[BlueOnyx:10761] Re: Joomla update for 5107R

[Don Teague]

You can still get 1.5.25 (and older versions if you wish) with a
little creativity in Google Search.

For example, searching for "Joomla1.5.25 site:http://joomlacode.org"
would get you the download page for the 1.5.25 release.

I recently did an upgrade of 1.5.15 (or 1.5.18, I forget) to 2.5.x -
since the site is no longer around, my notes are gone as well.
However, if memory serves I didn't go from 1.5.1x to 1.5.25 directly.
For some reason I upgraded to 1.5.22 (or .23) first, then continued my
upgrade. Again, my notes are gone, and I can't remember why I did
that, but I remember have to do so. Obviously, your mileage may vary.

I would, however, strongly recommend a backup of the site first. While
I use the raqbackup.sh script nightly, I also use Akeeba Backup for
Joomla. (http://www.akeebabackup.com) When you have to restore a
Joomla site, it does the job very well. 

On Friday, 2012-06-08 on 23:19 Greg Kuhnert wrote:

 Hi Chuck.

On 6/9/2012 9:15 AM, Chuck Tetlow wrote: 

 Hello BlueOnyx experts, 

I'm wondering if anyone can help me with a slightly off-topic
question. 

I migrated sites (all free hosted for non-profit groups) from a 5106
to a 5107R BlueOnyx server.  About a week afterward - we realized the
Joomla sites had a problem. 

It appears the Joomla sites which are all Joomla1.5.10 won't work with
the newer PHP5.3 on 5107R.  The Joomla1.5 was written to work with
the older PHP5.1 on the 5106R.  And it results in some of the menu
functions completely broken. 

Before answering your question - let me just say this. Running old
versions of webapps is not a good idea. That version of joomla is
quite old, and has a number of high risk vulnerabilities - some of
which include SQL injection vulnerabilities which could allow an
attacker to modify mysql database content. See the CVE link below for
more information on vulnerability details.

http://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-3496/product_id-16499/version_id-83611/Joomla-Joomla--1.5.10.html

I've found that Joomla.org put out a updater that will take Joomla1.5
to the current Joomla2.5 version.  But you must first manually update
your 1.5 to the latest 1.5 version - 1.5.25.  And that's where I'm
stuck.  I can't find anything on how to update these 1.5.10 to 1.5.25
so I can then use the Jupdater to get to 2.5. 

1.5.25 is no longer available - There is a 1.5.26 version available. I
would guess (you should confirm) that the updater will also work from
1.5.26. Instructions to update to 1.5.26 are available here
http://docs.joomla.org/Upgrading_1.5_from_an_existing_1.5x_version

You can probably use the tool from that point onwards.


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