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How to Update Joomla 1.6 to 1.7

July 13, 2011 | Written by Ed Andrea

Updating has become an easy process since the release of Joomla 1.6. The developers have built in a handy updater that is extremely easy to use. This new utility should make upgrading to all new Joomla versions a quick and painless process. Before you upgrade from 1.6 to 1.7, there are a just a couple of things you'll need to do.

CAUTION: Don't do an update unless you have a backup. It's better to make a copy of the site and do the updates there, then copy it back to your main directory when you're sure everything works.

Step 1: Go to the Extension Manager

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The latest version of Joomla 1.6 is 1.6.5 / 1.6.6 (1.6.6 is a temporary security release). Attempting to go from an older version, like 1.6.3, directly to 1.7 in some cases will completely erase the site, so it's always recommended to go from 1.6.5 or 1.6.6.

Go to Extensions>Extension Manager and then click "Update".

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Step 2: Purge the Cache

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Click the Purge Cache button to clear the cache.

Step 3: Find Available Updates

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Click on the "Find Updates" button.

Step 4: Select Updates

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You will see the list of available updates. Check the box next to the updates that you'd like to use. Check the box next to the 1.7 update option (the screenshot above doesn't show 1.7 as we wrote this before the release).

Step 5: Click Update

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To update your site, simply click the "Update" button!

Step 6: Check For Update Success

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You will see a screen similar to the screen above with your version number clearly shown. It may take a while, so don't navigate away from this page until the update is complete.

NOTES:

Don't assume that the upgrade will work flawlessly just because the test upgrade worked. Check to make sure that nothing untoward has happened. It could be that differences between the live site and test site platforms will bring out a problem that you did not notice during testing. If you find a problem and it cannot be resolved quickly you might have to rollback the upgrade using the backup copy you created.

 


 

 


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#1 pj 2011-07-21 21:26
Anyone familiar with this error message when updating from 1.6.5 to 1.7??
Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /home/pjkin3/public_html/libraries/joomla/filesystem/folder.php on line 462
 
 
#2 iowawebco 2011-07-22 09:23
Hi pj,

If you have access to your the php.ini file try increasing:

max_execution_t ime

set it to 60 or 90.

If you don't have access ask your host to do it. If your host won't do it, try placing this in your .htaccess file:

php_value max_execution_t ime 60
 
 
#3 iowawebco 2011-07-22 10:16
p.s. I would also try changing

max_upload_file size

to 8M

just in case.
 
 
#4 pj 2011-07-23 21:04
Thank you. I'll see if I can locate the php.ini file on my server.
 
 
#5 pj 2011-07-23 21:08
If it's the right ini.php file, it is located in the root, but there is nothing about max execution time. It's actually a VERY short file of 9 lines, and they all begin with zend_

I'll go for plan B -- LOL -- I'll try this php_value max_execution_t ime 60 and add it to the httaccess file and see what happens.

Thanks!
 
 
#6 pj 2011-07-23 21:10
Hmmm . . . where to put php_value max_execution_t ime 60 on the htaccess?? And everything has a # or ## in front of the line, so I'm assuming I'm going to have to do that to this php_value max_execution_t ime 60?
 
 
#7 iowawebco 2011-07-25 15:46
Hi pj,

You can just put it in your php.ini (that's usually best), like so:

max_execution_t ime = 90
max_upload_file size = 8M

Kind regards,
Nick
 

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