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Joomla! 1.7 to 2.5 upgrade issues
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a. Copy the Joomla_2.5.0-Stable-Update_Package.zip to your root html folder.
b. Using the FTP File Manager, Unarchive this file. Check the Override Existing Files box.
c. After this completes, the site should load and should say 2.5.0 in the Site Information.
d. In the back end, go to Installation Manager: Database. It will likely show problems. Click Fix and it should fix the problems.
e. Go to Installation Manager: Discover and click Discover. It will likely show new extensions. Select them all and click Install. It should install the new 2.5 extensions.
f. At this point, everything should be OK except that it will still indicate that you need to update to 2.5.0 in the Update tab (even though you don't!). To fix this, you need to edit a row in the database.
g. Go to the phpMyAdmin and find the row in the #__extensions table where id=700. In the manifest_cache column, you will see the text:
"version":"1.7.3"
Change this to
"version":"2.5.0"
Be careful to not change anything else in this column.
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