Installing a new template in Joomla is simple, and easy to do. It just requires you to upload your template with a web browser and enable it in a browser. Having a new template is a good way to make your website different from the many sites which are currently on the web. There are plenty of free templates you can download for free and find. Just type in “Free Joomla 1.5” in your favourite search engine like google.com
Before you begin, you should back up your Joomla directory folder on your FTP webserver and your MySQL database, so you don’t lose anything if the update fails. If you want to be extra careful, make a test site from your joomlabackup file and data base first and if the test site is fine after the updates, you can update your real site.
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1. Download the correct update package for your version of Joomla.
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For example, if you are using Joomla 1.5.10, you should download: Joomla_1.5.10_to_1.5.12-Stable-Patch_Package.zip
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2. Unzip the zip folder to your computer.
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3. Upload all the files to the root directory folder of joomla, and let your FTP client overwrite the old Joomla files.
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4. Login to your website and check if everything on your Joomla site is fine. The new version should be displayed on the upper right corner of the display screen.
I forgot to reupload the old modified htacess file which was causing my backend of my website to get HTTP 500 errors. It took me a while to figure out.
Aside from my htacess forgetfulness, drupal was pretty easy to upgrade.
1. Back up my website and website database.
2. Download the Drupal installer and unzip it to my computer.
3.Disable all modules and put site in offline modeÂ
3. Delete all files on my Drupal directory folder.
4. Put all the files I extracted to the Drupal directory on my ftp server.
5. run example.com/update.php “example.com is your domain” Login as administrater user 1.
6. re-enable or install themes and modules in Drupals back-end.
7. double check all my content and apearance of my site.
