P.S. According to the Joomla documentation web site http://docs.joomla.org/ "Joomla! 2.5 is the current LTS version. The previous LTS version, Joomla 1.5, is still widely used and will be supported with security fixes only until April 2012." So, if it's running 1.5 it's probably fairly urgent to update to a more recent version, preferably the latest 2.5.x.
Tony Cowderoy On 03/05/2012 10:30, Tony Cowderoy wrote: > 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 > -- *Tony Cowderoy* Managing Director *MML* 7-9 North Fen Road, Glinton, Peterborough, PE6 7JL, UK 0870 438 1201 http://www.mml-net.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "MML" is a trading name of Kogent-MML Limited, a company registered in England No. 05651451 Registered Office: Turret House, The Avenue, Amersham, HP7 0AB VAT Registration Number 875 8769 44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
