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Joomla! 1.5 Cookbook

By : Tom Canavan
Book Image

Joomla! 1.5 Cookbook

By: Tom Canavan

Overview of this book

If you are a Joomla! site owner, you must already be aware of how this robust, easy to use, open source content management system can help you build a great looking site instantly. You must also be aware of the many problems that it can throw up from time to time. Find the solutions to all your basic and advanced Joomla! queries, so you don't have to wait for someone on the forums to help you out every time.The Joomla! 1.5 Cookbook will provide you with quick and direct solutions to the most common and uncommon problems faced by you, the Joomla! site owner, sidestepping all the theoretical fuss.Joomla! is the insanely popular, award winning content management system which helps you build professional looking websites, even if you don't have any HTML programming experience or design skills.Although, sometimes you might trip over some common pitfalls which would slow the progress of your website down. This book will help you find a direct and quick way through these common problems which can be easily avoided with a few tips and tricks. It starts of with solutions the most common queries that you might face during the installation and setup for Joomla! 1.5 moving on swiftly to guide you through Joomla! templates, modules, security, managing your users and much more. So the next time when things go wrong with your Joomla! site and you are wondering, for example, how to work with your site's database; just pick up this book and quickly find your way through this.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Joomla! 1.5 Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
Preface
Index

Patching extensions


Extensions are updated more frequently than the core Joomla! files and they can represent a large source of trouble. It is your job to keep up with the changes, not the developers. Even if they make a heroic effort to reach you, it's still your job.

  • Obtain the patches from the developer. (I suggest the service www.salvusalerting.com to stay on top of the patch and vulnerability information.

  • Make a full backup of your database and website and pull a copy off to another computer or a USB drive.

Review the particular extension's directions - but generally most extensions require removal of the old. You can try to do an install and *SOME* extensions will update right over the old version. You can review both methods below.

Method 1:

  1. Make a full file and database backup.

  2. Click Extensions | Install / Uninstall.

  3. Install the extension.

  4. Test site and extension.

  5. Make another full file and database backup.

If the extension has been written to allow upgrading, then it will overwrite and not...