cohibadad
Friend
Hello,
I have a JA Social site and I apologize as I’m sure the answer is probably obvious, but I have missed it. What is the best update strategy for updating Joomlart websites? How to know if it is safe to update all of the extensions with JA Extensions Manager and does the order matter (eg T3 Framework versus modules)? And is it always safe to update to the latest Joomla Core? And should that be done before or after updating the extensions?
I appreciate any advice,
Darin
Saguaros
Moderator
Hi Darin,
These are common steps to upgrade a JoomlArt template:
– Take complete site backup.
– Update Joomla
+ Check if our template which you’re using is available for the latest version of Joomla or not: we often have blog news or you can check in info page of that template. When Joomla releases a new version, we often check and upgrade our template to make it work with this new version.
+ Update Joomla following recommended methods by joomla.org.
– Update JA Extensions Manager Component to latest version. (downloads available in all the above template’s download folders).
– Update JA T3 Framework Plugin to the latest version (if that template is built along with JA T3 framework).
– Check template download folder for updated complimentary extensions and update the same one by one.
View the comparison between versions at JoomlArt Version Updates and replace the affected files, if you have not customized the affected files.
RECOMMENDED : Use JA extension Manager Component for upgrade. Watch video for how to upgrade using JAEM.
Hope this helps you.
cohibadad
Friend
Thanks Saguaros,
One of the hardest things to figure out is what version of Joomla my template is updated for. As far as I can tell, JA Social is updated for 2.5.9 and the latest version of Joomla is 2.5.14. Am I reading that right?
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