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Can I upgrade Joomla 1.5.23 directly to 1.7 or do I need to upgrade to 1.6 first?
I have tried turning off legacy and site won't work. I have went through and checked compatability of all components, modules, and plugins and all are green, no red "x". Not sure what is causing site not to work when I disable legacy.

Upgrade to J! 1.5.25. You don't "upgrade" to J! 1.7; you migrate to J! 1.7 (it's a whole separate discussion). You don't need to do that, yet.

When you disabled the System - Legacy plugin, what do you get? Do you get "Direct access is not allowed"?

Yes that is the error i am getting.
So if I simply upgrade to 1.5.25 can I then use jupgrade to migrate to 1.7? Is 1.7 the recommended level for the newest Kunena?

Ok, I am now upgraded to 1.5.25. Do I now use jupgrade to migrate to 1.7?

Btw, thanks a million for all your help..its GREATLY appreciated.

Migrating from J! 1.5 to J! 1.7 is s complex process. It could take you a couple of days to finish everything. If you have a couple of days, by all means, do it but that's not the main problem.

The first problem to deal with is why you are running legacy mode.

You have a J! 1.0 extension (a language, template, component, plugin or module) written for J! 1.0 installed on your system. You need to find that extension and remove it. The guide in Legacy mode is not a foolproof way to find these things; it's only a indication of what might not be compatible. Some J! 1.0 extensions show as "compatible" with J! 1.5 even though they're not. The list may not be complete, either.

Basically, look at what you have installed and look at the creation date of those Joomla extensions. Look for Joomla extensions with a creation date before 2009. Some items (written for J! 1.5) will have older dates (the rhuk_milkyway template, for example, is one of those things) so, again, this is only a rough guide as to what you need to look for.

Legacy mode was never fully supported by Joomla. If people are still running J! 1.0 extensions on their websites, then they should be aware of the risks involved in using those things. It's likely that problems you're having are caused by something other than Kunena. Let's eliminate this, first, as a possibility.

Ok. I will try and figure that out.
I am assuming your talking about components, modules, plugins outside the "joomla project" ones. You mean third party ones correct? A lot of the default ones are from 2004
In terms of Joomla 1.5.25 are you saying I can stay at that version and still upgrade Kunena and community builder and that I dont have to go to 1.7?