Using the Joomla update manager to update Joomla 2.5

Overview

Updating Joomla 2.5 is a matter of performing a few clicks in your Joomla admin via the Joomla extension manager.

In order to start the update process please ensure you navigate to your site's administrator area and then navigate to the Extension Manager.

Checking for updates.

Click on the update tab.

 

Purge cache

Hit the Purge cache icon to clear any previous searches for updates you may have made.

The screenshot below shows an old version of Joomla available, before the cache has been cleared.

 

Find Updates

Click the find updates icon.

 

Review Update available

Double check that the update available is indeed the latest available version of Joomla. You can normally see the version available via the Joomla.org homepage

 

Check the checkbox

Make sure you check the checkbox next to the version of Joomla you want to update to.

 

Click Update

Success message

If all has gone well then you should see a success message as per the screenshot below.

 

One more step - Fixing the database

The database tells you whether your database is compatble with the version of Joomla you have installed. If you see errors after clicking on that tab then follow the steps outlined below.

Click Fix

If you receive a warningthat the database has errors then click the Fix icon int he top right corner.

 

Another success

If all has gone well again your database will have been updated and any missing columns add to the relevant database tables.

How to Link Articles in Joomla 2.5 (valid for Joomla 1.7 and 1.6 too)

How to Link Articles in Joomla 2.5(valid for Joomla 1.7 and 1.6 too)

In this part of our Joomla tutorial we will learn how to link articles to the web site menus. The tutorial is written for Joomla 2.5 but the same steps should be taken if you are using Joomla 1.7 or even 1.6.

To make your articles and the corresponding pages accessible, you should set links to them. This can be completed by including these links in the web site menus.

Open your Joomla admin area->Menus->Main Menu.

Click on the New button.

Choose the Menu Item Type from the corresponding dialog. If you want to link a standard article pick the Single Articleoption.

Then enter the link title in the Menu Title field and select the corresponding article which will be linked through the Select Article functionality.

Save the changes and view the new menu item located on your frontend.

How to publish your article on the home page?

In order to make one of your articles the home page for the web site, navigate to the Joomla admin area->Menus->Main Menus.

Select the article and click on the Home icon.

The change of the default home page article will be confirmed with the following message:

One menu item successfully set to home

If you want to remove the old home page article, select it and click on the Trash button.