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Installing the package is the same as with any other Joomla component. Go to your site's back-end Extensions, Manage and click on Browse. Locate the ZIP package and click on Upload and Install. If the installation fails, please refer to the Notes (FAQ) section of this guide.
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The language (translation) files are NOT installed automatically. You can download and install them from our language download page. Do note that you will have to install both the component and the language packages for the component to work. Macrotone Consulting Ltd only produces the English language files. All other languages are contributed freely by third parties. If you spot an error if the first instance please go to the translation project page to find the contact information of the translator. Abandoned languages will show the maintainer being our staff member "geoffc". In this case we will try to help you but our knowledge of foreign languages is very limited; if you would like to fix the language package you will need to create a Transifex account and to volunteer to take over the translation project for that language. |
Macrotone Joomla Audit can be updated with three different methods: installing the new version on top of the old one, using the integrated Live Update system or using the extensions update feature in Joomla!.
Updating directly
This is the failsafe approach, but the least convenient. Download the latest Macrotone Joomla Audit release from http://macrotoneconsulting.co.uk/index.php/homepage/downloads.html. Navigate to the Audit Component page and once you have selected the download save the ZIP file to your hard disk. Log in to your site's backend, click on . Use the button to locate the ZIP file you downloaded, then click on . All recent Joomla versions are smart enough to understand that you're doing an upgrade instead of installation and adjust the process accordingly.
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Do NOT uninstall Macrotone Joomla Audit before updating it! Uninstalling will remove all of your data, including all of your change history and the underlying database triggers! |
Using Live Update
Macrotone Joomla Audit integrates the Akeeba Live Update
system. Log in to your site's backend and go to
, . In the component Control Panel look for an icon
which reads "Update found" when there is a new version available.
Click on it and then click on "Update now". The new version will be
downloaded and installed automatically for you. In case this doesn't
work, or if "Live Update not supported" is displayed below the icon,
please make sure that your host's firewall allows TCP/IP
communications over port 80 and 443 to
macrotoneconsulting.co.uk. If your host requests IP
addresses instead of domain names, please ask them to trace them
from the server as they are multicast hostnames, which means that
they resolve to a different IP depending on where in the world you
are.
Using Joomla! Extension update
The Joomla! Extensions Manager allows directly updating your extensions. Just log in to the backend of your site and go to , . Click on the Update link below the tool bar. Then click on the button. If there is a new Macrotone Joomla Audit release it will appear in the list below. Tick the box on the left of the row and then click on the button. If your site is compatible with this Joomla! feature, you will see the new version being installed automatically for you.
Something not working right after the update?
Sometimes Joomla! "forgets" to copy all updated files. This is something that has been seen occasionally. In this case, simply follow the instructions in the Updating Directly section above. This will force Joomla! to retry updating the component, copying the missing files and everything will work again.