Updating Joomla

From ALSwiki

Detailed, but general, documentation is available at:

 http://docs.joomla.org/Upgrading_1.5_from_an_existing_1.5x_version

My cookbook oriented approach, for a Dreamhost linux server is:

• Download a copy to local directory, using ftp
• Make a copy of the existing directory on the server:

 > cp -a currentdir upgradedir

• Download and unpack the appropriate patch from the joomla site. Patches are available at:

 http://www.joomla.org/download.html

• Upload the joomla patch over the copied directory

  i.e. upgradedir

• Point a url at the new directory. i.e. using the dreamhost panel

  e.g. test.somedomain.org

• Fix any pages you've hacked and clobbered with the update.
• Point the url at the new directory.
• Wait a day or two to make sure you didn't miss anything and then delete the now unused directory.