I'm in the middle of implementing a Joomla 2.5 site. If by "auto update" you mean without any human intervention at all, then you are right. You need to trigger updates manually from the administration web UI. Joomla will then do the rest for you.
I understand that some earlier versions did not have a scripted update that could be run from the web UI and had to be updated manually. I'm not sure which version introduced the scripted update. Tony Cowderoy On 03/05/2012 08:57, Brian Smith wrote: > My (very limited) knowledge of Joomla is that it doesn't auto update at all. > And both of the sites I'm close to - both little used - have been hacked, one > of them twice! Both caused by not being up to date. > Brian > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 2 May 2012, at 17:02, Mark Rogers <m...@quarella.co.uk> wrote: > >> Hi Gary (via the list), >> >>> Hi Mark This is Gary Smith I dont know if you remenber me Ifirst met you >>> when we held the meetings at more solutions I have had site at >>> http://www.peterborough-lug.org.uk/ for over 3 years I would be happy for >>> anyone to contribute to my site. >> Yes, I do remember (both you and your website, although I'd forgotten where >> it "lived"). However I didn't want to make any assumptions about whether you >> wanted to take on responsibility for the website (and keeping it up to date >> etc). >> >> However, if this is you volunteering then just let me know when it's up to >> date and I'll get the entry at www.lug.org.uk updated to point to it. >> >> I note that you are running Joomla 1.5, which is quite old. One of the joys >> of taking on this responsibility would probably be to keep it up to date - >> 1.5 was released sometime in 2008 I think, although there are updates the >> latest of which is 1.5.26 from March this year and I can't see which version >> you're using. The "current" version is 2.5.4. >> >> Of-course whether or not it is patched up to date makes relatively little >> difference to PLUG itself, but as the site gets more noticed (eg links from >> lug.org.uk making it more visible to search engines) if it isn't up to date >> then it's asking to be hacked, and that will make a difference to your >> hosting account! Upgrading to the latest version would probably be a useful >> learning exercise for PLUG anyway but what I'm asking is whether you really >> want to take on that responsibility! >> >> I know that Wordpress (for example) is capable of updating itself pretty >> well, maybe Joomla can these days too? >> >> Mark >> >> -- >> Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 >> Registered in England (0456 0902) 21 Drakes Mews, Milton Keynes, MK8 0ER >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Peterboro mailing list >> Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk >> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
