Updating Easysocial Through Joomla

Updating Through Joomla Updater

Whenever you see this notice on your site's dashboard, it means that there are new updates for the extensions. Click on the View Updates button or you can navigate to Extensions > Manage > Update to view the list of the available updates for your site.

Updating EasySocial

Keeping all your installed components up-to-date is extremely important for your site. EasySocial updating process is straightforward, however, updating from one major version to another requires you to make sure the following prerequisites have been checked. This can be very helpful if anything went south, you'll be able to restore your previous stable site.

1. IMPORTANT Backup your entire site. Read through this documentation on backing up your site.
2. IMPORTANT Backup your customization and the modified core files.
3. IMPORTANT Rename any template override files (if any) from your template. You can apply your overrides back later once you adapt them to the new codes.
4. Backup the site's database (just in case needed).

Next, you'll need to ensure that the API key and the Domain are correct. Check the EasySocial checkbox and click on the Update button to start the update process. The download process will take you some time depending on the internet connectivity. Chillax and go make some coffee.

Once the download process is completed, the system will install the update automatically. You'll see this notice after the update process is completed.

Take note that during the upgrade process:

1. EasySocial core files will be overwritten.
2. EasySocial core theme files will be overwritten.
3. EasySocial language files will be overwritten.