Installing and Upgrading Finder
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Before You Start
Before installing, upgrading or uninstalling any extensions, it is always a good idea to take a full backup of your site's files and data. Refer to your hosting service for how to do this.
If possible, it is good practice to make changes to extensions on a test copy of your site prior to making changes on your live site.
The installation, upgrade or uninstall processes in Joomla! do not have built-in roll-back support. It is your responsibility to ensure you can recover from any failure caused by changes to your site.
Installing for the First Time
Download the Finder package from this site (use the My Downloads link in the right toolbar). This package contains all of the extensions required for Finder, including components, modules, plugins and language files. They are all installed in the one operation.
Install the package file in the normal way.
Select Extensions -> Install/Uninstall from the main menu.
Click browse and find the Finder installation package. Click Upload File & Install.
When the installation process is finished, a list of all the extensions that were installed will be displayed.
Upgrading Finder
Upgrading to Finder 2.x from 1.x
Upgrading to Finder 2.x from Finder 1.x is unique in that it requires a complete uninstall of Finder 1.x before 2.x can be installed correctly. This is required because of the massive amounts of changes in Finder 2.x both in file structure and database structure and it is the only way we can assure a clean, reliable installation of Finder 2.x.
Upgrading to a new Maintenance Release
Upgrading Finder to the latest maintenance release is simple. Download the new package from this site when it is released.
Install the package again as if you were installing it for the first time. Do not uninstall Finder as this will delete all your data.
Now go to the Finder.
A message may display indicating that database upgrades are required. If so, click this link to process the upgrade.
The next page will show a list of upgrades that are required to bring your database up to date. If there is more than one click them in order.
When you have finished, Finder should tell you the database is now up to date.
Uninstalling Finder
To uninstall Fidner, you only need to uninstall the Finder Component. This will automatically uninstall the other modules and plugins that were originially installed in one simple step.
PLEASE NOTE: All your data will be deleted when you uninstall Finder.
If you want to keep your data for future use, you must back it up. Refer to your hosting service for ways to backup your data.
Questions About Installing and Upgrading
Joomla says the installation succeeded but there was an error installing module or plugin language files.
If you have removed the frontend default language folder (/language/en-GB/), this extension will not install.
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