Dear members please use following instructions to upgrade your Joomla 1.6.5 installations to latest Joomla 1.7 version .
How do I upgrade to Joomla 1.7?
Upgrading from Joomla 1.6.4 to Joomla 1.7 will be easy. You can test the upgrade from 1.6.5 to 1.7.0 RC1 with the following simple steps:
- Make sure your current Joomla version is 1.6.5
- Navigate to the Extension Manager -> Install tab.
- In the Install from URL, enter the URL for the RC1 test update package: http://joomlacode.org/gf/download/fr...RC1_Update.zip.
- Press the Install button.
- The system will work for a minute and then display a success message.
- If you are using Joomla 1.5 then you will still be required to migrate your site to Joomla 1.6.5 first.
Possible Template issues fixes.
If after the upgrade you encounter template issues. Please download the latest template installation file and reinstall. If however you made to many changes follow the instructions bellow and update manually.
Manual Template Update:
1. Open templates/template_name/html/yjsg_helperclass.php line 274 and change
PHP Code:
$query = new JDatabaseQuery;
to
PHP Code:
$query = $db->getQuery(true);
2. Open templates/template_name/yjsgcore/yjsg_core.php
line 172
PHP Code:
$module = JModuleHelper::getModule( 'mod_menu');
change to
PHP Code:
$module = JModuleHelper::getModule( 'mod_menu','$menu_name' );
3. Open templates/template_name/yjsgcore/yjsg_mobile.php
line 25
PHP Code:
$module = JModuleHelper::getModule( 'mod_menu' );
change to
PHP Code:
$module = JModuleHelper::getModule( 'mod_menu','$menu_name' );
All set!
If you have any issues please post in template assigned forums.