tutorial as well if you have some time :-)

Kind regards,
Nick
 
 
#5 Jane Hooper 2011-06-28 05:41
You just stopped me pulling my hair out - thanks for the very clear tutorial
 
 
#6 iowawebco 2011-06-28 11:07
You're very welcome, Jane! That's why we're here :)

Kind regards,
Nick
 
 
#7 melisa 2011-06-29 03:05
hello
I have problem with this. My version could not be detected by this component. and when I click joomla core unknown I see this message:
Could not download Joomla! update information. Please visit www.joomla.org/download.html to make sure that you have the latest version installed on your site.
 
 
#8 iowawebco 2011-06-29 04:02
Hi Melisa,

What Joomla version do you currently have? You should be able to check in the bottom or top right of www.yourdomain.com/.../ (once you're logged in)

Kind regards,
Nick
 

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