How do I patch for a Joomla! installation at a hoster?
• Create a back-up of both data and database before starting! • Check the forum if any problems have been found. • Download the patch in question. • Unpack the patch in an empty folder. If Windows doesn’t contain an application that can unzip/untar your patch, you can download the open source application 7-zip from http://www.sourceforge.net. • It is highly advised to set your site offline for the duration of the patch. You can do this in the administrator backend, go to Global Configuration, and set ‘Site offline’ to ‘Yes’. • You need a FTP program, FileZilla for example. This is an open source client that is available from http://www.sourceforge.net. • Another FTP program will work as well. For this application to work, you need an FTP account, with a corresponding password (obtained from your hoster).
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